The Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) yesterday published a final rule implementing changes proposed by The Australia Group to its Control List of Dual-Use Chemical Manufacturing Facilities and Equipment and Related Technology and Software. To implement one of the…
The folks over at the (unofficial) Google Earth Blog are all excited that Google Earth might soon be available for download in Sudan, Syria and other sanctioned countries. Export Law Blog reported earlier that Google was blocking downloads of Google…
SEE IMPORTANT UPDATE AT THE END OF THIS POST The headline to this post — “Voluntary Disclosure Leads to Criminal Prosecution” — will probably send a chill down the spine of every export and sanctions lawyer who reads this post.…
Rev. Sun Myung Moon’s media arm, the Washington Times, has made a shocking discovery: lawyers represent clients. Washington Times reporter Jim McElhatton reveals this horrifying discovery in a piece he wrote on Eric Hirschhorn, the Obama administration’s nominee to head…
Last week, in his speech before the Ex-Im Bank, President Obama provided some details about the specific export control reforms which might be in the offing. The first relates to our ludicrously archaic and burdensome system of encryption controls. Obama…