On her first day in office, Attorney General Pam Bondi published several memorandums laying out the reprioritization of US Department of Justice (DOJ) efforts and funding, including the memorandum General Policy Regarding...more
President Donald Trump on February 21, 2025 issued a National Security Presidential Memorandum titled the America First Investment Policy to provide guidance to executive departments in their review and decision-making with...more
The US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published a Final Rule on January 16, 2025 that prohibits the import, sale, and manufacture of vehicles equipped with Vehicle Communication Systems (VCS)...more
Following a decade of increased enforcement of what has been considered an oft-confusing law, the Department of Justice recently published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposing several changes to regulations implemented...more
The US Department of Treasury published its final regulations covering the national security review process for outbound investments on October 28, 2024. The regulations impose notice and prohibition requirements on specific...more
The US Department of Commerce (Commerce or DOC) on December 6, 2024 issued a final rule codifying its framework for reviewing Information and Communications Technology and Services (ICTS) transactions under Executive Order...more
On September 23, 2024, the US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) outlining new proposed rules to address national security risks associated with...more
With federal elections and the conclusion of the 118th Congress drawing near, “China Week,” as dubbed by House leadership, presented one of the final opportunities for the US House of Representatives to act on a variety of...more
The US Department of the Treasury on July 8, 2024 proposed updates to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States’s (CFIUS’s) regulations that seek to expand the list of military installations for which proximity...more
Almost a year after President Joseph Biden issued an executive order requiring new regulations to restrict and track US investment in China, the US Department of the Treasury released proposed rules. The draft regulations are...more
The technology industry is squarely under Congress’s spotlight these days. Rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI), electric vehicles, and green energy, as well as concerns over data security and privacy, foreign...more
The US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) took a potentially important step toward shaping the future of connected vehicles (CVs) by issuing an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) on...more
The US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) on February 29, 2024 soliciting public feedback on the development of regulations related to the...more
In a significant move to safeguard sensitive personal data of US persons, President Joseph Biden issued an executive order (EO) titled Preventing Access to Americans’ Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and United States...more
The US Department of the Treasury’s Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) has reportedly increased its scrutiny of various transactions involving sovereign wealth fund (SWF) investments in the United...more
The US-China Economic and Security Review Commission released on November 14 its annual report for 2023—2023 Report to Congress: US-China Economic and Security Review Commission—issuing recommendations to track the Biden...more
Recent actions by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) indicate that it continues to lean forward on national security issues, and that the FCC is not merely comfortable acting in this space but rather...more
The Department of Commerce’s (Commerce’s) National Institute of Standards and Technology has officially released final rules to bolster the national security measures implemented as part of the Creating Helpful Incentives to...more
The Biden administration issued a long-anticipated executive order on August 9 regarding US outbound investment in select technology and products with national security applications produced by “countries of concern.”...more
The US government’s multibranch effort to implement a new regulatory regime designed to regulate outbound investments based on national security concerns moved forward with the White House’s August 9, 2023 Executive Order, EO...more
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS or Committee) recently released its annual report for 2022. The report contains data that provides potentially useful insights into how CFIUS is functioning, the...more
The US Senate approved an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act adding mandatory notifications of certain outbound investments in certain countries, including the People’s Republic of China....more
In an effort to protect the national security interest of the United States, the US government continues to develop and refine tools to assess and address the risks posed by technology transferred during and as a result of...more
The US Department of Commerce’s (Commerce’s) National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released on June 23, 2023 the second Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the “CHIPS for America” incentive program (CHIPS...more
The comment period has opened for the US Department of Commerce’s recently issued CHIPS for America incentive program notice of proposed rulemaking, which lays out funding requirements, incentives, and restrictions for...more