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2 months ago | 
jdsupra.com | Anh Do |Leslie Harrelson |Stephanie Hartmann
On January 13, 2025, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) released its export control titled “Framework for Artificial Intelligence Diffusion.” This new interim final rule creates a two-pronged framework within the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”) to impede U.S. adversaries from developing advanced AI models.
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2 months ago | 
jdsupra.com | Anh Do |Leslie Harrelson |Stephanie Hartmann
In the last few days of the Biden Administration, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a flurry of new, noteworthy rules targeting national security risks in the science and technology sectors, including new export controls targeting AI, semiconductor fabricators, and biotechnology as well as a rule addressing the risks posed by connected vehicles.
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2 months ago | 
jdsupra.com | Anh Do |Leslie Harrelson |Stephanie Hartmann
On January 15, 2025, BIS issued an interim final rule controls targeting integrated circuits (“ICs”) fabricators. BIS is concerned that some IC designers have misrepresented the performance capabilities and intended end use of their designs to third-party fabricators contracted to manufacture the ICs. This makes it difficult for the fabricators to determine whether the correct Export Control Classification Number (“ECCN”) of the ICs they are producing and the corresponding restrictions.
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2 months ago | 
jdsupra.com | Anh Do |Leslie Harrelson |Stephanie Hartmann
On January 14, 2025, BIS released the final rule for Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain: Connected Vehicles (Connected Vehicle Rule). The Connected Vehicle Rule prohibits imports and sales of certain hardware or connected vehicles containing that certain hardware or software if there is a sufficient nexus to China (PRC) or Russia.
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2 months ago | 
jdsupra.com | Anh Do |Leslie Harrelson |Stephanie Hartmann
On January 15, 2025, BIS issued an Interim Final Rule that amends the Export Administration Regulation (EAR) to address dual use export control concerns about biotechnology. The new rule institutes new export controls on certain biotechnology products and related technologies that, when used in conjunction with artificial intelligence and biological design tools, could pose a threat to U.S. national security.
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Arianna Evers |Leslie Harrelson
On October 11, 2024, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) at long last published a final rule establishing the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Program (the Final Rule). Designed to ensure that federal contractors have implemented safeguards to protect Federal Contract Information (FCI) and Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), the Final Rule sets up a new compliance framework for DoD contractors and subcontractors that process FCI or CUI.
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Aug 1, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Barry Hurewitz |Richard Burger |Christopher Cestaro |Leslie Harrelson
On July 10, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security ("BIS") released new guidance (the "July 10 Release") outlining different types of precautionary letters ("supplier list" letters, "Project Guardian" requests, "red flag" letters, and "is informed" letters) that BIS may send to "companies and universities" to notify them of "parties of national security concern, such as those that present a risk of diverting [Export Administration Regulations ("EAR")] items to...
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Jul 26, 2024 | 
wilmerhale.com | Neena Shenai |Barry Hurewitz |Richard Burger |Christopher Cestaro |Leslie Harrelson |Lindsey A. Ricchi | +2 more
Summary On July 10, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) released new guidance (the “July 10 Release”) outlining different types of precautionary letters (“supplier list” letters, “Project Guardian” requests, “red flag” letters, and “is informed” letters) that BIS may send to “companies and universities” to notify them of “parties of national security concern, such as those that present a risk of diverting [Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”)]...
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Jun 28, 2024 | 
wilmerhale.com | Neena Shenai |Barry Hurewitz |Richard Burger |ric Louis |Lester Ross |Zachary K. Goldman | +7 more
In conjunction with the Group of Seven (G7) leaders meeting in Italy earlier this month, key jurisdictions issued the latest in a series of coordinated economic restrictions on Russia in light of its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The United States unveiled a sweeping series of sanctions and export controls to further curtail economic activity with Russia and Belarus, with notable impacts on information technology (IT) services, and foreign financial institutions, among others.
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Jun 28, 2024 | wilmerhale.com | Neena Shenai |Barry Hurewitz |Richard Burger |ric Louis |Lester Ross |Zachary K. Goldman | +7 more
In conjunction with the Group of Seven (G7) leaders meeting in Italy earlier this month, key jurisdictions issued the latest in a series of coordinated economic restrictions on Russia in light of its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The United States unveiled a sweeping series of sanctions and export controls to further curtail economic activity with Russia and Belarus, with notable impacts on information technology (IT) services, and foreign financial institutions, among others.
