UPDATE: On May 13, 2025, the Department of Commerce rescinded this Interim Final Rule. See Thompson Hine update of May 14, 2025. BIS plans to publish a Federal Register notice formalizing the rescission and will issue a replacement rule in the future.
On January 13, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry
On January 15, 2025, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued two Final Rules adding 27 companies to the Entity List.
In the first Final Rule, BIS added 16 entities under the destinations of China (14) and Singapore (2). These entities are being added to the Entity List due to
On December 2, 2024, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued two new rulemakings in an ongoing effort to “further impair [China’s] capability to produce advanced-node semiconductors that can be used in the next generation of advanced weapon systems and in artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced computing, which have significant military
The ABA Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility (the “Committee”) recently issued its first opinion on generative AI and not a day too soon. While states such as Florida, California, West Virginia, and Kentucky, as well as the District of Columbia have issued generative AI guidance, most states have yet
The Department of the Treasury has issued a Final Rule to implement Executive Order 14105 of August 9, 2023, “Addressing United States Investments in Certain National Security Technologies and Products in Countries of Concern.” This Final Rule provides the operative regulations and a detailed explanatory discussion regarding the intent and application of these new U.S.
On June 21, 2024, the Department of the Treasury issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), “Addressing United States Investments in Certain National Security Technologies and Products in Countries of Concern.” The NPRM builds on the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) issued in August 2023 in response to President Joseph Biden’s Executive Order 14105
Like it or not, artificial intelligence is not going away and it’s evolving—quickly. While AI talk has been brewing for quite some time, many of us assumed AI’s direct effect on our business was still years off. But over the last year the pace of development and use has accelerated exponentially and it is