On December 27, 2015, China's legislature adopted a new anti-terrorism law with several data privacy and cybersecurity provisions.

The Expansive Use Of National Security Measures To Address Economic Competitiveness Concerns.

The law discusses the functions, powers, and privileges Chinese national intelligence agencies are afforded in their activities, including the right to seek and collect information on foreign entities...

Senators Pete Ricketts and Elissa Slotkin have introduced bipartisan legislation that would subject American investments in adversary biotechnology to federal review requirements. The Biotech Investment National Security Act would amend the COINS Act to include pharmaceutical and biological product development in the list of sectors requiring Treasury Department screening for outbound investments to countries of concern, particularly China.

Partners Wendy Wysong and Ali Burney, and associate Lin Yang co-authored an article "What Chinese Companies and Their Employees Should Know About Searches and Seizures...

A discussion the remarkable story about the identification of another Chinese hacker.

Effective October 9, 2019, 28 additional entities based in China, including Chinese video surveillance firm Hikvision, are expected to be added to the Entity List maintained by the U.S. ...

On October 7, 2019 the Department of Commerce (DOC) added 28 Chinese entities to the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Entity List,...

On January 14, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the addition of 37 China-based entities to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity List.

Morrison & Foerster partner and global chair of the Private Equity Group Marcia Ellis is quoted in an article, "Some U.S.-listed Chinese stocks will need...

The new PRC Encryption Law will come into force on 1 January 2020. It will bring fundamental changes to the sale, import and use of encryption technologies in China by foreign and domestic ...

On May 17, 2022, the Department of Justice (DOJ) sued in U.S. District Court in D.C. to compel Stephen A. Wynn to register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) as an...

At the end of September 2023, the Cyberspace Administration of China released draft regulations regulating the cross-border flow of personal information and important data out of the Peoples Republic of China.

New anti-terrorism legislation became effective on 1 January 2016, underlining China's focus on information and network security and potentially having a significant impact on technology companies...

On December 27, 2015, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's national legislative body, passed the Counter-Terrorism Law of China, which entered into force on January 1, 2016.

As foreshadowed in our previous client alert highlighting various hurdles to cope with its data export requirements (the "September Update"), China's cybersecurity regulator...

On May 31, 2019, China's Ministry of Commerce ("MOFCOM") announced at a press conference that the country will soon establish a new "unreliable entities list" regime.

On January 24, 2022, the Department of Homeland Security, on behalf of the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force (Task Force), issued a request for public comments on "how best to ensure that goods, wares, articles...

With online data privacy protection not having been a priority for too long, companies should be aware that China is now stepping up its game with the new Data Security Law (DSL)...

Since taking office, the Trump administration has sent a clear message with respect to the regulation of AI—US leadership in AI is critical and the administration will oppose any rules that hold back industry.