The “Protect Our Universities Act of 2019” is a a bill “to create a task force within the Department of Education to address the threat of foreign government influence and threats to academic research integrity on college campuses, and for other purposes." Among other things, the Bill would restrict foreign student participation in federally funded academic research deemed "sensitive" to national security.
If there remain doubts that the U.S.-China trade war and technology war present real risks for U.S. colleges and universities, a recent report that a U.S. university has secured insurance against the risk of material reductions in Chinese student enrollment should put those doubts to bed. The risks are so real that they are insurable.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently launched an initiative to “Combat Chinese Economic Espionage.” Announced on November 1, 2018 by former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the China Initiative acts on the Trump Administration’s previous findings “concerning China’s practices” and “reflects the Department’s strategic priority of countering Chinese national security threats and reinforces the President’s overall national security strategy.” The China Initiative presents emerging issues for academia, the technology industry, and the private sector broadly.
President Biden blocked Nippon's acquisition of U.S. Steel under Section 721 of the Defense Production Act, a law born of opposition to a Japanese investment decades ago. The case offers an opportunity to challenge the President's Section 721 authority, and limits of judicial review.
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 is MassPoint PLLC’s founder and principal. She focuses on international trade, namely sanctions, emerging technologies export controls, and foreign investment in the United States (CFIUS). Ms. Abdelhady frequently…
Hdeel Abdelhady is the founder and principal of MassPoint PLLC, specializing in international trade law, including sanctions, export controls, foreign investment (CFIUS), and regulation of foreign access to emerging technologies…
MassPoint guides U.S. and foreign clients in navigating transactions subject to, or potentially subject to, CFIUS regulations. MassPoint offers a range of services, including: Advising on the applicability of CFIUS…
Fly Baghdad, CEO, and Aircraft as "Specially Designated Global Terrorists" Author: Hdeel Abdelhady The United States sanctioned Fly Baghdad, a privately owned commercial airline based in Iraq. The sanctions designation…