On Feb. 24, the U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a final rule amending the Commerce Control List (CCL) in part 774 of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to complete...more
On June 29, 2022 through July 1, 2022, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) held its 35th Annual Update Conference on Export Controls and Policy (Update) in Washington, D.C. This important...more
7/11/2022
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President Biden signed an Executive Order prohibiting the importation into the United States of Russian origin crude oil, petroleum, petroleum fuels, oils, and products of their distillation; liquefied natural gas (LNG);...more
The United States and the European Union imposed additional sanctions this week in response to the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine and the United States announced its intention to make sanctions enforcement a...more
3/7/2022
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Following the imposition last week of wide ranging economic and trade sanctions on Russia for its actions against Ukraine, on February 28, 2022, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)...more
On February 23 and 24, 2022, the United States, through the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) and the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), took significant...more
2/28/2022
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On February 22, 2022, the United States announced and implemented new economic sanctions targeting the Russian Federation’s financial services sector and persons that operate in the sector. These sanctions are designed to cut...more