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Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP

$140M US Export Controls Enforcement Action for ‘Reason to Know, Including Awareness of a High Probability’ Violations

On July 28, the U.S. Department of Justice’s National Security Division and the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) jointly announced resolutions of parallel criminal and administrative...more

The Volkov Law Group

BIS Levies $4.25 Million Penalty Against Alpha and Omega Semiconductor for Unauthorized Exports to Huawei

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On June 27, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) issued a final order resolving administrative enforcement proceedings against Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Incorporated (“AOS”), a...more

Fenwick & West LLP

U.S. Government Removes Export Control Barriers for U.S. Companies Participating in Standards-Setting Bodies

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The U.S. government’s primary export control regulator – the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) within the Commerce Department – issued a new rulemaking to remove barriers from U.S. companies’ participation in...more

ArentFox Schiff

Wow AUKUS is for Real! Exports to Australia and UK Just Got Way Easier

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The US Government just placed Australia and the United Kingdom (UK) in nearly the same position as Canada for dual-use exports under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and is poised to go even further with a proposed...more

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Bigger Fish to Fry: BIS Refines Voluntary Self-Disclosure Process for Minor EAR Violations

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The US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), which administers the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and regulates most exports from the United States, announced further updates to the process...more

The Volkov Law Group

Bureau of Industry and Security Extracts $300 Million Fine Against Seagate Technology for Violation of Huawei Prohibition

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Matt Axelrod, the Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement, at the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) of the U.S. Department of Commerce, must be grinning with satisfaction that BIS delivered, in a big way, after he...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Novel Sanctions Against Business-Related Services Connected to Russia and Additional Export Restrictions

On Sunday, the Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced novel and sweeping sanctions on specific categories of services in order to cripple Russia’s wartime capabilities and sanctioned key...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

BIS Releases Interim Final Rule on Export Controls for Cybersecurity Items

After several years of foreign and domestic negotiations surrounding controls on intrusion software, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry & Security (BIS) published an interim final rule on October 21, 2021,...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

BIS Imposes Civil Fine and Compels Hiring of Compliance Official or Cease Operations

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On October 12, the U.S. Commerce Department, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced that it imposed a civil penalty fine against VTA Telecom Corporation (VTA) for the unauthorized export of controlled commodities to...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

OFAC 2020 Year In Review

In too many ways to count, 2020 was an extraordinary year. As we move into 2021 with optimism for an end to the pandemic and better days ahead, we understand that the activity last year of the U.S. Department of the...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Reminder Regarding the Jurisdictional Reach and Limits of U.S. Export Control, Sanctions, and Foreign Investment Regulations

United States export control, sanctions, and foreign investment (CFIUS) regulations advance U.S. national security and foreign policy interests, but in very different ways. They are also quite complex. As a result, media...more

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US Moves to Treat Hong Kong Like China: What Does This Mean for US Exporters?

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On Monday, June 29, the Departments of Commerce and State announced that they were following through with changes to treat Hong Kong like China for exports of military and dual-use goods. The Department of Commerce announced...more

Snell & Wilmer

CFIUS Proposes New Rule: What You May Need to Know About Potential Changes to the Mandatory Reporting Requirement

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The Department of Treasury has recently proposed a rule revising the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States’(“CFIUS”) regulation, 31 C.F.R. Part 800. Generally, CFIUS is a government body that has authority to...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Focus on Foreign Access to Technology and Data Continues as CFIUS — and Others — Flex National Security Muscles

With strengthened legislative mandates and significant regulatory reform in place, the U.S. government’s national security focus on protecting sensitive technology and data continues to gather steam. Although exactly what...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Successfully Navigating Export Controls in a Fast Changing Regulatory and Political Environment

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I recently moderated a panel of legal experts on complying with multijurisdictional export and trade controls who provided an overview of the domestic and international regulatory environment to an audience of corporate...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Important New Guidance for Companies Considering Voluntary Disclosures of Export Control and Sanctions Violations

On December 13, 2019, the U.S. Department of Justice’s National Security Division (NSD) issued important new policy guidance regarding voluntary disclosures of export control and sanctions laws violations. Among other things,...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Commerce Department Signs New Agreement with ZTE Lifting Denial Order in Exchange for Unprecedented Additional Penalties and...

• On June 11th, BIS published a superseding settlement agreement with ZTE, levying the largest-ever monetary penalty by BIS against a non-U.S. company and imposing significant additional compliance measures in exchange for...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

ZTE Denial Order: Growing Tensions between the U.S. and China’s Economic Actions and Policies

Use of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s ability to block U.S. export activities may have significant consequences for one of China’s largest telecom equipment producers....more

Baker Donelson

Cuba Sanctions Guidance: November 2017 Update

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On November 9, 2017, changes to the United States' Cuba Sanctions program went into effect, as the Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and...more

Pillsbury - Global Trade & Sanctions Law

U.S. Government Continues to Create New Opportunities for Trade with Cuba

Both the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) have announced new amendments to the Cuban Assets Control Regulations (CACR) and Export...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Redefining U.S. Export Controls: Takeaways from Key Changes Effective September 1st

On September 1, 2016 new rules previously published by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)1 and the U.S. Department of State, Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC)2 will become...more

Miller Canfield

Sharing Sensitive Technologies Between International Affiliates

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In the normal course of operations between U.S. and foreign affiliates, inter-company communications and data conveyances are frequent and occur both intentionally and inadvertently. The U.S.-foreign affiliation can be in the...more

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