Intellectual Property Protection, U.S. Commerce Department, National Security

Cadence Design Systems Settles with DOJ and Commerce Department for Export Control Violations and Agrees to Pay $140 Million (Part...

The Volkov Law Group on 8/5/2025

DOJ’s initiation of its aggressive trade enforcement strategy is quickly unfolding — and the new strategy is a real and significant threat to all companies engaged in international trade. We are no longer in the era of FCPA...more

The AI Executive Order: What’s Happened and What’s Coming Up…

Moore & Van Allen PLLC on 2/7/2024

Last week, the White House issued an update on President Biden’s October 30, 2023 Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence (the “AI EO” or “EO”). The update detailed...more

New AI Executive Order Outlines Sweeping Approach to AI

Wiley Rein LLP on 11/1/2023

On October 30, 2023, the White House released an Executive Order for Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence (EO), which outlines a sweeping plan for encouraging the development and managing the risks of...more

New PAIP Act Requires U.S. President to Annually Report to Congress on Foreign Nationals Involved in the Theft of Trade Secrets...

Womble Bond Dickinson on 3/10/2023

The Protecting American Intellectual Property Act of 2022 (“PAIP”) became law on January 5, 2023, establishing a new enforcement procedure to deter the theft of trade secrets from the United States by foreign actors. PAIP...more

US Targets Telecommunications Transactions Involving the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain

White & Case LLP on 5/21/2019

On May 15, 2019, President Trump issued an executive order (EO), "Executive Order on Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain," prohibiting certain transactions involving...more

State Department to Limit Visas for Specific Chinese Citizens

Mintz on 6/19/2018

As part of the continuing trade and intellectual property war with China, the U.S. Department of State has implemented a new policy to limit visa validity periods and impose additional security clearances before visa issuance...more

United States Expected to Limit Visas to Certain Chinese Citizens

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 6/12/2018

A new policy enacted by the U.S. Department of State (DOS) instructs United States consular officers to limit the issuance of visas to some Chinese citizens as part of the administration’s measures to address China’s alleged...more

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