On September 9, 2024, U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (“NRPM”), which would mandate new reporting requirements for artificial intelligence (“AI”)...more
On September 6, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) issued an interim final rule (the “Interim Rule”), aimed at strengthening export controls on advanced technologies, including...more
On September 12, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) issued a final rule that requires reporting entities to make significant changes to Voluntary Self-Disclosures (“VSD”); the BIS...more
On August 14, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) issued guidance to the U.S. academic community regarding compliance with export controls and to protect U.S. national security....more
On August 23, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) announced a series of new measures to further restrict the supply of U.S.-origin and "U.S.-branded" items to Russia and Belarus...more
On July 1, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) released an updated version of Don’t Let This Happen To You!, which contains summaries of actual investigations of Export Control and...more
Effective as of June 12, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) announced several additional export control restrictions and related actions against Russia and Belarus to further...more
On June 12, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) issued a new Determination Pursuant to Section 1 (a)(ii) of Executive Order 14071 (the “Determination”) that prohibits U.S....more
On April 24, 2024, President Biden signed into law H.R. 815 (Pub. L. 118-50), “Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes” (the “Act”), which includes...more
Effective April 29, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) introduced a new export license exception to allow the export of medical devices to or within Russia, Belarus and the...more
On March 5, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) and the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued a...more
On December 6, 2023, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) unveiled three pivotal rules that amend the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”). These rules mark a crucial step in a...more
On October 31, 2023, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) published Directive 1 under Executive Order 14014 (the “Directive”) that will, effective as of December 15, 2023, prohibit...more
On July 10, 2023, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) issued General License (“GL”) 40B pursuant to the Venezuela Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR Part 591 (“VSR”)....more
Russian Oil Price Cap -
The G7 has agreed to a U.S.-led coalition to impose a price cap on Russian oil exports to stem Russian profits from sales of oil to fuel its war efforts against Ukraine. On September 2, 2022, the...more
On June 9, 2022, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) published eleven new FAQs (FAQ 1058, FAQ 1059, FAQ 1060, FAQ 1061, FAQ 1062, FAQ 1063, FAQ 1064, FAQ 1065, FAQ 1066, FAQ 1067,...more
Executive Order 14071 “Prohibiting New Investment in and Certain Services to the Russian Federation in Response to continued Russian Federation Aggression” - April 6, 2022 -
Executive Order 14071 (“EO 14071”) blocks any...more
The United States, primarily through Presidential action under the statutory authority of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (“IEEPA”), has empowered the U.S. Department of the Treasury and its Office of Foreign...more
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