The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry & Security (BIS) on September 29, 2025 took a significant yet anticipated step by adopting an Interim Final Rule, referred to as the Affiliates Rule, extending the restrictions imposed on entities listed on the Entity List (“EL”)…
Farhad Alavi (Washington Partner), Sam Amir Toossi (New York Partner), and Valentin Povarchuk (Washington Counsel) will be attending the 2025 International Bar Association (IBA) Annual Conference in Toronto this year, which will be held between November 2-7. Please contact Ms. Anna Dinh at info@akrivislaw.com or +1.202.730.1721 to…
Akrivis Senior Counsel Valentin Povarchuk recently published a new article entitled “Pitching in: Working with distributors to reduce risk” in the well-regarded WorldECR Export Compliance Manager publication. In this article Valentin draws on his extensive experience of addressing trade compliance risk issues inherent in distributing…
Akrivis Law Group was recently involved in the successful transfer of two Miami Beach hotel condominiums subject to a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) forfeiture action as part of the Department’s KleptoCapture task force formed in 2022 in response to the invasion of Ukraine. These…
On October 21, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) added 26 companies and individuals to the Entity List for engaging in activities contrary to U.S. national security and foreign policy. The entities added were from the following jurisdictions: China (6),…
Akrivis partners Farhad Alavi (Washington), Walter Norkin (Miami/New York), and Sam Amir Toossi (New York), attended the International Bar Association (IBA) Annual Conference in Mexico City this year, which was between September 15-20.
