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On March 21, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) significantly expanded its end-user restrictions under the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”), 15 C.F.R. Part 744,…
Banks are increasingly verifying with their exporting clients whether their transactions related to the export of goods—even ordinary consumer goods—had appropriate license authorization from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau…
Notwithstanding the robust economic sanctions imposed on Russia and Belarus since February 2022 by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), and export controls by…
With one full year gone by since Russia invaded Ukraine, a lot has been written in the history books of U.S. economic sanctions and export controls. Marking this first anniversary,…