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2023 was another record year for U.S. sanctions and the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). Most prominently, OFAC continued to impose significant additional sanctions on Russia in...more
1. BIS Releases Texts of New Chip Export Control Rules- Updating and expanding on rules issued last year, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) released three rules on October 27 targeting...more
On October 18, 2023, following the signing of an electoral roadmap between Venezuela’s Unitary Platform and representatives of the Maduro regime, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)...more
Last month, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) of Florida signed a new law that would prohibit people who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents and whose "domicile" is in China from purchasing certain real property in the state....more
The centrality of international trade laws in the development and execution of U.S. foreign policy has never been more evident than in 2022. Companies that have not invested in international trade compliance programs are...more
The American Conference Institute is hosting their 17th Annual Flagship Conference on U.S. Economic Sanctions Enforcement and Compliance on April 25-26, 2023, in Washington! Don’t miss the opportunity to stay current with the...more
In addition to compliance considerations under US sanctions associated with activities of U.S. persons, companies should also ensure that their compliance programs take into account the expansion under U.S. export controls of...more
The US Treasury Department has released its 2021 Sanctions Review (the “Review”), which describes the US sanctions framework and the agency’s future sanctions priorities. The Review reflects on the evolution over two decades...more
A new rule effective March 22, 2021 establishes a process for the US Department of Commerce to review commercial transactions between US and foreign parties for certain information and communications technology and services...more
On January 14, 2021, the U.S. Department of Commerce issued an interim final rule to address national security, economic security, and public health and safety concerns related to Information and Communications Technology and...more
While the pandemic has slowed down many things this year, it did not impede progress by the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) in publishing various regulatory changes aimed at addressing...more
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) issued a final rule effective October 29, 2020 amending Section 742.4(b)(7) of the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”) to revise the license...more
The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry Security (“BIS”) issued a final rule to restrict even further export licenses for National Security (“NS”) controlled items for China, Venezuela and Russia....more
The US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a final rule amending the license review policy for items on the Commerce Control List that are controlled for national security (NS) reasons and are...more
Pillsbury’s International Trade team is tracking developing U.S. government measures with widespread implications for the tech, telecom and government contracting industries. The Trump administration has long focused on...more
On June 29, 2020, the Commerce Department issued 32 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) concerning revision - effective as of the same date - to Part 744.21 of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). As we discussed in a...more
The U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) released impactful new rules on April 28, 2020, that significantly heighten controls on exports to China, Russia, and Venezuela under the Export...more
The Commerce Department adopted a number of new amendments to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) which increase export restrictions for China, Russia and Venezuela. These are part of the Administration’s accelerating...more
In a burst of activity, the US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued two final rules and one proposed rule. These rules, published in the Federal Register on April 28, 2020, made a series of...more
The U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) on April 28, 2020, published two final rules and one proposed rule that amend the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), with the goal of limiting the...more
Yesterday, the US Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) promulgated two new rules and issued a new proposed rule: ..A new final rule that will restrict previously permissible exports to China, Russia...more
On April 28, 2020, the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) published two final rules and one proposed rule targeting national security controlled exports and reexports to China, Russia, and...more
This is the sixth in our start-of-year series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the coming year. Our previous entry discussed enforcement by the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office in...more
Hot on the heels of the “Saturday Surprise,” the Trump Administration initiated “Monday Madness” earlier this week when the President issued new Executive Order (E.O.) 13884 blocking any property and interests in property of...more
The Government of Canada made a number of changes last month to its economic sanctions and anti-terrorism regimes. This blog summarizes the recent amendments, which illustrate... ...more