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The U.S. Departments of Commerce and State Issue Proposed Rules Expanding Controls on Military and Security-Related Services, End...

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To curtail U.S. persons from supporting the efforts of adversarial regimes, such as China and Russia, in advancing their military and intelligence capabilities, the U.S. is proposing a significant expansion of export control...more

Williams Mullen

Company Incurs $6 Million Penalty for Export of Controlled Software and Technical Data

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A recent export enforcement case describes a common compliance challenge faced by many U.S. companies. In this case, a California company manufactured electronic test and measurement equipment for both commercial and...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Export Enforcement Update: The Importance of Commodity Classification

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On August 3, 2021, the U.S. State Department Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) issued an order laying out charges and imposing a monetary penalty of $6.6 million on Keysight Technologies, a U.S. technology and...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

DDTC Publishes ITAR Carve-out for Encrypted Technical Data and Software, and Further Harmonizes Definitions Common to the ITAR and...

• On December 26, 2019, DDTC published an interim final rule that would allow, under certain conditions, encrypted technical data and software that is subject to the ITAR to be sent, shipped or stored outside the United...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

DDTC and BIS Solicit Comments Regarding Controls over Explosives, Personal Protective Equipment, and Military and Intelligence...

• DDTC and BIS have published concurrent NOIs requesting public comments on the controls over the export and reexport of explosives, personal protective equipment, and military and intelligence electronics. (By volume and...more

Polsinelli

Export Control Reform Roundup – Overview of Recent Developments

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In This Issue: - I. BIS and DDTC Publish Their Respective Proposed “Bookend” Controls on Toxicological Agents and Directed Energy Weapons - II. BIS and DDTC Publish Their Respective Proposed “Bookend” Definitions...more

Polsinelli

State and Commerce Departments Publish Next Set of Proposed Export Control Reform Rules: Fire Control, Range Finder, Optical...

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In This Issue: - Export Control Reform Initiative - DDTC Proposed Rule - BIS Proposed Rule - For More Information - Excerpt from Export Control Reform Initiative: By way of background, the Export...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Agencies Propose Expanding US Export Controls on Cameras, Night Vision Equipment and Sensing Technology"

On May 5, 2015, the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) and the U.S. State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) proposed extensive revisions to the current U.S. export...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"US Government Announces Reforms to Space and Satellite Systems Export Controls"

On May 13, 2014, the U.S. State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) and the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued interim final rules amending the U.S. export controls...more

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