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Avoid the October Surprise: What You Need to Know About DOJ’s New Data Security Program

Warner Norcross + Judd on 8/13/2025

The Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) Data Security Program (“the Program”, 28 C.F.R. Part 202) went into effect on April 8 with a 90-day period of limited enforcement. With DOJ now expecting full compliance, with additional...more

Senate Version of One Big Beautiful Bill Act Clarifies Foreign Entity Restrictions on Renewable Energy Tax Credits

Husch Blackwell LLP on 6/25/2025

The Senate Finance Committee recently released its own draft of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (the Bill) previously passed by the House as H.R. 1. Both the House and Senate versions of the Bill impose restrictions on...more

U.S. Sanctions Enforcement: 2024 Lessons Learned and 2025 Expectations

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 4/25/2025

As the third month of the second Trump administration comes to a close, the lack of any public enforcement action by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctions watchers...more

New DOJ Limits on Cross-Border Data Transfers Prompt Assessment by Businesses

Lathrop GPM on 4/3/2025

On April 8, the National Security Division of the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) new rule on cross-border data transfers takes effect. It restricts U.S. businesses from transferring certain bulk sensitive personal data to...more

Trump 2.0 Administration: Anticipated Impacts on International Trade, Sanctions and Economic Policy

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 11/25/2024

Broad Tariff Increases Could Reshape Global Trade: The aggressive use of tariffs could create significant trade disruptions for businesses dependent on global supply chains, and pair novel use of authorities with existing...more

Client Alert: New Laws Prohibit Certain Data Transfers to China, Russia, Iran, and other Foreign Adversaries of the U.S.

Whiteford on 5/3/2024

In addition to its well-publicized move to prohibit more than 150 million Americans from posting embarrassing dance videos of themselves on TikTok (at least while it is Chinese-owned), the U.S. federal government recently...more

Trade Matters - Lowenstein Sandler's Global Trade & National Security Newsletter - March 2024

Lowenstein Sandler LLP on 3/7/2024

On February 24, the two-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Biden administration issued hundreds of new Russia-related export controls and sanctions. The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the...more

The BIOSECURE Act and Its Potential Implications

Goodwin on 3/6/2024

Proposed federal legislation known as the BIOSECURE Act is being considered in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate....more

Maritime Outlook: 5 U.S. Maritime Issues to Watch in 2024

Holland & Knight LLP on 1/12/2024

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails. – William Arthur Ward The U.S. maritime industry is much like a great ship: It is subject to unforeseen forces, and it...more

Hot Topics in International Trade - November 2023 - U.S. Trade, Nearshoring & China Mexico is Becoming a Popular Manufacturing...

Braumiller Law Group, PLLC on 11/10/2023

First, please permit me a little bit of digression as always. As many journalists would state, and have, the world is currently on fire regarding regional conflicts that could spiral into WW3 as continuous movement regarding...more

2023 NDAA Tightens Controls on Chinese Semiconductors in Government Contractor Supply Chains

Holland & Knight LLP on 12/27/2022

President Joe Biden signed into law the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (2023 NDAA or Defense Bill) on Dec. 23, 2022. The Defense Bill, which passed the U.S. House of Representatives on...more

National Defense Authorization Act Implications for U.S. Sanctions Programs

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 12/15/2022

After months of negotiations, Congress revealed the compromise version of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (NDAA) on December 6, 2022. The bill, viewed as a “must-pass” piece of legislation because...more

[Webcast Transcript] CFIUS Compliance: Your Approach May Be A Matter of National Security

HaystackID on 8/8/2022

Editor’s Note: On July 27, 2022, HaystackID shared an educational webcast on the topic of Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) compliance. CFIUS is a U.S. government interagency committee with the...more

OFAC Year in Review 2021 – Part 1

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 2/8/2022

2021 was a year of transition in the United States and for the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). OFAC’s year, while busy, was far different from 2020, as the Biden Administration’s...more

EMBARGOED! Episode 43: Russia and Iran and China, Oh My!

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist on 2/1/2022

This week is EMBARGOED! Brian and Tim cover three favorite topics: Russia, Iran, and China. First, they discuss the latest U.S. threat to deploy Huawei-style foreign direct product rule restrictions on exports to Russia....more

Sanctions Legislation Watch: What to Expect from Congress as 2021 Comes to a Close

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 11/9/2021

As we approach year’s end, and the pace of legislative activity ramps up, it remains critical to keep a close eye on the sanctions-related bills currently making their way, at varying speeds, through the U.S. legislative...more

U.S. Government Expands Restrictions on Exports to China, Iran, and Russia and Issues New Business Advisory Regarding Forced Labor...

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 7/21/2021

The Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) in U.S. Department of Commerce has added 34 more companies to its Entity List in its continued expansion of U.S. export controls to address human rights in the Xinjiang Uyghur...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

‘Foreign Adversaries’ In Tech Supply Chain May Be Under the Microscope

ArentFox Schiff on 2/2/2021

The Information and Communications Technology and Services (ICTS) Rule, if implemented by the Biden Administration, would significantly impact companies that have an international nexus in a number of different sectors,...more

Understanding the OFAC Sanctions Laws: Requirements for U.S. Companies

Williams Mullen on 12/18/2020

It seems almost every day there are reports of new developments under the U.S. sanctions laws. Yet many U.S. companies do not understand the significance of these laws....more

New Syria, North Korea and Other Sanctions Provisions Enacted as Parts of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year...

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 1/2/2020

On December 20, 2019, President Trump signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (“NDAA 2020”), which includes numerous sanctions-related provisions. The law includes the previously introduced...more

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