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BIS Sets Higher KYC Standards for Companies and Universities Over Russia Diversion Concerns

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On July 10, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) released new guidance (the “July 10 Release”) outlining different types of precautionary letters (“supplier list” letters, “Project...more

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Number of Chinese Students at U.S. Universities Drops

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Chinese students make up the majority of international students in the United States. However, the number of Chinese students in U.S. universities has dropped from a high of 370,000 in 2019 to about 290,000 today....more

Wiley Rein LLP

Lawmakers Urge DOJ to Address Foreign Influence on College Campuses

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Last week, a group of Republican Senators sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland expressing concern over the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its influence among student groups at American universities....more

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Chinese Communist Party on Campus? Congress Probes Alleged Chinese Ties to American Universities

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With the 118th Congress well underway, certain investigative priorities have come to the fore. One such priority for Democrats and Republicans alike has been on issues relating to China and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

DOJ: Stanford FCA Case Involved Failures to Disclose Foreign Support From Seven Countries

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

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Fundamental Research & National Security: Recent Developments & New Issues

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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

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

NSF Suspends 18 Awards, Receives Repayments Related to Foreign Ties, Research Misconduct

One university lost 14 awards; another, four. An investigator was suspended governmentwide. A public institution paid back more than $850,000, while two others returned nearly a million dollars....more

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Former University of Kansas Professor Sentenced for Making False Statements on Conflict of Interest Disclosure Form

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Last month, former University of Kansas Professor Feng “Franklin” Tao was sentenced to time served and two years of supervised release for making false statements in the University of Kansas’s conflict of interest and...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Research Compliance Volume 20, Number 2. Citing ‘Deception,’ Not ‘Espionage,’ Judge in KU Case Imposes Supervised...

Report on Research Compliance Volume 20, Number 2. (January 2023) -Since his arrest in August 2019, Feng “Franklin” Tao has published 16 “research articles” for the University of Kansas (KU), authored a book and began...more

Guidepost Solutions LLC

How Universities Can Prevent Faculty Prosecutions for Failure to Disclose Foreign Affiliations

Lost in the uproar over the China Initiative that the Justice Department eventually shut down was the role of universities in ensuring compliance with disclosure requirements related to foreign affiliations. In at least some...more

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Conviction of Harvard Researcher for Chinese Ties Serves as Caution to Universities

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Charles Lieber, former chair of the chemistry and chemical biology department at Harvard University, was convicted on December 21st by a jury on two counts of making false statements to federal authorities, two counts of...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Research Compliance Volume 18, Number 9. In This Month’s E-News: September 2021

Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 9 (September, 2021) - A former Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researcher who was the principal investigator on a 2014 NIH award of $939,495.27 and...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

First Jail Term for Undisclosed Foreign Support Appealed; NIH’s Lauer Laments ‘Tragic’ OSU Case

Report on Research Compliance 18, no. 9 (September, 2021) - To his supporters and colleagues, Song Guo Zheng, MD, PhD, was the most productive worker they’ve seen in 50 years, publishing nearly 300 papers, a man who lived...more

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DOJ’s “China Initiative” Falters

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When Anming Hu, an engineering professor at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (“UTK”) was indicted in February 2020 on charges related to his alleged failure to disclose ties to a state-run Chinese university, the case...more

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Open Research, Foreign Finance, and a University’s Mission

This past month, the U.S. Senate debated a provision in the Innovation and Competition Act that would require the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) to review any proposed gifts and contracts of $1...more

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Senate Eyes New Role for CFIUS in Combating ‘Foreign Malign Influence or Espionage Activities’ Targeting ‘Institutions of Higher...

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This potential expansion of CFIUS’s powers suggests broader congressional concern about attempts by Chinese entities to circumvent CFIUS reviews and access critical technologies. New legislation may soon expand the...more

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Borderline: The Evolving Landscape of the Border Search Doctrine

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In recent years, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) has brought an increasing number of cases aimed at combating economic espionage as part of its China Initiative. This effort has included cases against scientific...more

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New government contracts and grants rules limit universities' ability to use certain Chinese telecommunications equipment

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Federal contractors, including universities, will soon need to certify that they do not "use" telecommunications equipment or services produced or provided by certain Chinese companies (including ZTE, Hikvision, and Huawei)...more

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Nota Bene Episode 91: China Q3 Check In - Trade Wars, GDP Growth, Pandemic Comparatives, and Hong Kong with Michael Zhang

Nota Bene Episode 91: China Q3 Check In - Trade Wars, GDP Growth, Pandemic Comparatives, and Hong Kong with Michael Zhang With tensions between the U.S. and China not likely to de-escalate any time soon, what is likely to...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

New Presidential Proclamation Aimed at Combatting China's Theft of American Research

On May 29, President Trump issued a proclamation, effective on June 1, 2020, to suspend and limit certain nonimmigrant Chinese nationals who seek to enter the United States with an F or J visa. This latest action by the Trump...more

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP

Proclamation Suspends Entry of Certain Chinese Nationals on F and J Visas

On May 29, 2020, President Trump issued a Proclamation suspending the entry of certain students and researchers from the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The stated purpose is to limit access to sensitive U.S. technologies...more

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Higher Education Community Faces Federal Scrutiny of Financial Ties to China

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Both individuals and higher education institutions could face criminal and civil liability if they are not in compliance with federal law in the administration of federal grants and expenditure of federal research dollars, as...more

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U.S. Department of Education provides COVID-19 guidance for colleges and universities

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On 5 March 2020, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) published an electronic announcement to provide guidance on compliance with federal student financial aid (Title IV) requirements in connection with students for whom...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Report on Research Compliance Volume 17, Number 3. In This Month's E-News: March 2020

Report on Research Compliance 17, no. 3 (February 20, 2020) - Despite its earlier agreement to repay just $5,442 in costs questioned by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Inspector General, the University of...more

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Coronavirus: What Should Schools, Colleges, and Universities Do Now?

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The risk of coronavirus may be lower than the flu, but with the numbers of cases and fatalities growing in China and a handful of cases in the United States, some are calling for schools, colleges, and universities to take...more

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