http://www.exportlawblog.com/archives/198 Latest News on DDTC, BIS, OFAC, and other export law matters Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:30:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.exportlawblog.com/archives/198#comment-3025 Mike Deal Mon, 23 Jul 2007 16:56:06 +0000 http://www.exportlawblog.com/archives/198#comment-3025 Don't let defense counsel's country boy accent fool you, he's charmed more than his share of East Tennessee juries, who don't like to be talked down to by big-shot lawyers. His focus on the "trash" aspect is not without cunning: If ORNL's practice in the past has been to just toss it in an unsecured land-fill or sell it to a recycler without strict auditable controls, then the Government may have difficulty in convincing a jury that this was "Restricted Information". Besides, the jury may identify with a defendant who acts more like Homer Simpson than AQ Khan. Don’t let defense counsel’s country boy accent fool you, he’s charmed more than his share of East Tennessee juries, who don’t like to be talked down to by big-shot lawyers. His focus on the “trash” aspect is not without cunning: If ORNL’s practice in the past has been to just toss it in an unsecured land-fill or sell it to a recycler without strict auditable controls, then the Government may have difficulty in convincing a jury that this was “Restricted Information”. Besides, the jury may identify with a defendant who acts more like Homer Simpson than AQ Khan.

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