On January 13, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) issued its Framework for Artificial Intelligence Diffusion, an Interim Final Rule revising the Export Administration Regulations...more
1/24/2025
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Export Controls ,
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Licenses ,
Microchip Technology ,
National Security ,
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Semiconductors ,
Supply Chain ,
Technology Sector
On November 26, 2024, the Fifth Circuit issued an opinion in Van Loon v. Department of the Treasury that invalidated economic sanctions imposed by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) on...more
12/6/2024
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Chevron Deference ,
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Cryptocurrency ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Foreign Adversaries ,
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) ,
Loper Bright Enterprises v Raimondo ,
Money Laundering ,
North Korea ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Software ,
U.S. Treasury
The incoming Trump administration is likely to continue the trend of strengthening export controls over AI and advanced semiconductors destined to China. During President-elect Donald Trump’s first term, the Bureau of...more
12/5/2024
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CFIUS ,
China ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Export Controls ,
International Trade ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Popular ,
Russia ,
Trump Administration
Following months of delays and intense debate in Congress, President Biden signed H.R. 815 into law on April 24, 2024, which made headlines for funding $95 billion in military aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, along with...more
5/6/2024
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EU ,
Foreign Aid ,
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) ,
Israel ,
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Sanction Violations ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Taiwan ,
TikTok ,
UK ,
Ukraine