Brandon Van Grack

Dec 18, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Brandon Van Grack

Although the Trump transition is well underway, the Biden administration made news in the national security space by announcing significant new export restrictions on semiconductor equipment and technology destined for the People’s Republic of China (PRC). On December 2, 2024, the Department of Commerce’s (Commerce) Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced a package of two rules taking aim at the PRC’s ability to produce advanced semiconductors.

Apr 26, 2024 | jdsupra.com | James Brower |Charles Capito |Brandon Van Grack

On April 11, 2024, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) unveiled updates to its regulations that sharpen CFIUS’s processes and enforcement authorities. Together with remarks by U.S. government officials speaking at a recent industry event, these updates underscore that the demands on and risks to transacting parties in the U.S. have never been greater.

Mar 4, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Andrea Delisi |Rachel Fiorill |Brandon Van Grack

2023 was another record year for U.S. sanctions and the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). Most prominently, OFAC continued to impose significant additional sanctions on Russia in response to Russia’s war in Ukraine, building upon the sanctions actions and underlying sanctions “architecture” it developed in 2022.