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The Learned Concierge - January 2024, Vol. 4

Clark Hill PLC on 1/16/2024

Welcome to your monthly legal insights on the trends impacting the Retail, Hospitality, and Food & Beverage Industries. Cybersecurity/Privacy - It’s a New Year and a Good Time for a Cybersecurity Checkup - 2023 was another...more

FCC Bars Imports of Telecommunications Equipment or Technology from Certain Chinese Producers

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 12/16/2022

On November 25, 2022, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) adopted new rules to block the importation of telecommunications equipment considered unacceptably hazardous to U.S. national security. These new FCC rules...more

New FCC Equipment Marketing Rules Allow Pre-Sale of Radio Frequency Devices to Consumers

Wiley Rein LLP on 4/20/2022

On April 12, 2022, new rules adopted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) took effect that will expand innovators’ ability to market, import, and pre-sell radio frequency (RF) devices that are still...more

Hot Topics in International Trade - April 2022 - Cautions When Marking and Labeling Goods for Export from the United States

Braumiller Law Group, PLLC on 4/11/2022

Many importers are familiar with marking and labeling requirements for products imported into, and sold in the U.S. These include mandatory requirements such as U.S. Customs country of origin marking and labeling...more

Biden Signs Secure Equipment Act, Requires FCC to Ban Covered Chinese Communications Equipment from Obtaining Equipment...

Wiley Rein LLP on 11/16/2021

Pursuant to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC or Commission) equipment authorization rules, all radio frequency (RF) devices must be properly authorized prior to being marketed, imported, sold, or shipped to...more

FCC Promotes Radiofrequency Device Innovation by Relaxing Importation, Marketing Requirements

Morgan Lewis on 7/6/2021

The Federal Communications Commission on June 17, 2021, unanimously approved relaxed rules regarding the importation and marketing of a broad range of radiofrequency devices, such as computer equipment, smartphones, wireless...more

FCC Revises Equipment Authorization Rules

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 6/23/2021

Relaxed rules will permit direct-to-consumer and importation rules for pre-authorization RF devices. Additional requirement adopted for consumer protection. ...more

New FCC Proposed Rules Would Prohibit Equipment Authorizations and Participation in License Auctions for Companies Posing National...

Pillsbury - Global Trade & Sanctions Law on 6/21/2021

As part of its continuing efforts to protect US communications networks from communications equipment and services that pose a national security risk, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on June 17, 2021, released a...more

FCC Proposes Changes to Direct-to-Consumer and Importation Rules for Pre-Authorization RF Devices

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 1/12/2021

FCC adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking which would relax the rules on conditional sales and imports of RF devices prior to authorization. Comments are due February 11 and Reply Comments are due February 26....more

What You Can Market This Holiday Season (And Possibly Next!)

Wiley Rein LLP on 12/17/2020

December 16, 2020 The Federal Communications Commission recently released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), summarized here, proposing to relax certain restrictions on marketing and importation of radiofrequency devices...more

FCC Proposes to Ease Equipment Marketing and Importation Rules

Wiley Rein LLP on 12/15/2020

On December 10, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) adopted a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing to ease certain restrictions on marketing and importation of radiofrequency (RF)...more

CFIUS Continues Active 2020 With Proposed Rule Modifying Mandatory Declarations

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 5/27/2020

Since the beginning of 2020, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) has issued numerous regulations to implement fully the Foreign Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (FIRRMA) on behalf of the Committee on Foreign...more

Year-End Trade Deals Offer Hope for U.S. Business in 2020

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 12/27/2019

December 2019 has yielded some potentially significant relief to U.S. businesses and agricultural producers that may improve the terms of trade in 2020 after a prolonged period of increasing and damaging friction in...more

Financial Daily Dose 12.03.2019 | Top Story: US Threatens Tariffs on French Goods Over New Digital Services Tax

Robins Kaplan LLP on 12/3/2019

Because who wants a nice quiet December, right? Yesterday, the U.S. opened yet another trade war front by proposing retaliatory tariffs of up to 100% on a wide range of French imports after announcing that “it found France’s...more

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

Robins Kaplan LLP on 7/19/2018

OMB official Kathleen Kraninger is likely to face serious questions as she takes to the Hill today to begin confirmation hearings for her surprise nomination to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Why? Her lack of...more

International Law Bulletin - Vol. 22, No. 5

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP on 6/15/2018

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND TRADE - Data Privacy - EU: The European Union (EU) brought into force the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) effective May 25, 2018 significantly enhancing the right of an individual to...more

What's New In Washington - March 2018

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 6/7/2018

Washington saw a flurry of bipartisan activity over the last few weeks. Most notably, Republican and Democratic negotiators reached a long-awaited deal on sequestration budget caps. The compromise, announced on February 7 as...more

A Case of Bad Hygiene? FCC Proposes More Than $590,000 Penalty for RF Device Marketing Violations, and Commissioner O’Rielly...

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 6/6/2018

On May 30, 2018, the Commission issued a Notice of Apparent Liability (“NAL”) proposing a total penalty of $590,380 against a company for marketing noncompliant radio frequency (“RF”) devices in apparent violation of the...more

July 2017 FCC Meeting Recap: FCC Adopts Major Changes to Approval Procedures for Many RF Devices, E-Labeling, Importation...

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 7/24/2017

The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC” or “Commission”), at its July 13, 2017, Open Meeting updated its equipment authorization procedures and rules in a number of ways that will be of great interest to everyone in the...more

FCC Form 740 Importation Filings for Radio Frequency Devices Will Be Temporarily Suspended Late Next Year

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP on 11/5/2015

Imported Radio Frequency (RF) devices must be compliant with the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC or Commission) equipment authorization rules, but importers can look forward to some relief in their paperwork next...more

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