At today’s Update Conference in Washington, D.C., Commerce Secretary Gary Locke announced a sweeping vision for reform of U.S. export laws: First, we should consider eliminating certain dual-use export license requirements for allies and partner nations — consistent with statutory…
Last week an obviously confused reporter at internetnews.com reported what he thought were the details of a letter from the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) received by Mozilla, the open-source project responsible for Firefox, Thunderbird and other Internet applications,…
Two weeks ago, we reported on a $14,613.24 fine imposed by the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) on Thermon Manufacturing after Thermon voluntarily disclosed to the agency that it had shipped heat-tracing equipment to Sudan in violation of the…
In an ambitious display of extraterritorial overreach, the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) last week amended the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”) to expand the scope of the regulations to cover in-country transfers to companies and individuals on the agency’s…
Thermon Manufacturing, based in San Marcos, Texas, agreed to pay $14,613.24 (and not one penny more or less) in civil penalties to the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) in connection with three exports by the company to Sudan in…