On October 21, 2024, the Department of Justice (DOJ) released an unpublished Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), Provisions Pertaining to Preventing Access to U.S. Sensitive Personal Data and Government-Related Data by...more
10/24/2024
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Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
International Data Transfers ,
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) ,
National Security ,
NPRM ,
Personal Data ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Sensitive Personal Information
On September 9, 2024, the US Department of Commerce’s (“Commerce”) Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) released notice of a proposed rule to create a mandatory reporting requirement for artificial intelligence (AI)...more
On September 6, 2024, the US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published an interim final rule (IFR) issuing new export controls on quantum computing, semiconductor, and other advanced technology,...more
On June 20, 2024, the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a Final Determination (“Determination”) prohibiting Kaspersky Lab, Inc.—the US subsidiary of the Russia-based antivirus software and...more
On April 24, 2024, President Biden signed into law H.R. 815, the National Security Supplemental (the “Act”). While much of the focus centered on the foreign aid package for Israel, Ukraine, and the Indo-Pacific, the bill...more
4/30/2024
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Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Export Controls ,
Foreign Aid ,
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) ,
National Security ,
National Security Supplemental ,
New Legislation ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Statute of Limitations ,
TWEA
On March 7, 2024, the US Department of Justice’s National Security Division (NSD) released a revised Voluntary Self-Disclosure (VSD) Policy (the “VSD Policy”). The VSD Policy substantially tracks the language of the previous...more
On March 1, 2024, the US Department of Commerce’s (“Commerce”) Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking1 (the “Notice”) seeking public comments on potential regulation of the...more
3/19/2024
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China ,
Comment Period ,
Connected Cars ,
Data Collection ,
Executive Orders ,
Foreign Adversaries ,
Information Technology ,
Motor Vehicles ,
National Security ,
OEM ,
Proposed Rules ,
Public Comment ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Rulemaking Process ,
U.S. Commerce Department
On January 29, 2024, the US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (the “Department”) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking seeking comment on a proposed regulation in response to the Executive Order (E.O.)...more
2/15/2024
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Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Cloud Computing ,
Comment Period ,
Customer Identification Program (CIP) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Executive Orders ,
Financial Institutions ,
IaaS ,
Machine Learning ,
National Security ,
NPRM ,
Proposed Regulation ,
U.S. Commerce Department
China made significant changes to the country’s export control rules in 2023, imposing new controls and modifying existing controls across multiple industries and technical areas. As discussed in our prior Legal Update (China...more
A new executive order (the “EO”) signed by President Biden on June 3, 2021, amends existing prohibitions on US investments in companies that the US government has determined support the military of the People’s Republic of...more
6/10/2021
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Biden Administration ,
China ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Executive Orders ,
Foreign Policy ,
Human Rights ,
Investment ,
National Security ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Securities Transactions