The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Commerce recently announced a $140 million resolution of criminal and civil charges against Cadence Design Systems (Cadence) for admitted export control violations...more
8/7/2025
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In 2024, the Biden Administration substantially expanded executive branch power to monitor foreign investment into and out of the United States. First, the administration continued efforts to aggressively police compliance...more
2/13/2025
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On March 6, 2024, the U.S. Departments of the Treasury, Commerce, and Justice jointly issued a Tri-Seal Compliance Note titled “Obligations of Foreign-Based Persons to Comply with U.S. Sanctions and Export Control Laws”...more
The US Department of the Treasury recently published for public comment two proposed regulations that will expand the jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) and make substantive...more
9/27/2019
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U.S. Treasury
On August 1, 2018, the Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 (NDAA). The House of Representatives passed the same bill last week, and it will now go to the President for his signature....more