The Commerce Department has issued a rule that increases export controls on AI-related items. The rule: Most of the restrictions are scheduled to take effect on May 15, 2025, although some do not come into effect until...more
The U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) on Dec. 2, 2024, issued a Final Rule, "Additions and Modifications to the Entity List; Removals From the Validated End-User (VEU) Program" (Final Rule), and an Interim Final Rule...more
On December 2, 2024, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) released its third round of export controls primarily targeting China’s attempts to create an “independent and controllable”...more
On September 6, the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) in the U.S. Commerce Department issued an interim final rule (“IFR”) under the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”) to add new export controls on semiconductor,...more
On October 17, 2023, the U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry & Security (“BIS”) released three rules amending the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”) to strengthen export controls on advanced computing...more
In recent years, the U.S. has pursued a whole-of-government approach to target Chinese technology and service providers in furtherance of foreign policy and national security objectives....more
Section 1758 classification of Automated Peptide Synthesis Instruments would restrict both U.S. exports and foreign investments - Section 1758 of the Export Control Reform Act (“ECRA”) not only governs export...more
On October 7, 2022, the US Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) released two rules implementing new export controls on advanced computing and semiconductor manufacturing items in addition to new...more
The United States and the European Union imposed additional sanctions this week in response to the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine and the United States announced its intention to make sanctions enforcement a...more
The U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) has said it is contemplating new export controls on certain neurotechnology items and has adopted new controls on genetic sequencing software and...more
On March 29, 2021, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a final rule implementing certain changes in the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) agreed upon in December 2019 by governments...more
On April 28, 2020, the Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce (BIS) published two final rules — both of which will take effect on June 29, 2020 — and one proposed rule — for which comments are due by...more
On January 6, 2020 the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) within the Commerce Department adopted export licensing requirements on certain artificial intelligence software used to automate the analysis of geospatial...more
On January 6, 2020, the US Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued the first "emerging technology" rule to control artificial intelligence-based software specially designed to automate the...more
This software now requires a BIS authorization to be exported or reexported to all countries except for Canada. Companies that develop or use artificial intelligence (AI) to solve geospatial problems or in geospatial...more
On August 13, 2018, President Donald Trump signed into law the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2019. A key focus of legislation contained in the NDAA is to protect U.S. technological...more
Maintaining a global supply chain brings its share of commercial, financial, and regulatory risks. Increasingly, telecommunications companies with global operations and suppliers are finding that U.S. trade control laws...more