On August 23, 2024, the U.S. Departments of Commerce, Treasury, and State published new restrictions on Russia aimed at further limiting its access to U.S. materials and international procurement networks for its military....more
On August 14, 2024, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued two new resources for academic institutions to help them navigate and comply with export controls. These come in the form of a...more
On December 29, 2023, the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) concerning the agency’s recently updated semiconductor and advanced computing export controls. In...more
On December 6, 2023, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) published a proposed rule to amend License Exception Strategic Trade Authorization (“STA”) within the Export Administration...more
On December 7, 2023, the U.S. House of Representative’s Foreign Affairs Committee (House Committee) released a 90-day report (the Report) on the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS). The report lays...more
On June 22, 2023, Senators Rubio (R-FL) and Wicker (R-MS) – the top Republicans on the Select Committee on Intelligence and the Armed Services Committee, respectively – introduced S. 2170, the Depriving Enemy Nations of...more
As part of a comprehensive streamlining effort, the U.S. State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) issued an interim final rule that reorganizes and restructures Part 120 of the International Traffic in...more
In a rule change that was effective April 8, 2022, but communicated on April 11, 2022 the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) expanded coverage of export controls on Russia and Belarus to include any...more
It has been almost three weeks since the U.S. and its allies began imposing serious new sanctions and export control restrictions on Russia and Belarus in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. This post summarizes the...more
3/14/2022
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Over the last two weeks, the United States, European Union, and allied countries imposed a broad range of sanctions and export control restrictions on Russia and Belarus in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. ...more
3/7/2022
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Ukraine
This week, the United States, European Union, and allied countries imposed a broad range of sanctions and export control restrictions on Russia in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. We expect Western countries to...more
As part of a package of new sanctions on Russia that are effective February 24, 2022, the United States imposed a series of significant new export control measures on exports of many products, software and technology to...more
On September 14, 2020, the U.S. Department of Treasury, as Chair of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), published final regulations changing the mandatory CFIUS declaration requirements for...more
Even as companies make rapid changes to respond to business challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, executives and compliance team leaders must protect their company and employees by continuing to comply with critical U.S....more
Earlier this week, the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) published a request for public comment regarding a proposed expansion of export controls under the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”) for certain spraying...more
Does your company source components or parts outside the U.S.? When doing so, you need to be careful about sending unlicensed export controlled technical data like drawings, blueprints and manufacturing instructions as part...more
As global companies begin to reenter the Iranian market, a decision issued by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia is an important reminder that resellers and distributors can generate liability for U.S....more
3/31/2016
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United Arab Emirates (UAE)