The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published a Final Rule on October 9, 2025 that will add 26 entities and three addresses to the Entity List for a total of 29 new entries (effective immediately). BIS’ Entity Review Committee (ERC)—composed mainly of the Departments of Commerce, State, Defense, Energy, and
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BIS Announces Addition of 32 Entities to the Entity List, Including For Exports to Russia
By Scott Wise, Jeremy Iloulian & Ivy Xun on
On September 12, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) released a final rule that announced the addition of 32 new entities to the Entity List (see BIS final rule here). 23 entities were added under the destination of China, one under India, one under Iran, one under…
BIS/OFAC Announce New Sanctions and Entity List Designations on Two-Year Anniversary of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
By Andrew J. Schlegel on
Posted in Russia Sanctions
Feb. 23, 2024–Today, following the death of opposition politician and anti-corruption activist Aleksey Navalny, and after two years of Russia’s unprovoked and unlawful full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) imposed additional export restrictions on 93 entities under 95 entries in Russia and seven other destinations. Sixty-three of the…
New Reports Document Best Practices for Avoiding Uyghur Forced Labor in RE Supply Chains
By John Brew, Simeon Yerokun & Andrew J. Schlegel on
Posted in Forced Labor/U.K. Modern Slavery Act
Jan. 25, 2024—The United Kingdom (“UK”)-based Anti-Slavery International, in combination with the Investor Alliance for Human Rights and the Helena Kennedy Centre for International Justice at Sheffield Hallam University, has published a series of reports addressing the issue of forced labor in solar and electric vehicle supply chains relating to Uyghur and other Turkic ethnic…