On April 9, 2021, the US Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) published a final rule (“Final Rule”) in the Federal Register to add seven Chinese parties (together, the “Designees”) to the Entity List. The Final Rule took effect on April 8, 2021. According to the Final Rule and the Commerce Department’s press release, the Designees were added to the Entity List because they have procured US-origin items for use in building supercomputers…
Under the Russian encryption regulations, notification to, or registration with, the Russian Federal Security Service (the “FSB”) is required in order to import and distribute foreign products (hardware and software) with encryption functions or features in the Russian Federation. Although the FSB is a sanctioned party, listed on the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) list of specially designated nationals and blocked persons (the “OFAC SDN List”) pursuant to the Cyber-Related Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R.…
On April 1, 2021, President Biden revoked Executive Order 13928 “Blocking Property of Certain Persons Associated with the International Criminal Court” (the “ICC EO”), which authorized the imposition of sanctions and visa restrictions on non-US ICC officials. The US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control concurrently removed two senior ICC officials from the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (“SDN List”), including Fatou Bensouda, the ICC’s chief prosecutor. The ICC EO was signed…
Join us for a cross-disciplinary discussion with our NA trade secrets partners on trade secrets enforcement issues that arise in export controls. The discussion is available here. As part of the heightened enforcement of trade secrets theft allegations in the United States, the Commerce Department recently added several institutions and individuals to the Entity List based on alleged theft. The spotlight on trade secrets is a trend to watch, and our experts walk you through…