2025On December 2, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security ("BIS") issued two new rules further restricting China's capability...

For most of its 45-year history, the Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States (CFIUS) has been limited to reviewing only investments that could result in "control" of a U.S. business by a foreign entity.

When the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) sanctions a person or entity by adding that person or entity to OFAC’s Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List, or SDN List, their property...

Two recent U.S. court decisions will increase corporate officers' and compliance professionals' risks for personal liability for Customs law violations.

In the second of a two-part series regarding the BIS Office of Export Enforcement, host Olga Torres sits down with former BIS Special Agents Don Pearce and Jim Fuller to discuss what to do when government enforcement agencies come knocking, ...

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ("FinCEN") of the U.S. Department of the Treasury ("Treasury") has made clear that businesses engaging in certain activities involving virtual currencies are subject to registration, reporting, recordkeeping, and other anti-money laundering ("AML") requirements under the Bank Secrecy Act and its implementing regulations.

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On August 6, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury released the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States ("CFIUS" or "the Committee") 2024 annual report to Congress regarding the Committee's national security reviews and investigations of certain foreign investment transactions from the preceding year.

For many years, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States ("CFIUS") has had the authority to review non-notified transactions ...

On October 28, 2021, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco addressed the ABA's National Institute on White Collar Crime, in which she made clear that monitorships...

The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States ("CFIUS" or "the Committee"), under the U.S. Department of the Treasury ("Treasury"), has the authority to review for national security risks...

Senator Cornyn made the above statement on the Senate floor on November 14, 2023, while advocating for his colleagues to pass the Outbound Investment Transparency Act as part of the 2024 National.

The Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 ("FARA" or "the Act") is a controversial disclosure law that aimsto combat covert foreign influence in the United States by promoting transparency...

Today, June 21, the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act ("UFLPA") comes into effect. It is the latest – and perhaps strongest – tool in the belt of U.S. regulatory and enforcement agencies to combat forced labor.

In August 2021, Mexico and Canada initiated a dispute pursuant to Article 31.4. of the USMCA against the United States of America ("USA").

The table below presents a structured timeline of executive actions, policy directives, and trade-related decisions issued by President Trump's administration from January 2025 to the present.

Prior to FIRRMA, CFIUS's authority included reviewing transactions that could result in the foreign control of a U.S. business. FIRRMA

Last week, the Treasury Department unveiled its final outbound rule, which regulates U.S. investment in China. According to experts, the rule could actually ensnare U.S. companies...

The intersection of immigration, anti-discrimination, and U.S. export control laws can be confusing for employers. But recent, recent settlement agreements ...

To more effectively counter transnational corruption and economic sanctions evasion, recent changes to the U.S. anti-money laundering ("AML") whistleblower regime expand and reinforce...