The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) supports the existing prohibition on the importation of goods into the United States made with forced labor under Section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. § 1307). Enforcement
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UK Further Expands Trade Sanctions Against Russia and Issues New Guidance on Aviation and Space Goods and Technology Insurance Ban
On June 23, 2022, the UK government adopted its latest package of trade sanctions measures against Russia in response to its continued military aggression in Ukraine. The new sanctions measures were implemented pursuant to The Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) (Amendment)…
Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, Part II: Enforcement
The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) supports the existing prohibition on the importation of goods into the United States made with forced labor under Section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. § 1307). Enforcement…
Episode 413: Is This Podcast Sentient?
This episode of the Cyberlaw Podcast begins by digging into a bill more likely to transform tech regulation than most of the proposals you’ve actually heard of – a bipartisan effort to repeat U.S. Senator John Cornyn’s bipartisan success…
The First Order No. 2222 Compliance Orders (CAISO and NYISO): Overview and Topics 1-4 (Stakeholder Process; Small Utility Opt-In; Interconnection; Definitions of Distributed Energy Resource and Distributed Energy Resource Aggregator)
On June 17, 2022, FERC issued its first two orders on Order No. 2222 compliance filings, the “CAISO 2222 Order” and the “NYISO 2222 Order.” Both ISOs had FERC-approved, pre-existing DER Aggregation programs (i.e., aggregation programs beyond Order…
Bonus Episode 412: Privacy and the Press: Interviewing Amy Gajda
This bonus episode of the Cyberlaw Podcast is an interview with Amy Gajda, author of “Seek and Hide: The Tangled History of the Right to Privacy.” Her book is an accessible history of the often obscure and…
Judge Marrero: First Amendment Allows Attorney Grievance Complainants to Publish Their Own Complaints, Notwithstanding Confidentiality Statute
In an opinion Monday, Judge Marrero ruled that the First Amendment protected the right of a group of law professors to publish online their attorney grievance complaints against prosecutors in Queens who had been involved in alleged prosecutorial misconduct. The…
Securities Law Implications of Lummis-Gillibrand Bill
On June 7, 2022, Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced the Responsible Financial Innovation Act (RFIA), which seeks to create a complete regulatory framework for digital assets. This is the second in a series of blogs…
Biden Administration Suspends Possible Tariffs from Solar Anticircumvention Inquiry
On June 6, 2022, President Biden issued a declaration of emergency with respect to the availability of electricity generation capacity in the United States, and pursuant to this declaration, authorized the U.S. Secretary of Commerce to permit certain solar cells…
Episode 411: We Go To RSA So You Don’t Have To
- This episode of the Cyberlaw Podcast is dominated by things that U.S. officials said in San Francisco last week at the Rivest-Shamir-Adleman (RSA) conference. We summarize what they said and offer our views of why they said it.
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