The Latest – Our blog post attracted the attention of the host and producer of the podcast Legal Talk Today. George Grammas, co-chair of our International Trade Practice, spoke to Legal Talk Today in early October about the extended impacts that could result from banning these applications in the US market. Listen to the interview … Continue Reading
Pursuant to the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, as amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015, the US Commerce Department announced its annual inflationary adjustments to the maximum civil monetary penalties under its jurisdiction. These include, among others, civil monetary penalties issued under the Export Administration … Continue Reading
The US Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has posted long-awaited updates to parts of its website dedicated to guidance on the Export Administration Regulations’ (EAR) encryption controls. The updates implement changes to encryption controls adopted in September 2016, under the Wassenaar Arrangement. Among other things, the new web pages include updated flow … Continue Reading
The US Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published a final rule implementing changes to the Export Administration Regulations’ (EAR) Short Supply controls on US domestic crude oil. The rulemaking implements changes to the Short Supply controls provisions of the EAR and Commerce Control List (including removing ECCN 1C981) that came into effect in December 2015, under the … Continue Reading
