On Feb. 24, 2023, the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) imposed further export controls on Russia and Belarus by expanding the scope of EAR99 items, including luxury...more
3/24/2023
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This update outlines the actions taken by U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Feb. 24, 2023, the one-year anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation (Russia)....more
3/14/2023
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Seeking to protect critical U.S. technological assets from being acquired or used by nation-state adversaries, last week Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced the launch of the Disruptive Technology Strike Force....more
This update addresses the full implementation of the price cap policy for crude oil and petroleum products of Russian origin by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). On Feb. 3, OFAC...more
2/21/2023
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UPDATE – December 2022 was another busy month for Entity List additions by BIS.
Effective Dec. 21, 2022, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) further tightened controls on the Wagner...more
1/19/2023
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This update includes the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control’s (OFAC) recent actions regarding the Russian seaborne oil price cap policy aimed at maintaining the supply of Russian oil to the...more
1/11/2023
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Key Takeaways -
..New export controls are in place that impose significant new restrictions for U.S. and foreign businesses operating in the semiconductor and advanced computing industry in China.
..The new controls...more
11/17/2022
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In response to the Russian Federation’s (Russia) egregious and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine that began in February 2022, the U.S. government has deployed a whole-of-government approach in imposing sanctions and export...more
10/26/2022
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UPDATE – Effective September 15, 2022, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) implemented a new rule that expanded, revised, corrected and clarified certain provisions of the Export...more
10/25/2022
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..The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is prohibiting the provision of accounting, trust and corporate formation, and management services to any person in the...more
7/19/2022
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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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Since February 24, 2022, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has implemented numerous new export control restrictions in response to the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation...more
5/20/2022
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On March 11, 2022, President Biden signed an Executive Order prohibiting exports of US-origin luxury goods to Russia and Belarus and Russian and Belarusian oligarchs, broadening the US import ban on goods originating in the...more
3/14/2022
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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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The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) appears to be increasing the rate at which it imposes new export controls on various technologies, software and commodities (items). In October alone,...more