Status: Clearance or No Action Acquirer: AGS Health LLC (U.S.); AGS Health Private Limited (India) Acquired: Mediscribes Solutions, Inc. (U.S.) Value: $56 million Industry Tags: Software; Healthcare… Continue Reading
On June 1, 2021, the US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published a notification regarding a transfer of jurisdiction of certain software and technology involved in the manufacturing, exporting, importing, or brokering of defense services created with 3D-printing technology. … Continue Reading
On March 18, 2021, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published in the Federal Register a Notification of Implementation pursuant to sanctions imposed by the Secretary of State under Section 306(a) of the Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act of 1991 (CBW Act). … Continue Reading
A new Interim Final Rule (New Rule) issued by the US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), which amended the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) (15 CFR Parts 730-774) by expanding the direct product rule as applied to certain organizations on the entity list took effect on May 15, 2020. The New Rule, … Continue Reading
On January 6, 2020, the US Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published an interim final rule amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to make software specially designed to automate the analysis of geospatial imagery subject to the EAR and to impose a requirement of a license for the export and reexport of such software. The … Continue Reading
On August 14, 2019, the UK government introduced a new control on the export of submersible vessels and related equipment, software and technology to Russia. The new control has been introduced due to Russia’s development of capabilities enabling it to track, access and disrupt undersea communication cables. The UK government considers these developments as a risk to national security. Assessment of … Continue Reading
Status: Clearance Acquirer: Schneider Electric SE (France) Acquired: Aveva Group plc (UK) Value: £1.7 billion Industry Tags: Software; Technology Services; Industrial Products and Services… Continue Reading
According to a US International Trade Commission (USITC) notice published on August 4, 2017, the USITC has determined to remand an initial enforcement decision issued by an administrative law judge (ALJ) in the enforcement proceeding in Certain Network Devices, Related Software, and Components Thereof, Inv. No. 337-TA-944. The decision by USITC could instigate additional rulings … Continue Reading
On 5 April 2017, the ECO revoked the following OGELs, including: Exports of military goods, software and technology (new OGEL for Military Goods, Software and Technology) Exports under the US-UK Defence Trade Co-operation treaty (new OGEL for Exports under the US-UK Defence Trade Cooperation Treaty) Exports of military goods, software or technology to a government … Continue Reading
Status: Clearance Acquirer: NICE-Systems Ltd. (Israel) Acquired: inContact, Inc. (U.S.) Value: Approx. US$940 million Industry: Software UPDATE: NICE-Systems Ltd., a leading provider of both cloud and on-premise enterprise software solutions, announced the closing of its acquisition of inContact, Inc., a cloud contact center software provider, on November 14, 2016. (See NICE Press Release, NICE … Continue Reading
Status Update: Clearance Acquirer: Avast Holding B.V. (The Netherlands) Acquired: AVG Technologies N.V. (The Netherlands) Value: Approximately US$1.3 billion Industry: Software; Cybersecurity UPDATE: In relation to Avast Software B.V.’s July 29, 2016 Offer to Purchase the remaining outstanding ordinary shares of AVG Technologies N.V., the parties reported “submitted a voluntary pre-filing draft notice to … Continue Reading
The US Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has published an online decision tree tool for determining whether or not non-US-made items that incorporate US goods, technology or software are subject to the jurisdiction of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). The decision tool assists exporters to navigate the EAR’s complicated de minimis and … Continue Reading
The UK Export Control Organisation issued a guidance note explaining the intrusion software controls. To fall within the definition of intrusion software, the software must be specifically designed or modified to avoid detection or defeat protective countermeasures and has to be able to steal or modify data or the execution path to run externally provided … Continue Reading
On 3 June 2015, the US Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) and Department of State’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) published companion announcements in the Federal Register of proposed revisions to key terms in the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). The proposed rules, if adopted, … Continue Reading
