On January 2, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Export Enforcement published its 2024 Year in Review, spotlighting key accomplishments in protecting U.S. national security. In this...more
Recently, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) issued new guidance to exporters intended to further assist BIS in its efforts to crack down on third-party diversion to Russia. ...more
On June 20, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) for the first time banned a software and cybersecurity company using authority provided by June 2023’s “Protecting Americans’ Sensitive Data from...more
On June 12, 2024, the U.S. Department of Treasury (Treasury), U.S. Department of State (State), and U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) announced another round of sanctions and export controls targeting Russia. In this...more
On February 23, 2024, marking the two-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. Departments of Commerce, State, and Treasury announced new U.S. sanctions and export controls targeting Russia. In addition, the...more
On May 19, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued two final rules expanding the export controls in the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) against the Russian Federation (Russia) for its continued war with...more
May saw several Russia-related enforcement and other actions. The Department of Justice (DOJ) identified and charged three foreign nationals with violating export control laws as they attempted to circumvent Russian...more
On May 19, 2023, the Biden Administration along with leaders of the Group of Seven (G7), unveiled a new package of sanctions. The G7 leaders released a joint statement reaffirming their commitment to offer “the financial,...more
On May 19, 2023, the United States along with other members of the G7 and other allied countries imposed additional sanctions and export controls meant to further restrict Russian economic activity and degrade Russia’s...more
On May 19, 2023, the Biden Administration, in coordination with leaders of the Group of Seven (G7), announced new sanctions and restrictions on 300 individuals, entities, vessels, and aircraft tied to Russia following the G7...more
On May 19, 2023, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) announced new export controls and Entity List additions during President Biden’s G7 visit in Japan. In conjunction with the G7 meetings,...more
On the one-year anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine, the Biden administration has announced a series of additional sanction measures targeting Russia. These new sanctions are designed to further isolate Russia from goods...more
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) of the U.S. Department of Commerce announced this past week that it was adding more than three dozen companies to the Entity List effective immediately. This is the second round of...more
On February 24, 2023, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced four new rules expanding restrictions on exports to Russia and Belarus. The revisions to the Export Administration...more
The Bass, Berry & Sims international trade team continues to monitor U.S. government action in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In the final months of 2022, the U.S. government added multiple individuals and entities...more
On December 16, 2022, the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) published a rule adding 35 entities from China and one entity from Japan to the Entity List for supporting China’s military...more
On December 15, 2022, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced that it is adding 36 primarily Chinese entities, including Chinese memory chip maker Yangtze Memory Technologies and...more
UPDATE – Effective September 15, 2022, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) implemented a new rule that expanded, revised, corrected and clarified certain provisions of the Export...more
Recently, the Biden Administration adopted additional sanctions in response to Russia’s attempts to annex parts of sovereign Ukrainian territory, including the designation of 14 persons in Russia’s military industrial...more
On June 2, 2022, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) updated the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”) to: (i) add 71 entities to the Entity List “for acquiring or attempting to...more
On March 31, 2022, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed sanctions on 21 entities and 13 individuals “as part of its crackdown on the Kremlin’s sanctions evasion networks and...more
The United States, in concert with Western allies, has imposed sweeping sanctions on Russia in response to President Vladimir Putin’s action in Ukraine. In addition to a full suite of sanctions administered by the US...more
1. United States Hits Russia With Expanded Sanctions and Export Controls- In what remains a rapidly changing environment, in the last several weeks, the U.S. government imposed significant additional sanctions on Russia,...more
This alert summarizes the current state of trade measures and restrictions against both Russia and Belarus, following our last update on February 25, 2022....more
As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, the White House countered with another wave of sanctions and export controls. Building on the restrictions discussed in our Phase I and Phase II alerts, these new measures further...more