On November 3, 2021, the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) issued a final rule (“Final Rule”) adding the following four entities to the Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) Entity List: Candiru (Israel), NSO Group (Israel), Computer Security Initiative Consultancy PTE (Singapore), and Positive Technologies (Russia). The addition of the four entities comes after the October 21, 2021 publication of an interim rule by BIS establishing controls on the…
Baker McKenzie’s Global Supply Chain Compliance Blog published “Commerce Department Issues Notice of Request for Public Comments on Risks in the Semiconductor Supply Chain and Announces Virtual Forum on Risks in the ICT Supply Chain,” which can be viewed here.
On July 19, 2021, the US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) published a final rule (“Final Rule”) adding six Russian organizations to the Entity List. These designations are related to Executive Order 14024, “Blocking Property With Respect To Specified Harmful Foreign Activities of the Government of the Russian” (“EO 14024”) that was signed by President Biden in April 2021. EO 14024 authorizes the imposition of sanctions in response to Russian efforts…
On April 12, 2021, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) issued four amended Frequently Asked Questions (“FAQs”) related to submissions made pursuant to the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 (“TSRA”), as well as the Sudan Program and Darfur Sanctions. We summarize these FAQs below. FAQs Concerning TSRA FAQs 97 and 98 clarify the process for obtaining a TSRA license, as follows: FAQ 97 provides…