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Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Sectoral tariffs are emerging as a preferred tool for the White House that leaves targeted industries, and those reliant on their import supply, subject to appreciably higher customs duties on imported goods. A wide range of...more
On July 16, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce published a Federal Register notice soliciting public comments on an investigation into the national security impacts of imported unmanned aircraft systems (UAS or drones) and...more
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) has launched two additional Section 232 investigations covering unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), their parts and components, and of polysilicon and its derivatives. President Trump is...more
On July 14, 2025, the US Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced the initiation of investigations into the effects on US national security of (i) imports of polysilicon and its derivatives, and...more
On July 14, 2025, the Commerce Department announced new investigations initiated by the Secretary of Commerce on July 1, 2025, pursuant to Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. The pre-publication Federal Register...more
On January 3, 2025 the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security released an advanced notice of proposed rule-making seeking public input on the definition of “unmanned aircraft systems” and their...more
The U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) on January 3, 2025, seeking public input to inform the potential development of a rule to secure...more
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) Office of Information and Communications Technology and Services (OICTS) has broad authority—born out of executive action during the first Trump administration—to identify and mitigate...more
The United States Department of Commerce issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking under its “information and communications technology and services” (ICTS) regulations on Friday to solicit comments from U.S. industry...more
On June 16, the U.S. Department of Commerce published a final rule, to be effective July 17, implementing the Protecting Americans’ Sensitive Data From Foreign Adversaries and amending the Securing the Information and...more
In a relatively rare move for four (4) Cabinet-level Departments, the U.S. Departments of Commerce, Justice, State and Treasury issued an advisory notice on June 9, 2023, aimed specifically at reminding industry of their...more
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced that it has added Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC), drone manufacturer DJI, and dozens of other companies...more
ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS – U.S. Agencies Decline to Prosecute Teradata for Alleged FCPA Violations – On February 26, 2018, Teradata Corporation, an Ohio-based enterprise software database management company,...more
This edition of the Cozen O’Connor Aviation Regulatory Update discusses DOT’s launch of an investigation of alleged price gouging by airlines following Amtrak train service disruption in the Northeast Corridor, the agency’s...more
Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)—also commonly referred to as drones and the systems used to operate them—are ubiquitous in the American consciousness today, even though for most of us our experiences with UAS may be limited to...more