The U.S. Department of Justice has unveiled sweeping new Data Export Rules that could significantly impact businesses handling sensitive data—especially those with international operations. These regulations introduce strict limitations on transactions that could expose government-related or large-scale personal data to countries of concern, with a strong focus on China.
Join our expert panel as they unpack the broad implications of these rules, including:
With potential long-term effects across industries, companies must assess whether their agreements and third-party relationships fall within these new requirements. Barring changes by the incoming Trump administration, these regulations could reshape cross-border data governance for years to come.
Sheridan Liaw
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Demian Ahn is a member of the firm’s data, privacy, and cybersecurity practice based in Washington, D.C. He leads the firm’s incident response practice and advises companies on compliance, regulatory, and crisis management matters relating to emerging technologies of all kinds.
Joshua advises domestic and foreign investors, funds, established companies and startups in regulatory, investigative, and enforcement matters.
Stephen advises clients on laws and policies at the intersection of international business and national security. He previously served in the U.S. government on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S.
Libby Weingarten is a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where she advises companies on a broad range of U.S. and international privacy, consumer protection, and data security issues. She has extensive experience defending major corporations facing investigations by the FTC and other federal and state regulators. She has defended retailers, software companies, advertising technology companies, mobile app developers, and ed-tech companies against regulatory investigations into privacy and data security practices, and she has assisted them in conducting internal investigations in high-profile data security breaches.