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On February 8, 2016, U.K.-based Barclays Bank Plc agreed to pay $2,485,890 to the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) to settle civil liability...

Effective August 18, 2023, the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued amendments to the Commerce Control List (CCL) (15 CFR Part 774) of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to formalize changes based on Nuclear Supplier Group (NSG) commitments to prevent nuclear proliferation and the development of nuclear-related weapons of mass destruction.

The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced plans on May 13,2025, to rescind the Biden Administration's AI diffusion export control rule, which was set to take effect on May 15.

On November 10, 2025, the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security ("BIS") issued a one-year suspension of the "Affiliates Rule" it announced on September 29, 2025.

The U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security published on January 21 an interim final rule (IFR) revising the export controls that apply to certain civil unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

On June 8, 2017, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) published a final rule that removes the consumptive-demand exception from its regulations that implement the prohibition on the importation...

On April 24, 2024, President Biden signed into law H.R. 815, a foreign aid bill that has received much media attention for its authorization of foreign aid appropriations...

Under the Customs de minimis (minimal value) rule for imports, small value imports can enter the United States without formal entries. Some members of the trade community have characterized these entries as a "loophole."

The Department of State Directorate of Defense Trade Controls ("DDTC") has announced that it will roll out the Registration and Licensing applications in its new online platform,...

Last week, the U.S. Department of Commerce removed the United Arab Emirates from its list of countries boycotting Israel in response to the formal termination of the UAE's participation in the Arab League boycott of Israel.

John Smith was a guest on the podcast Iran Watch Listen, where he discussed the impact of the Trump administration's Iran sanctions campaign and how Iran policy might change with the incoming Biden administration.

On October 1, 2020, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued an advisory to alert companies that might pay ransomware attackers of the potential sanctions risks for facilitating ransomware payments.

The U.S. is looking to expand agricultural exports into South Africa. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Krysta Harden is visiting South Africa for that purpose in November 2015.

On February 4, 2016, Johnson and Johnson (Middle East) Inc. (JJME), a U.S. company headquartered in New Jersey, received a Finding of Violation from OFAC related to the Sudanese Sanctions Regulations.

A New York-based online money transmitter settled potential civil liability for alleged violations of multiple sanctions programs.

On Jan. 24, 2008, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“Customs”) published a proposed rule in the Federal Register that could dramatically increase the amount of duties paid upon importation into the United States.

Today, the U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) imposed additional export control restrictions on Myanmar (Burma) in response to the recent military coup in that country.

OFAC .designated Emma Tel LLC ("Emma Tel"), a telecommunications provider, along with twelve other entities and two individuals