Episode 319 -- Deep Dive into SCG Plastics' $20 Million Settlement with OFAC for Violations of the Iran Sanctions Program
Jones Day Talks: Italy Embraces Foreign investment but Maintains Oversight
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Effective as of April 8, 2025, the National Security Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has implemented a Data Security Program (the DSP) to address national security risks associated with the transfer of...more
The table below presents a structured timeline of executive actions, policy directives, and trade-related decisions issued by President Trump’s administration from January 2025 to the present. It focuses on critical areas...more
On February 6, 2025, Rules 73C-61.001-.007, F.A.C. (“PRC Rules”), go into effect for implementing Section 692.204, Florida Statutes—the law restricting the purchase of real property by certain persons or entities from...more
Effective in January 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued a final rule (colloquially known as “Reverse CFIUS”) implementing the Outbound Investment Program, which prohibits U.S. persons from making certain...more
U.S. investors interested in investing in advanced Chinese technology companies may now be constrained by the U.S. Government’s first-ever outbound investment rule (Final Rule) which took effect on Jan. 2, 2025. The Final...more
Precedent-Setting Investment Restrictions – On January 2, 2025, the U.S. will start restricting foreign investments by U.S. persons in certain national security technologies. The Outbound Investment Rule and associated...more
Entering into a patent purchase transaction is complicated. Not surprisingly, purchasing assets that include Chinese originated technology is even more complicated. Before signing a deal, make sure the diligence period...more
The Federal Register on May 6, 2024, published final regulations issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury and IRS under the clean vehicle tax credits found at Sections 25E (previously owned clean vehicles) and 30D (clean...more
This is the first of two articles focused on 2023 life sciences deals in China. The second article, which is coming soon, looks at trends in M&A. In 2023, there were 240 reported life sciences licensing deals in China,...more
On Wednesday, March 6, 2024, the Department of Commerce, Department of the Treasury and Department of Justice issued another Tri-seal Compliance Note, focusing this time on the obligations of foreign based persons complying...more
On December 4, 2023, the Department of Energy (DOE), Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published related proposed guidance on the eligibility of an electric vehicle for the section...more
On December 1, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released long-awaited proposed guidance defining “foreign entity of concern” (FEOC) under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). Simultaneously, the U.S....more
Report on Research Compliance 20, no. 11 (November, 2023) It wasn't just China. China is among the countries whose support for Stanford University investigators wasn’t reported to five federal research funding agencies,...more
The Florida Department of Commerce (Department) on Sept. 20, 2023, published proposed rules interpreting Florida's law limiting "foreign principals" from "foreign countries of concern" – China, Russia, Iran, North Korea,...more
According to the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (“NCSES”), a key driver in the scientific and technological accomplishments of U.S. research universities is the volume of federal support for research...more
July saw two noteworthy Russia enforcement actions. A Russian national was arrested in Estonia and extradited to the United States after being charged with conspiring to procure U.S.-origin technologies and ammunition on...more
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) plans to exercise more regulatory oversight over entities that have the authority to provide communications between the United States and foreign countries....more
The proposed rule tightens restrictions on activities by “affiliates” and clarifies scope of statutory clawbacks. The Department of Commerce released a proposed rule imposing guardrails preventing the “improper use of...more
On January 5, 2023, President Biden signed into law S. 1294, the “Protecting American Intellectual Property Act of 2022”. The Act requires the president to report to Congress and impose sanctions on any foreign person or...more
In the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Extension Act of 2022, Congress reauthorized these programs for another three years and added new requirements to reduce foreign...more
The U.S. government issued guidance on October 14, 2022, emphasizing that the United States is “prepared to use its broad targeting authorities against non-U.S. persons” who continue to trade with Russia sanctions targets,...more
On July 28, 2022, Congress passed the CHIPS Act (CHIPS). Among other things, CHIPS adds Section 48D to the Internal Revenue Code, which provides a new advanced manufacturing investment tax credit for investments in...more
Outsourcing the design and manufacturing of products, components and software to foreign contractors has become a significant part of manufacturing in the U.S. However, if the items involved are subject to U.S. export...more
Revised draft legislation circulated June 13th is the most recent salvo in a long-running effort that is increasingly likely to create an unprecedented outbound investment review mechanism in the United States. ...more
On August 13, 2018, President Trump signed into law the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (FIRRMA), which expanded the Committee on Foreign Investment in the Unites States’ (CFIUS) oversight scope. 31 C.F.R. §...more