The global video game industry with over $200 billion value thrives on cutting-edge hardware and innovative gaming content. However, recent trade policies introduced by the Trump administration in 2025, including new tariffs...more
4/25/2025
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Export Controls ,
Gaming ,
International Trade ,
Popular ,
Semiconductors ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs ,
Trump Administration ,
US Trade Policies ,
Video Games
On April 9, 2025, exactly one week after the announcement of his “Liberation Day” tariffs, President Trump issued a new Executive Order (“Modifying Reciprocal Tariff Rates to Reflect Trade Partner Retaliation and...more
On April 2, 2025, President Trump signed a new Executive Order (the “Liberation Day EO”) implementing additional tariffs on almost all U.S. trading partners, invoking the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA)....more
The month of April will mark the close of the first 100 days of the second Trump administration, in which we have already seen a number of significant trade-related announcements, orders, actions, and retractions come from...more
The firm is pleased to distribute the Q3/Q4 2024 edition of All Eyes on AI: Regulatory, Litigation, and Transactional Developments, which closely follows the evolving regulatory landscape for artificial intelligence (AI) in...more
On February 1, 2025, President Trump signed new executive orders targeting Canada, Mexico, and China, implementing the first set of tariffs under his new administration. Citing concerns over human trafficking, illicit drug...more
On December 2, 2024, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a final rule expanding and refining the scope of the Entity List (the “Entity List FR”), as well as an interim final rule building upon the China chip...more
As the air turns crisp, many of us above the equator will begin to think of the winter holidays. A subset of these people will think about holiday wish-lists. And the thoughts of nearly all of that subset, or at least the...more
On September 6, 2024, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued an interim final rule (the September 6 IFR) implementing new and revised export controls relating to emerging or critical technologies in the fields of...more
On October 17, 2023, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued new controls aimed at further slowing China’s development of advanced AI technologies. These new controls, published in two...more
10/23/2023
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China ,
Entity List ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
Exports ,
Foreign Policy ,
General Licenses ,
National Security ,
Technology Sector ,
U.S. Commerce Department
Regulators are increasingly taking enforcement action against crypto asset industry participants for violating anti-money laundering (AML) and sanctions laws. Regulators are concerned about the illicit use of crypto...more
6/14/2023
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Corporate Counsel ,
Crypto Exchanges ,
Cryptoassets ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Digital Currency ,
Financial Instruments ,
Money Laundering ,
Money Services Business ,
NYDFS ,
U.S. Treasury
On May 19, 2023, in conjunction with allies at the 2023 G7 Summit, the Biden administration announced several new actions to counter continued Russian aggression in Ukraine that, among other measures, include a significant...more
6/12/2023
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Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Export Controls ,
Financial Transactions ,
Foreign Policy ,
Foreign Relations ,
Foreign Trade Regulations ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Russia ,
Ukraine
On October 7, 2022, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced a new policy that would continually escalate restrictions on entities that fail to comply with BIS’s end-use verification checks, regardless of whether...more
On October 7, 2022, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a long-awaited interim final rule implementing new export controls on advanced computing chips, computers, and components including new Export Control...more