In this episode, Reid Whitten, Managing Partner of Sheppard Mullin’s London office, joins host Scott Maberry to discuss the state of the semiconductor industry, including the U.S. regulatory approach and the lessons it holds for other industries centered on advanced technologies.

• Why is there so much focus on the semiconductor industry?
• What’s new and different about the U.S. regulatory approach?
• What other industries could be candidates for similar regulation?
• If a business unit has an NSC licensing exemption, what should it do now to gain a strategic advantage in the future?
• What does the recent enhancement of the Foreign Direct Product Rule do?
• What are the implications of the U.S. Person Activity regulation?
• Can you explain the concept of “technological containment?”
• What is the state of U.S. technological containment of China?
• What’s the big takeaway for the semiconductor industry?
• What’s the message for every other industry?