Imports, Foreign Entities

Startups Need a Grasp of U.S. Trade Controls

Lowenstein Sandler LLP on 10/22/2021

Export control requirements, economic sanctions, foreign ownership rules, import restrictions — cross-border trade continues to get more complex. Do you know there are trade laws that restrict who you can do business...more

DDTC Publishes New FAQs on Defense Services Performed by U.S. Persons Abroad and How to Get Them Approved via GC

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 1/9/2020

• On January 6, 2020, DDTC published a new FAQ on Defense Services Performed by U.S. Persons Abroad, confirming that the ITAR regulate defense services performed by a U.S. person employed by a non-U.S. company outside of the...more

Russia Responds to Recent Foreign Sanctions With New Law

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 6/5/2018

As part of Russia’s response to recent Russia-related foreign sanctions (particularly the U.S. sanctions announced by the Office of Foreign Assets Control on April 6, 2018, against certain Russian state-controlled entities...more

U.S. Customs Aims to Increase Enforcement of the Jones Act

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 7/21/2016

In what could foretell a significant increase in the enforcement of the coastwise trade provisions of the Jones Act, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (Customs) announced on July 18 the creation of the National Jones Act...more

“Implementation Day” Arrives, Triggering Relaxation of US Sanctions against Iran

Morgan Lewis on 1/20/2016

The impact of Implementation Day will vary depending on whether you are a US Person, a US-owned or controlled Foreign Entity, or a Foreign Person with no US nexus—what’s your status? ...more

Social Media Week Part IV – Telling a Story About Honey

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist on 8/6/2015

I continue my exploration of the use of social media in doing compliance by taking a look at a very innovative social media solution to a difficult compliance issue around, of all things, honey. This example shows how...more