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The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“DOC-BIS”) is adopting procedures to generate voluntary self-disclosures for violations of export controls laws. Companies have to weigh carefully the risks when...more
On September 12, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) issued a final rule that requires reporting entities to make significant changes to Voluntary Self-Disclosures (“VSD”); the BIS...more
The U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) just issued a significant rule change that reshapes the landscape of export control enforcement. Published on September 16, 2024, the rule amends the...more
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security has published a compliance note on voluntary self-disclosure trends and a compendium of export compliance resources targeted to the academic community. The...more
On May 10, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued an Interim Final Rule (IFR), effective August 8, 2024, that updates the Reporting, Procedures, and Penalties Regulations....more
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has further updated its voluntary self-disclosure (VSD) process by establishing streamlined procedures for minor or technical violations of the Export...more
Key Points - On January 16, 2024, Matthew Axelrod, Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement at the U.S. Department of Commerce’s BIS announced key updates to BIS’s VSD process. The updates are also now reflected on BIS’s...more
On July 26, the Department of Commerce, Department of the Treasury, and Department of Justice released a Tri-Seal Compliance Note (July Note) providing guidance on voluntary self-disclosure of potential violations of U.S....more
Join Braumiller Law Group Senior Counsel Bruce Leeds for a discussion on the topic of: ITAR 101-Part 2* New to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR)? Or, maybe you're just a little bit rusty on the ITAR? Here...more
A common approach in dealing with potential violations of the US export control laws is to undertake a voluntary disclosure to the regulators and thereby benefit from long-standing policies that favor such disclosure by...more
On April 18, 2023, the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a policy memorandum clarifying the Office of Export Enforcement’s (OEE) policies encouraging both Voluntary Self-Disclosures...more
On April 18, 2023, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) Office of Export Enforcement (“OEE”) released a set of “policy clarifications” in the context of a memorandum authored by the...more
Continuing the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) efforts to bolster enforcement and compliance, on April 18, 2023, BIS issued a memorandum announcing significant changes to its voluntary...more
DOJ Increases Resources To Investigate and Prosecute Sanctions Evasion and Export Control Violations - On March 2, 2023, during a keynote speech at the American Bar Association’s annual White Collar Crime National...more
Russia - Former Special Agent in Charge of the FBI New York Counterintelligence Division Charged with Violating U.S. Sanctions on Russia (DOJ) Those involved. Charles McGonigal, former Special Agent in Charge of the FBI...more
Matthew Axelrod, the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Enforcement with the Department of Commerce, recently made two important statements on how the Department will enforce trade controls and address violations....more
June 23, 2022 Key Takeaways: In two recent speeches, Matthew Axelrod, Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement at the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”), has signaled policy changes related to...more
When most people think of exports, they imagine the movement of merchandise across international borders. However, an export can happen without having to leave the United States, such as in your office breakroom, by storing...more
On September 17, 2020, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) reached a $894,111 settlement with Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (“Comtech”) and its subsidiary Comtech EF Data Corp. (“EF...more
On December 13, 2019, the Department of Justice (DOJ) updated its enforcement guidelines to include a no-fine, no-prosecution presumption for companies that voluntarily self-disclose potentially willful violations of the...more
IN THIS ISSUE • Anticorruption Developments • Export Control Sanctions and Customs Enforcement • Export Control and Sanctions Developments • Global Investigations Resources • Writing and Speaking Engagements ...more
On December 13, 2019, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) released an updated Export Control and Sanctions Enforcement Policy for Business Organizations (“Policy”), revising the prior policy governing voluntary self-disclosures...more
Several years ago, the head of the State Department’s Director of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) explained that, when a company engaged in substantial exporting makes no voluntary disclosures of export control violations,...more
On December 13, 2019, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued a new policy for companies that voluntarily disclose potential criminal violations of U.S. sanctions and export control laws to the DOJ’s National Security...more
The National Security Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has revised its guidance regarding Voluntary Self-Disclosures (VSD), originally published in October 2016, to further encourage companies to self-report...more