Law Firm ILN-telligence Podcast | Episode 76: Henrique Lopes, KLA Advogados | Brazil
International Litigation and Transactions in the Face of GDPR – A Panel Preview
Welcome to Goodwin’s Financial Services News Roundup. Our newsletter highlights important legal, regulatory, and business developments related to financial services and banking....more
The IRS and Treasury have issued final regulations (TD 10037) that eliminate stock repurchase excise tax exposure for M&A transactions, take-privates, and leveraged buyouts – a major win for deal structuring. The rules also...more
Canada’s 2025 Federal Budget (“Budget 2025”) was light on international tax measures compared to recent years. The major development is the revamping of Canada’s transfer pricing rules following a public consultation process...more
On November 10, 2025, the United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced a one-year suspension of the “Affiliates Rule,” which imposed U.S. export control restrictions on entities 50...more
On November 10, 2025, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a final rule, announcing a one-year suspension (the Suspension) of its interim final rule, “Expansion of End-User Controls to...more
Trade compliance professionals faced a new challenge when BIS launched the new Affiliates Rule that required screening of all parties with 50% interest. Now the new U.S. trade deal with China pauses this increase in export...more
On November 12, 2025, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) at the Department of Commerce published a one-year suspension of the “Expansion of End-User Controls to Cover Affiliates of Certain Listed Entities” rule (the...more
UPDATE - On November 10, 2025, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) issued its final rule staying the new Affiliates Rule, which will make any unlisted foreign entity owned, directly or...more
On November 1, 2025, the White House issued a fact sheet titled “President Donald J. Trump Strikes Deal on Economic and Trade Relations with China.”...more
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) is suspending the new Affiliates Rule (read our October 3, 2025 alert to learn more about the rule) until November 9, 2026. ...more
On November 1, 2025, the White House issued a Fact Sheet announcing a one-year suspension of the “Affiliates Rule” effective November 10, 2025. The Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) will implement the one-year...more
The U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published a much-anticipated interim final rule (IFR) on Sept. 30, 2025. The IFR makes foreign entities that are owned 50 percent or more, directly or...more
On September 30, 2025, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published an interim final rule (IFR) amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to expand end-user controls and address diversion risks associated...more
On September 29, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) announced it was extending restrictions imposed by its Entity List and its Military End User (“MEU”) List to organizations...more
In response to national security concerns regarding shipments of export-controlled items diverted to entities on the Entity List and other U.S. restricted parties lists, the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and...more
On July 2, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) announced that it had entered into a settlement agreement with Key Holding, LLC (“Key Holding”), a privately held logistics and...more
The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) published a press release on May 9, 2025, announcing an updated Standard Form 328 (SF-328), Certificate Pertaining to Foreign Interest. The updated form was approved...more
The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) of the U.S. Department of Commerce is currently conducting its BE-10 Benchmark Survey of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad, which is due May 30, 2025. This survey stands as the most...more
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) administers a survey every five years to collect information from U.S. persons that hold, directly or indirectly, at least 10% of the voting interest in a...more
The U.S. Department of Treasury (Treasury) released final and proposed regulations under § 861 of the Code addressing the U.S. federal income tax classification of digital content and cloud computing transactions (the “Final...more
BEA administers the mandatory BE-10 survey to obtain key statistics on U.S. investment abroad for U.S. agencies, policymakers, business leaders, researchers, and the general public. Generally, any U.S. person that had a...more
The U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) recently issued its mandatory five-year benchmark survey to obtain data on direct investment abroad by U.S persons and businesses. The survey, known as the...more
On October 31, 2024, the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued scenario-based guidance specific to the maritime shipping industry....more
Government entities are subject to strict regulation and reporting requirements when contracting with vendors. Florida statutes often require affidavits from vendors as a condition precedent to contracting with government...more
The California Office of Tax Appeals (OTA) denied a request for rehearing of a July 2023 OTA opinion favorable to Microsoft Corp. that could have wide-ranging impacts for a water's edge filer in California, particularly one...more