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Article July 11, 2025
Gibson Dunn Lawyers Author NGO Sanctions Chapter of GIR’s Guide to Sanctions
Partners Adam Smith and David Wolber, along with associates Dharak Bhavsar and Anna Searcey, are the co-authors of a chapter in the latest edition of The Guide to Sanctions from Global Investigations Review.
Client Alert May 20, 2025
BIS Initiates Rescission of AI Diffusion Framework; Issues Strong AI and Advanced IC Guidance and Warnings, with More to Come
The Bureau of Industry and Security has initiated the rescission of the AI Diffusion Framework and announced additional guidance, policies, and plans to introduce a replacement set of rules regulating AI models and advanced computing technologies, with a continued focus on China.
Client Alert February 26, 2025
Trump Administration Signals Material Updates to CFIUS and Outbound Investment Regulations
On February 21, 2025, the White House issued the “America First Investment Policy” National Security Presidential Memorandum, signaling an intention to increase restrictions and modify review criteria for U.S. inbound investments with Chinese touchpoints and expand the scope of the nascent outbound investment restrictions.
Client Alert February 6, 2025
International Trade 2024 Year-End Update
The four years of the Biden administration were marked by the most aggressive and far-reaching use of international trade tools of any U.S. administration in history.
Client Alert January 31, 2025
U.S. Outbound Investment Goes Live with Treasury Providing Additional Clarity—and European Outbound Investment Programs Get a Nudge Forward
On January 17, 2025, the Treasury Department issued new guidance on the Outbound Investment Security Program, which—for the first time—prohibits or requires notifications for certain U.S. investments in Chinese companies. And, across the Atlantic, the European Commission recently issued a recommendation to Member States to conduct their own outbound investment reviews.
Client Alert January 30, 2025
BIS Lays the Groundwork for Global and Metered Access to Frontier AI Models and the Computing Power to Train Them
While the new regulations were issued during the closing days of the Biden Administration, they are the product of a broad interagency process and of policy drivers that will continue to motivate Trump Administration officials.
Client Alert November 18, 2024
Regulatory Outlook for International Trade Following the 2024 Election
Using President-elect Trump’s first term as a guide, we assess it as highly likely that the next four years will see a fast-paced, aggressive, and far-reaching use of international trade tools to further the administration’s national security and foreign policy goals.
Article June 26, 2024
Sanctions Considerations for Non-Governmental Organisations
Adam Smith, David Wolber, Dharak Bhavsar and Anna Searcey are the authors of "Sanctions Considerations for Non-Governmental Organisations" [PDF] published by Global Investigations Review on June 20, 2024.