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DOJ and BIS Flex Enforcement Priorities as U.S. Semiconductor Design Company Agrees to Guilty Plea and $140M Fine

Fenwick & West LLP on 8/6/2025

On July 28, 2025, the National Security Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), announced parallel criminal and civil-administrative export...more

Recent Federal Strike Force Prosecutions Serve as Warning to U.S. Manufacturers and Other Exporters

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog on 9/27/2024

The recent enforcement activities of the newest federal strike force serve as a warning to U.S. manufacturers and other businesses involved in the export of products that the government is doubling down on prosecuting trade...more

International Compliance Digest - June 2024

Adams & Reese on 7/2/2024

Sanctions and export controls were the top items of interest in June. On the compliance side, OFAC and the BIS announced new sanctions and export controls on Russia and Belarus. The new measures target individuals and...more

U.S. Government seeks to restrict biotechnology cooperation with China

Hogan Lovells on 10/24/2022

The United States government is increasingly scrutinizing U.S. industry’s reliance on China for biotechnology research and development and manufacturing, and is taking steps to expand export control requirements on China that...more

New Export Control Rules Target China’s Acquisition of Semiconductor Equipment, Advanced Computing, and Supercomputer Technologies

Wiley Rein LLP on 10/17/2022

On October 7, 2022, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced a series of long-awaited regulations – issued as an interim final rule – amending the Export Administration Regulations...more

More U.S. Scrutiny of China-Related Investments and Exposure: White House Executive Order Signals Enhanced Scrutiny for Foreign...

K2 Integrity on 10/13/2022

The U.S. government continues to increase scrutiny over certain foreign investments in the United States and critical supply chain security. On 15 September 2022, President Biden signed the “Executive Order on Ensuring Robust...more

Sanctions/Export Controls Trends in 2021

Foley Hoag LLP - White Collar Law &... on 3/17/2021

This is the second in our First 100 Days series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the early days of the Biden administration. Our previous entry discussed SEC enforcement. Up next,...more

Commerce Adopts Export Controls on Artificial Intelligence Software for Geospacial Imagery – Controls on Additional Technologies...

Williams Mullen on 1/27/2020

On January 6, 2020 the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) within the Commerce Department adopted export licensing requirements on certain artificial intelligence software used to automate the analysis of geospatial...more

Artificial Intelligence Software Controlled for Export, Including to Foreign National Employees

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 1/14/2020

On January 6, 2020, the U.S. Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) released an interim final rule controlling the export of certain artificial intelligence software relating to geospatial imagery...more

US Issues First Unilateral Export Control on Artificial Intelligence Software

ArentFox Schiff on 1/7/2020

This software now requires a BIS authorization to be exported or reexported to all countries except for Canada. Companies that develop or use artificial intelligence (AI) to solve geospatial problems or in geospatial...more

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