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Perkins Coie White Collar & Investigations Partner Caryn Trombino talks with Stephen Ravas, Counsel to Inspector General at AmeriCorps Office of Inspector

On July 11, 2007, Congress passed the Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007 (the “Act”), sending it to the President to sign into law. The Act amends the Exon-Florio Amendment to the Defense Production Act of 1950 (“Exon-Florio”) to revise the procedures applicable to reviews by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) of foreign acquisitions of U.S. entities and assets.

On August 15, 2007, Department of Homeland Security published its final “No-Match” regulation, entitled “Safe Harbor Procedures for Employers Who Receive a No-Match Letter”, which was scheduled to become effective on September 14, 2007.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) for the public charge rule to seek data and information from the public...

On Aug. 31, 2018, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) issued Class Deviation 2018-O00018, which increases the micro-purchase threshold for DoD procurements from $5,000 to $10,000.

Eleventh Circuit Upholds Defense Contractor Dismissal while Questioning DOHSA Precedent.

The Federal Communications Commission has opened a pathway for foreign robotics manufacturers to enter the U.S. market despite Covered List restrictions through conditional approval exemptions. Recent approvals for Swedish and Indian manufacturers demonstrate how companies can navigate national security concerns with detailed ownership disclosures and U.S. onshoring commitments. These precedent-setting decisions offer hope for robotics companies currently blocked from obtaining FCC equipment authorizations.

On November 30, 2020, a federal district judge in the matter of Washington Alliance of Technology Workers v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security, et al., No. 16-1170, issued an order to uphold...

Following up and consistent with public statements earlier this summer, FinCEN has formally proposed a two year delay of the effective date...

Fast approaching is the June 1 expiration of certain provisions of the Patriot Act, including § 215 (codified as 50 U.S.C § 1861)

On January 18, 2024, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a public report that found the U.S. Department of Agriculture...

On March 15, 2024, the Department of Defense (DOD) announced the appointment of David M. Cattler as the new Director of Defense Counterintelligence Security Agency (DCSA).

President Biden signed an Executive Order authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to impose sanctions on foreign persons engaged in drug trafficking.

The U.S. Department of State's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls has announced a significant shift in policy regarding arms exports to Ethiopia, ending a multi-year embargo that was imposed during the Tigray conflict. This policy change allows for case-by-case review of licensing applications for defense articles and services previously denied under ITAR Section 126.1. What implications does this reversal hold for defense contractors and U.S.-Ethiopia relations moving forward?

On July 21, 2025, FinCEN announced its intention to delay the implementation of the final rule establishing Anti-Money Laundering/Countering the Financing of Terrorism Program and Suspicious Activity Report Filing Requirements for Registered Investment Advisers and Exempt Reporting Advisers …

Alejandro Mayorkas assumed office on February 2, 2021 as the 7th U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security.

On December 1, 2020 the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California set aside two regulations that had been issued by the Department of Labor (DOL)...