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In the Media November 21, 2025

Lindsay Bernsen Wardlaw Discusses Russian Sanctions with The Export Practitioner

Associate Lindsay Bernsen Wardlaw spoke to The Export Practitioner about a case involving a California firm agreeing to pay over $3 million as part of a settlement agreement for unlicensed shipments of transistors to Russia.

In the Media November 21, 2025

Lindsay Bernsen Wardlaw Quoted by The Export Practitioner on Final Rule Issued by the U.S. Census Bureau

Associate Lindsay Bernsen Wardlaw was quoted by The Export Practitioner on the U.S. Census Bureau issuing a final rule amending the Foreign Trade Regulations (FTR) to clarify Electronic Export Information (EEI) filing requirements for in-transit shipments that enter the United States before re-export.

In the Media October 23, 2025

Matt Axelrod and Lindsay Wardlaw Interviewed by Export Compliance Daily on Enforcement of New BIS 50% Rule

Partner Matt Axelrod and associate Lindsay Wardlaw were interviewed by Export Compliance Daily (subscription required) about the expected enforcement of the U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security’s new 50% rule.

Client Alert October 17, 2025

Tariffs Are Here to Stay: Even if “Emergency” Tariffs Fall, Traditional Trade Authorities Stand Poised to Fill the Gap

The Trump Administration’s newly announced tariffs targeting branded drugs, softwood lumber and derivative products, and heavy trucks are based on very different legal grounds than the “emergency” tariffs, imposed pursuant to the International Economic Emergency Powers Act (IEEPA), currently being litigated before the Supreme Court.

Client Alert October 3, 2025

A Watershed Moment for Export Controls – The Risks and Complexities of the Commerce Department’s “Affiliates Rule”

The long-predicted move by the U.S. Commerce Department to expand the scope of U.S. export controls came into force on September 29, 2025. This is a historic expansion of regulations, and the sweeping new “Affiliates Rule” expands the scope of restrictions and introduces new and highly consequential compliance challenges for exporters across many sectors of the global economy.

Article May 9, 2025

Gibson Dunn Lawyers Describe What Management Teams Can Expect on Tariffs and Related Risks

In “Global Trade: What to Expect on Tariffs and Related Risks” (Financier Worldwide magazine, May 2025), Washington, D.C. partner Adam M. Smith and associates Scott Toussaint and Lindsay Bernsen Wardlaw describe the U.S. policy objectives that tariffs are designed to advance, explain the legal authorities on which President Trump has relied to impose increased tariffs, and assess the characteristics of companies that may be best able to withstand (and perhaps even thrive in) this new environment.

Client Alert March 19, 2025

BIS Connected Vehicles Rule Effective as of March 17, 2025

A new Connected Vehicles Rule has arrived and with it, new requirements for supply chain due diligence for auto manufacturers …

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.

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