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Mak Prosecutors Come to Their Senses on Public Domain Issues
Yesterday the U.S. Attorney’s office prosecuting the export case against Chi Mak came to it’s senses and reversed the position it had taken on exports of public domain data to China. Josh Gerstein has the details in his excellent article…
Prosecution’s Argument in Mak Trial Makes Exports of 757s to China Illegal
We have criticized before the prosecution’s claim in the Chi Mak prosecution that the public domain exclusion doesn’t apply to exports of technical data to China. The prosecution bases its argument on language in section 126.1(a) of the ITAR that…
“Turning Yourself In”
The nice folks at Industry Week have posted “Turning Yourself In: Export Enforcement Trends,” an article by me on the EP MedSystems case and the benefits (or not) of voluntary self-disclosures.
A Penny Not Exported Is a Penny Saved
Just when you thought you had a pretty good idea of all the things that can’t be exported, the Treasury Department issued, on December 20, interim rules forbidding the export of pennies and nickels. The Department based its authority to…