One of the oft-stated goals of the White House’s export control reform initiative is to transform the United States Munitions List (“USML”) to a “positive” list like the Commerce Control List (“CCL”). Instead of squishy category descriptions like “any snark-qualified…
A recently unsealed criminal complaint filed in federal district court in Seattle provides a wealth of details on the criminal export prosecution of Lian Yang, a software engineer living in Woodinville, Washington. According to the allegations of the complaint, Yang,…
In tomorrow’s Federal Register, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security will propose, as part of the export reform initiative, a new license exception called the Strategic Trade Authorization (STA). The new license exception will eliminate current license…
California-based AEM, an electronics manufacturer which produces, among other things, hi-rel fuses used in military and commercial satellites filed a complaint in federal district court on November 12 alleging that a determination by the Directorate of Defense Controls (“DDTC”) that…
ABOVE: D&R Sports Center Mark Komoroski, owner of D&R Sports Center in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in August 2009 to illegally exporting rifle scopes and other optics to Russia. He was sentenced to 32 months in jail and ordered to…