The Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (“FIRRMAâ€), just signed into law as part of the John McCain National Defense Authorization Act of 2018 (“NDAAâ€), will change significantly the way in which the Committee on Foreign Investment in…
According to a State Department press release released today, the United States has made a determination that Russia used novichok, a chemical warfare agent, in an attack on British soil and, as a result, the US will impose sanctions on Russia under the…
Just hours before Defense Distributed, pursuant to a Settlement Agreement with the Department of State’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, planned to upload plans to allow anyone who can afford a 3-D printer to make their own plastic guns, a…
Prosecutions for violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (“FARA”) might kindly be thought of as press ops for prosecutors and catnip for reporters. And the recent indictment of Maria Butina certainly fits that description: Spies! Sex! Twitter exchanges! Red…
Of course, the Interwebs are all abuzz with the news that the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”) settled the Defense Distributed case as if that were somehow remarkable. Of course, it was about as remarkable as 100 degree days…