Jordan Mallory

Jordan Mallory is an associate in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office where he is a member of the Governmental Practice. He is also a member of the firm’s Cybersecurity Team, CFIUS Team, Commercial Products and Services Team, and Aerospace, Defense & Government Services Team.

Areas of Practice

Jordan represents and counsels companies that do business with the Federal Government and companies engaged in global transaction. In the government contracts space, Jordan focuses on cybersecurity and data protection counseling, advising clients on Department of Defense (DoD) and civilian agency security requirements. He also advises companies on cross-border transactions in the areas of economic sanctions, export and defense exports, and CFIUS.

Jordan attended law school at Georgetown University Law Center, where he was selected to compete in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot held in Vienna, Austria. As a student attorney in Georgetown’s Communications & Technology Law Clinic, Jordan advocated on behalf of an immigrant rights non-profit before the CFPB regarding data rights and data privacy issues. Jordan was also a Fellow for the ABA’s Legal Education Police Practices Consortium where, working with the law school’s Center for Innovations in Community Safety, he researched and reported on D.C.’s integration of alternatives to police into its 911 system.

Also while in law school, Jordan was an Executive Editor for the American Criminal Law Review and co-authored “Computer Crimes” for the journal’s Annual Survey of White Collar Crime. Jordan also interned for the Honorable Timothy J. Kelly on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.

Honors

Thought Leadership Awards, Antitrust/Competition Law, Mondaq, Autumn 2024

Articles

Eye on Privacy Blog Posts

• "New Program Under Biden Executive Order to Prevent Access to American’s Sensitive Personal Data by Foreign Actors," April 24, 2024

• "Defense Department Outlines Its Future Cybersecurity Program," January 25, 2024

Global Trade Law Blog Posts

• "A Roadmap for Export Controls? Project 2025 and the Future of U.S. Exports – Part III," April 25, 2025
• "A Roadmap for Export Controls? Project 2025 and the Future of U.S. Exports – Part II," April 24, 2025

• "A Roadmap for Export Controls? Project 2025 and the Future of U.S. Exports – Part I," April 23, 2025

• "Blockading the Ports: U.S. Imposes 10% Global Tariff; Higher Reciprocal Tariff Rates by Country," April 3, 2025
• "The Persistence of (High Bandwidth) Memory: Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment and Korean Semiconductor Manufactures Face Harsher Restrictions Under New HBM Rules," December 23, 2024

• "Data, Deals, and Diplomacy, Part II: Big Obligations for Big Data," November 4, 2024

• "Commerce Takes on AI: Recent Developments from BIS on AI," October 30, 2024

• "At Long Last, Final Rule for Outbound Investment Regulations Published," October 30, 2024

• "Banks Do Export, Too: New BIS Guidance Tags Financial Firms with Export Compliance Responsibilities," October 15, 2024

• "Export Control Shake-Up: Navigating the Expanded Export Restrictions," August 13, 2024
• "Closing the Southern Border to Indirect Chinese Imports: U.S. Proclamations on Steel and Aluminum Imports from Mexico," July 16, 2024

• "China Semiconductor Export Regulations, Episode V – Updates and Corrections to the Advanced Computing and Semiconductor Regulations," April 10, 2024

• "The End of the World Order and the Rise of Trade Regulation," April 4, 2024

• "Should You Be Concerned About Foreign Entities of Concern?," January 11, 2024

• "New Russia Sanctions Intensify Pressure on Banks Worldwide," December 29, 2023
• "Carrot and Stick Export Controls: U.S. Export Controls Give Benefits to Allies," December 12, 2023

• "Binance’s Paper Compliance Program Crumples Under OFAC Scrutiny in Largest OFAC Settlement in History," November 27, 2023

Government Contracts & Investigations Blog Posts

• "Data, Deals, and Diplomacy, Part III: DOJ Issues National Security Final Rule with New Data Compliance Obligations for Transactions Involving Countries of Concern," January 29, 2025
• "Governmental Practice Cybersecurity and Data Protection: 2024 Recap & 2025 Forecast Alert," January 7, 2025

• "Navigating the New Cybersecurity Regulatory Landscape Post-Chevron," July 31, 2024

• "Data, Deals, and Diplomacy: How the Bulk Data Executive Order Will Shape Future Contracts and Security Practices," June 26, 2024

• "Governmental Practice Cybersecurity and Data Protection, 2023 Recap & 2024 Forecast Alert," February 8, 2024

• "New Year, New Rules: The CMMC Proposed Rule is Here," January 2, 2024

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