As to the lawmaking process, companies that will be impacted by pending laws such as the Global Online Freedom Act should contact their representatives to convey their support or opposition and to explain how those laws would affect their business. Companies should also continue to stay abreast of developments in order to know how and when new laws will affect them.

A tidal wave of developments are on the horizon that no company within the network technology space can afford to ignore.

David Hardin is an attorney at Miller & Chevalier Chartered in Washington, D.C., where he specializes in U.S. export control and sanction laws.  

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