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Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Six Essential Tips for Government Contractors Engaging in International Sales

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In celebration of the release of the 6th edition of our Government Contracts Compliance Handbook, we are excited to share six essential tips for ensuring compliance in international sales. These tips are designed to help...more

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BIS and DDTC Announce New Rules to Modernize Space-Related Export Controls

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On October 23, 2024, the US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) and the US State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) issued a tranche of new rules to overhaul and modernize US...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

International Trade in Goods and Technology: An Ever-Changing Regulatory Landscape

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Governments have long regulated international trade in goods, technology, and investment for purposes of revenue generation, economic policy, and national security....more

Morgan Lewis

Beyond the Sea of Stars: Modernizing and Streamlining Space-Related Export Controls for a New Frontier

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The US Departments of Commerce and State (together, the Departments) have taken significant steps to update US export control rules pertaining to space-related export controls, impacting spacecraft, launch vehicles, and...more

Holland & Knight LLP

New Export Control Rules Present Key Regulatory Changes for Space-Related Items, Activities

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Vice President Kamala Harris on Dec. 20, 2023, convened the National Space Council to discuss U.S. leadership in space. The U.S. Department of State and U.S. Department of Commerce were subsequently tasked to "review relevant...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

First Significant Changes in Over a Decade to US Export Controls on Space-Related Items and Activities

U.S. export controls on space-related items were last significantly revised in 2014. Since then, the industry has continued to evolve towards a wider range of public-private partnerships and purely commercial activities,...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Commerce and State Modernize U.S. Space-Related Export Controls

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The United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) recently published three new regulatory actions easing administrative burdens under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) associated with...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The Benefits of Friends: Removing Space Export Controls for Allies (Part III of IV)

You know who your friends are. You’ve known them for a long time, you understand one another, and, importantly, you trust each other. Well, countries have friends too. Maybe country-friends have similar foreign and...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Space Rules, or . . . Space Rules!: Reduced Export Controls Ease Cross-Border Collaborations (Part I of IV)

We may imagine that a space company begins with only a few screws and some sheet metal in a garage. But regardless of its origins, not long after that early phase, that same company is likely to have a global reach....more

Hogan Lovells

BIS and DDTC issue rules to amend U.S. space-related export controls

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On October 17, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security and the State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls issued rules to modernize space-related export controls that aim to...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Commerce and State Propose Broad New Controls on Exports and Support for Foreign Military, Intelligence, and Security Services

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The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) recently issued two proposed rules that substantially increase the scope of controls under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) applicable to...more

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Does the Proposed New ITAR Definition of ‘Defense Services’ Catch More Than it Releases in the Foreign Intelligence Area?

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On July 29, the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) of the US Department of State proposed a new definition of the term “defense service.” The International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) imposes a license...more

Williams Mullen

BIS Issues Guidance on Export Controls Under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Program

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The U.S. Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Program offers government contractors and suppliers to the U.S. defense industry valuable access to markets outside the United States and to bona fide customers in those markets. The FMS...more

Williams Mullen

ITAR for Facility Security Officers

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Tom McVey and Rosanne Jacuzzi of Williams Mullen discuss important issues under ITAR and EAR for FSOs and other compliance professionals, including requirements under the law and strategies for compliance....more

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Export Controls: ITAR and EAR Related Developments

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Court Ordered Injunction Affecting January 2020 Revisions to USML Categories I, II, and III - On January 23, 2020, the Department of State published a final rule that amends the International Traffic in Arms Regulations...more

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ITAR Firearms Amendments - Six Important Points You Need to

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On January 23, 2020, the State and Commerce Departments published their long-awaited final regulations on the transfer of certain firearms, ammunition, components and accessories from controls under the International Traffic...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Certain Firearms, Ammunition And Accessories To Undergo Export Regulation Update

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On Thursday, January 23, 2020, the U.S. Department of State – Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”) and U.S. Commerce Department – Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) published new coordinated final rules which...more

The Volkov Law Group

Export Control Reform: Major Changes for ITAR Regulations for Firearms Industry

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This week the Trump Administration is set to finalize new rules which will ease the regulatory and licensing burden on manufacturers of commercial firearms, ammunition and associated products. ...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Red Notice Newsletter - Spanish

ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS - DOJ Files Superseding Indictment in Haitian Port Corruption Plot - On October 30, 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a superseding indictment in the District of Massachusetts...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Red Notice Newsletter - Russian

ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS - DOJ Files Superseding Indictment in Haitian Port Corruption Plot - On October 30, 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a superseding indictment in the District of Massachusetts...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Red Notice Newsletter - Chinese

ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS - DOJ Files Superseding Indictment in Haitian Port Corruption Plot - On October 30, 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a superseding indictment in the District of Massachusetts...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Red Notice Newsletter - October 2018

ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS - DOJ Files Superseding Indictment in Haitian Port Corruption Plot - On October 30, 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a superseding indictment in the District of Massachusetts...more

Miller Canfield

The "Emerging and Foundational" Impact of the Export Control Reform Act

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The Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (ECRA) will have a foundational and emerging impact on the future of U.S. export controls and foreign direct investment. The ECRA sits within the voluminous John S. McCain National...more

Williams Mullen

Export Control Amendments Proposed for Commercial Firearms, Ammunition and Related Products

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On May 24, 2018 the State and Commerce Departments issued proposed regulations regarding the transfer of export jurisdiction for commercial firearms and ammunition from the International Traffic In Arms Regulations (“ITAR”)...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

DDTC and BIS Propose New Rules to Continue Export Control Reform Initiative

As part of the ongoing Export Control Reform initiative, the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”) and Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) has issued proposed rules that would move certain items currently...more

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