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Jan 23, 2025 | 
openlegalblogarchive.org | Jen Fernandez |Alex Tritell
On January 16, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Office of Information and Communications Technology and Services (OICTS) published a Final Rule formalizing prohibitions on certain connected vehicles (CVs) transactions involving hardware and software linked to the People’s Republic of China (China) and Russia.1 The Final Rule is scheduled to take effect on March 17, 2025.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
datamatters.sidley.com | Jen Fernandez |Alex Tritell
On January 16, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Office of Information and Communications Technology and Services (OICTS) published a Final Rule formalizing prohibitions on certain connected vehicles (CVs) transactions involving hardware and software linked to the People’s Republic of China (China) and Russia.1 The Final Rule is scheduled to take effect on March 17, 2025.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
datamatters.sidley.com | Jen Fernandez |Heather Hedges
On January 3, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Office of Information and Communications Technology and Services (OICTS) published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) on the national security risks posed by foreign adversary involvement in the supply chain for unmanned aerial systems (UAS) (i.e., drones), including risks to critical infrastructure and U.S. sensitive data.
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Sep 27, 2024 | 
datamatters.sidley.com | Jen Fernandez |Elyssa Kutner |Aaron Flyer |Heather Hedges
On September 26, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Office of Information and Communications Technology and Services (OICTS) published a long-awaited rule proposing to ban certain connected vehicles transactions involving hardware and software linked to the People’s Republic of China (China) and Russia.
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Jun 26, 2024 | 
datamatters.sidley.com | Jen Fernandez |James Brent Mendenhall |Heather Hedges
On June 20, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) Office of Information and Communications Technology and Services (OICTS) published a first-of-its-kind Final Determination against Kapersky Lab, Inc., prohibiting the provision of its antivirus software and cybersecurity products in the United States or to U.S. persons.
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Jun 26, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Jen Fernandez |James Brent Mendenhall |Heather Hedges
On June 20, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) Office of Information and Communications Technology and Services (OICTS) published a first-of-its-kind Final Determination against Kapersky Lab, Inc., prohibiting the provision of its antivirus software and cybersecurity products in the United States or to U.S. persons.
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May 7, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Jen Fernandez |Joan M. Loughnane |Andrew W. Shoyer |Carys Golesworthy |Hao Yue Zhu |Kevin R. Rubino | +1 more
On April 24, 2024, President Joe Biden signed into law HR 815, a wide-ranging foreign aid and national security bill that includes, among many other programs, $60 billion in aid for Ukraine.
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Nov 1, 2023 | 
lexology.com | Jen Fernandez |Andrew W. Shoyer |Kayla Scott |Heather Hedges
On October 25, 2023, the U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published updated export controls on advanced computing items and semiconductor manufacturing equipment under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR).
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Sep 21, 2023 | 
lexology.com | Jen Fernandez |Andrew W. Shoyer |Kayla Scott
In the past year, the U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has published two enforcement policy updates and issued four enforcement actions resulting in public settlements related to the antiboycott provisions of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). These updates and enforcement actions highlight BIS’s stricter approach and renewed focus on antiboycott enforcement. What are U.S. antiboycott laws?
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May 22, 2023 | 
lexology.com | James Brent Mendenhall |Jen Fernandez |Justin Becker |Carys Golesworthy |Grigore Alexandru
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS, or the Committee) recently issued a clarification (through updated FAQs, available here) that certain “springing rights” arrangements are not permissible when a transaction would require a mandatory filing. This Sidley client alert explains the CFIUS clarification and its impact on certain “springing rights” investment arrangements.
