Hdeel Abdelhady quoted in the BBC on TikTok deal
Hdeel Abdelhady discussed the Trump Administration’s TikTok sale framework with the BBC News.
BIS Guidance to Financial Institutions on Export Administration Regulations Compliance
BIS advises financial institutions to guard against EAR violations through: (1) screening against export lists, (2) enhanced due diligence for high-risk transactions, (3) derisking, and (4) reporting and self-disclosing EAR violations. The BIS guidance reiterates FIs’ obligation to file suspicious activity reports (SARs) as directed in three prior FinCEN-BIS alerts.
Hdeel Abdelhady Moderating Event on Emerging Tech, National Security & Financial Services
Hdeel Abdelhady, MassPoint’s principal, will moderate an event on the links between emerging technology, national security, and financial services. The event will explore how national security-based concerns around emerging technologies play out in the financial services space.
China Restricts Rare Earths Exports
China’s restrictions on rare earths processing technology exports take a page from the U.S. export controls playbook.
Foreign Agents Registration Act Charge Highlights China, Academia Nexuses
Foreign Agents Registration Act Charge Against U.S.-Israel Citizen Highlights FARA-China-Academia Nexuses Introduction The DOJ charged a dual U.S.-Israel citizen with offenses related to…
Hdeel Abdelhady to Speak on Tech & Trade at American University Law
MassPoint Principal Hdeel Abdelhady will participate in the American University Law Review Federal Circuit Symposium, as a panelist on international trade and technology.
Senate Bill Would Extend CFIUS to Academia
Hdeel Abdelhady’s recent article on the Strategic Competition Act’s proposed expansion of CFIUS’ jurisdiction to foreign funding of U.S. colleges and universities is available at Law360.
TikTok: China’s Export Controls Set in Motion Unprecedented Legal Scenario
On August 14, President Trump ordered ByteDance to divest its assets and interests in TikTok. What happens if ByteDance does not comply? The question may seem academic, given historical compliance with divestment orders and ByteDance’s talks with U.S. companies about TikTok’s sale. But a recent legal move by China—its expansion of a list of technologies that require government approval for export, including apparently in a sale of TikTok—renders real the issue of non-compliance with the August 14 divestment order, and potentially raises unprecedented issues.
U.S. Restrictions on International Tech Transfer in Academia, Business, Trade
U.S. Controls Over Foreign Access to and Influence on Technology and Research in 2020: A Quick Guide U.S. companies, academic and research institutions,…