The government is officially closed, and the House of Representatives is in an extended recess, but the Senate keeps working.
On Wednesday October 22, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a business meeting to consider 19 bills and approve two nominations (Joel Rayburn to be Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs and Andrew…
On November 5, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear the Trump Administration’s appeal of lower court decisions holding the imposition of certain tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (“IEEPA”) unlawful. If the Supreme Court rules that IEEPA does not authorize tariffs, the government would no longer have authority to collect…
The Commerce Department today published a Request for Information (RFI) inviting the public to submit comments on U.S. artificial intelligence exports. The RFI asks stakeholders to weigh in on aspects of the Department’s new “American AI Exports Program,” an initiative intended to “promot[e] the export of full-stack American AI technology packages.”
The RFI follows from…
On October 22, 2025, the U.S. government imposed property-blocking sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil companies, Open Joint Stock Company Rosneft Oil Company (“Rosneft”) and Lukoil OAO (“Lukoil”), by designating these entities, as well as 34 Russia-based Rosneft and Lukoil subsidiaries, to the List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (“SDN List”) maintained by…
While the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) is proposing to amend the federal Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (“GHGRP”) to remove reporting requirements for nearly all sources, it remains important for companies to track developments and manage their compliance obligations with existing and emerging state GHG reporting programs. Several states, such as California, already have some form…
There is broad consensus among Western policymakers that China’s near monopoly on critical minerals represents an urgent strategic vulnerability for the United States and its allies. China processes over 90 percent of the world’s rare earth elements (REE), a subset of critical minerals, raising concerns that it will use its dominance to advance geopolitical goals.…
On 29 September 2025, United Nations (“UN”) nuclear-related sanctions against Iran, which were suspended in 2015, were reimposed following action at the UN Security Council by France, Germany, and the United Kingdom. In parallel, the European Union (“EU”) and United Kingdom (“UK”) also reintroduced autonomous sanctions measures against Iran that were eased in 2015.
This…
On September 29, 2025, the U.S. Commerce Department, Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) issued an interim final rule titled Expansion of End-User Controls to Cover Affiliates of Certain Listed Entities (the “Affiliates Rule”).
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Ahead of the July 2026 “joint review” of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (“USMCA”), the United States, Mexico, and Canada have each launched public consultation processes to solicit input from stakeholders on the operation of the USMCA, and possible changes those governments should seek to the Agreement as part of the review. In the United States, the …
In this increasingly growing digital landscape, companies are entrusted with vast amounts of sensitive personal information. From names and email addresses to browsing habits and location data, companies routinely collect users’ personal data all to enhance convenience and functionality, advertise products, personalize experiences for consumers, and improve services. Plaintiffs’ law firms, however, have been looking…
