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Oct 8, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Kate Kim Tuma |George N. Grammas |Everett Eissenstat |David Stewart |Bridget McGovern |Ludmilla Kasulke | +4 more
On September 26, 2024, the US Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that, when final, would prohibit the sale or import of connected vehicles (and certain related component hardware and software) with a sufficient nexus to either the People's Republic of China (PRC) or Russia. This action follows an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) that the agency issued on March 1, 2024.
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Jul 9, 2024 | 
lexology.com | James Barresi |Peter Gould |Keith Bradley |Ludmilla Kasulke |John Burlingame |Morgan Miller | +6 more
On July 1, 2024, the Supreme Court issued a 6-3 decision in Corner Post, Inc. v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, holding that 28 U.S.C. § 2401(a)’s six-year statute of limitations, which governs claims under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), does not begin to run until the plaintiff is injured by final agency action, as opposed to the date of final agency action.
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Mar 18, 2024 | 
lexology.com | D. Michael Kaye |David Stewart |Everett Eissenstat |Ludmilla Kasulke |John Flynn |Darrien Flowers | +1 more
On March 12, 2024, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) announced that it had received a petition from five national labor unions requesting action under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (Trade Act), to address the People's Republic of China's (PRC) acts, policies and practices in the critical maritime, logistics and shipbuilding sectors.
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Mar 14, 2024 | 
lexblog.com | David Stewart |Ludmilla Kasulke |Dominic Braithwaite
On March 11, 2024, US President Joe Biden released his Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 budget request, which included proposals on U.S. Artificial Intelligence (AI) development and efforts to implement the Biden Administration’s Executive Order (EO) on AI. The budget identifies the National Science Foundation (NSF) as central to U.S. leadership in AI, requesting $10.2 billion in funding for the agency.
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Mar 7, 2024 | 
lexology.com | David Stewart |Kate Kim Tuma |Bridget McGovern |Everett Eissenstat |Ludmilla Kasulke |Robert Kelly | +3 more
On February 29, 2024, US President Joe Biden announced that his administration will investigate the national security risks posed by “connected vehicles from countries of concern.” The president’s statement underscores the key role that advanced technologies and data play in today’s cars and other vehicles, and the national security risks presented therein.
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Mar 4, 2024 | 
lexblog.com | Genevieve Hubbard |Ludmilla Kasulke |Everett Eissenstat |D. Michael Kaye
On March 1, 2024, the US International Trade Commission (ITC) officially announced the initiation of a new factfinding investigation into the global rice market. The investigation, titled “Rice: Global Competitiveness and Impacts on Trade and the U.S. Industry” (Investigation No. 332-603), was requested by US House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means Chair Jason Smith (Republican-Missouri).
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Mar 4, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Genevieve Hubbard |Ludmilla Kasulke |Everett Eissenstat |D. Michael Kaye |David Stewart
On March 1, 2024, the US International Trade Commission (ITC) officially announced the initiation of a new factfinding investigation into the global rice market. The investigation, titled “Rice: Global Competitiveness and Impacts on Trade and the U.S. Industry” (Investigation No. 332-603), was requested by US House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means Chair Jason Smith (Republican-Missouri).
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Feb 29, 2024 | 
lexology.com | David Stewart |Ludmilla Kasulke |Alan L. Friel |Scott Warren |Kate Kim Tuma
On February 28, 2024, President Biden issued a groundbreaking executive order (EO) establishing the framework for new restrictions on transactions involving US persons' sensitive personal data and "countries of concern," including China, or related parties. The EO and forthcoming regulations will impact the use of genomic data, biometric data, personal health care data, geolocation data, financial data and some other types of personally identifiable information.
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Feb 16, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Ludmilla Kasulke
While many have focused in recent months on the US enforcement of the forced labor import ban (19 U.S.C. 1307) and the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) (Public Law No. 117-78), the EU is working on its own set of regulations prohibiting products made with forced labor from entering the EU market. A proposal for a regulation of general scope, presented in September 2022, is now reaching the last legislative phase.
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Feb 15, 2024 | 
squirepattonboggs.com | D. Michael Kaye |Ludmilla Kasulke |David Stewart |Everett Eissenstat
On March 12, 2024, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) announced that it had received a petition from five national labor unions requesting action under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (Trade Act), to address the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) acts, policies and practices in the critical maritime, logistics and shipbuilding sectors.
