On May 19, 2023, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) announced new export controls and Entity List additions during President Biden’s G7 visit in Japan. In conjunction with the G7 meetings, BIS stated these new restrictions are designed to better align U.S. controls with those of its partner and ally countries
Recently, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) announced the issuance of a $300 million penalty against Seagate Technology LLC and its Singapore affiliate, Seagate Singapore International Headquarters Pte. Ltd., (collectively, “Seagate”) to resolve apparent violations of the Huawei foreign direct product rule (the “Huawei FDP Rule”). BIS stated this case
The Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) announced today new export controls and Entity List additions designed to further restrict Russia’s ability to maintain its continued war against Ukraine. The Biden Administration’s measures come on the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the first announcement by several Western countries, including
On Friday, February 24, 2023, the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) issued new sanctions against individuals and entities operating in Russia and against those assisting with Russia’s war efforts in Ukraine. In combination with OFAC’s additional sanctions, BIS also implemented additional export control measures and added 86 identified supporters of the
In a recent order, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) revoked the export privileges for Obaidullah Sayed, an Illinois resident. Sayed was convicted of conspiring to export computers, computer systems, and other related equipment to the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission without a license. Sayed was sentenced to one year and
According to recent reports, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) has stopped granting export licenses to Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. (“Huawei”).
The U.S. government has long sought to restrict Huawei’s access to advanced U.S. computer chips used to power 5G networks and related technological applications. Under the current export restrictions
On December 16, 2022, the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) published a rule adding 35 entities from China and one entity from Japan to the Entity List for supporting China’s military modernization efforts, human rights violations, and risk of diversion. These designations follow BIS’s advanced computing and semiconductor export controls unveiled
On December 15, 2022, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) added 18 entities in Russia’s financial services sector to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (“SDN List”). The US State Department concurrently designated Vladimir Potanin, one of the richest men in Russia.
OFAC designated Public Joint Stock Company Rosbank (“Rosbank”), a bank
BIS Adds 24 New Entities and Removes One from Entity List
On December 8, 2022, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) issued a notice in the Federal Register adding 24 entities under 26 entries and removing one entity from the Entity List. The entities are from Latvia, Pakistan, Russia, Singapore, Switzerland
On June 28, 2022, the Department of Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) and the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) issued a Joint Alert urging financial institutions to be vigilant against efforts by individuals or entities to evade BIS export controls implemented in connection with the Russian Federation’s further invasion of Ukraine. After providing an overview of recent BIS actions in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Joint Alert identifies commodities that present “special concern because of their potential diversion to and end use by Russia and Belarus to further their military and defense capabilities,” all of which require a BIS license prior to export or reexport to Russia and Belarus.