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Mining Law Monitor - Volume 25, Issue 1 - (Summer 2009)

Client Alert | 11 min read | 08.01.09


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Included Articles:

  • D.C. Circuit Upholds MSHA Jurisdiction On Mine Access Road
  • MSHA's Broken Plan Approval Process: A Call For Action
  • As If Things Weren't Already Bad Enough: Flagrant Violations Under The Miner Act
  • Major Supreme Court Victory For Mining Industry Under Clean Water Act
  • The Advantages To A Strategic Purchaser To Acquire Distressed Assets In Bankruptcy
  • Seven Senior Lawyers Join C&M's Environment and Natural Resources Practice

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BIS Issues “Affiliates Rule” to Dramatically Expand Applicability of Entity and Military End-User Lists

On September 29, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced a sweeping Interim Final Rule (IFR), (the “Affiliates Rule”) expanding which entities qualify as Entity List or Military End-User entities, thereby subjecting those entities to elevated export control restrictions under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). U.S. export restrictions applicable to entities on the Entity List, Military End-User (MEU) List, and Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN List) now apply to foreign affiliates that are, in the aggregate, owned 50% or more by one or more of the aforementioned entities. An entity that becomes subject to these restrictions because of its ownership structure will be subject to the most restrictive controls that attach to any of its parent entities, regardless of ownership stakes....