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By Douglas Jacobson

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Prosecution Rests Case on Day Four of Roth Trial

Posted on August 29, 2008
The Knoxville News Sentinel reports that the prosecution wrapped up the fourth day of the Roth trial yesterday by calling FBI Agent Kevin E. Gounaud to the stand. University of Professor Emeritus J. Reece Roth is accused of conspiracy to violate the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) and violating the...

Chinese Graduate Student Takes the Stand in Roth Trial

Posted on August 28, 2008
The Knoxville News Sentinel continues their coverage of the trial of University of Tennessee Professor J. Reece Roth who is accused of violating the Arms Export Control Act by providing technical data to a Chinese national in the United States. Yesterday's main witness for the prosecution was Mr...

Justice Department Issues New Corporate Charging Guidelines

Posted on August 28, 2008
In a significant development, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced today that it has revoked the December 2006 McNulty Memorandum and issued new corporate charging guidelines applicable to the criminal prosecution of business organizations. These new charging guidelines will have a...

Knoxville News Sentinel Covering Arms Export Control Act Trial of Professor Roth

Posted on August 27, 2008
The Knoxville News Sentinel is providing good coverage of the trial of University of Tennessee Professor Emeritus J. Reece Roth who is accused of violating Arms Export Control Act by providing a Chinese graduate student with technical data subject to the ITAR...

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BIS Imposes $90,000 Civil Penalty on Taiwan Trading Company for Involvement in Unlicensed Exports of U.S. Computer Chips to China

Posted on August 27, 2008
The U.S. Department of Commerce?s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has imposed a $90,000 civil penalty ($10,000 per violation) on Taiwan's Johnson Trading & Engineering Company, Ltd. for knowingly causing the unlicensed exports of computer chips to China...

Commerce Department Establishes Civil Nuclear Trade Advisory Committee

Posted on August 27, 2008
The Secretary of Commerce announced in today's Federal Register the establishment of the Civil Nuclear Trade Advisory Committee (CINTAC) and a call for nominations to serve on the CINTAC. The CINTAC's is intended to advise the Secretary of Commerce on the development and administration of programs...

U.S. Export Assistance Center in San Antonio, Texas Hosting ITAR Seminar on October 22, 2008

Posted on August 27, 2008
On October 22, 2008, the San Antonio, Texas U.S. Export Assistance Center will host a full day trade compliance seminar entitled "Complying with the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) in the Invigorated Enforcement Environment." The program, which is being jointly sponsored and...

CBP Publishes Information on 2008 Annual Trade Symposium

Posted on August 26, 2008
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) today issued a notice in today's Federal Register formally announcing that CBP's annual trade symposium will be held in Washington, DC from October 29 - October 31, 2008 at the JW Marriott hotel. The theme of this year's them is "Global Trade: Continuity...

North Korea Expresses Anger Over Not Being Removed From U.S. State Sponsors of Terrorism List

Posted on August 26, 2008
From today's Washington Post: Angry that the United States has not removed it from a list of states that sponsor terrorism, North Korea said Tuesday that it has stopped disabling its nuclear reactor at Yongbyon and will consider rebuilding it. The announcement comes two months after the...

FDA Increases Medical Device Registration Fees

Posted on August 22, 2008
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced in the Federal Register new registration fee amounts and payment procedures for medical devices for fiscal year (FY) 2009. These changes, which were authorized by the Medical Device User Fee Amendments of 2007, will impact medical devices...

Registration Now Open for SIA Golf Outing

Posted on August 21, 2008
Online registration is now open for the Society of International Affairs golf outing that will be held on September 24, 2008 at the Old Hickory Golf Club in Woodbridge, Virginia. Fortunately, no ITAR training will be offered at this event. Editor's note: Speaking from experience, Old Hickory is...

BIS Publishes Final Rule Requiring Licenses, Classifications and Other Submissions to be Filed Via SNAP-R

Posted on August 21, 2008
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published in today's Federal Register a final rule amending Part 748 of the Export Administration Regulations to require that following types of submissions must be submitted to BIS via its Simplified Network Application Process Redesign (SNAP-R) web-based...

BIS Publishes Final Rule Expanding Scope of Parties on Entity List

Posted on August 21, 2008
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) published a final rule in today's Federal Register amending the Export Administration Regulations to modify the designation of parties included on the Entity List. The Entity List, contained at Supplement Number 4 to Part 744 of the EAR, provides notice to...

Tennessee Company Pleads Guilty to Violating Arms Export Control Act

Posted on August 21, 2008
Atmospheric Glow Technologies Inc. (AGT), a privately-held atmospheric plasma technology company located in Knoxville, Tennesee, pleaded guilty yesterday to ten counts of unlawfully exporting in 2005 and 2006 ten different "defense articles" to a citizen of the People's Republic of China in...

OFAC Reportedly Issues License Authorizing NBA Teams to Negotiate With Iranian Basketball Players

Posted on August 20, 2008
As a follow-up to our previous post on the OFAC issues associated with Iranian basketball player Hamed Ehadadi, Adrian Wojnarowski, the NBA columnist for Yahoo! Sports has reported that OFAC has granted the NBA a license to negotiate with NBA teams. Wojnarowski reported this evening that: The...

Kewill and Strasburger to Hold Export Compliance Program in Houston on September 17th

Posted on August 18, 2008
Export compliance professionals in Houston, Texas are invited to attend an Export Compliance breakfast seminar on September 17, 2008 that is sponsored and presented by Kewill Trade & Logistics and Strasburger & Price, LLP. The program will be held from 9 a...

NBA Applies to OFAC for License Relating to Iranian Basketball Player

Posted on August 18, 2008
Given the number of sports-related licenses being requested lately, the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) may have to set up a special sports licensing office. Yahoo! Sports reports that "as interest has grown in the NBA over signing 7-foot-2 Iranian Olympian Hamed...

Twin State Peregrines Finishes Cuba Trip With 4-2 Record

Posted on August 18, 2008
The Rutland Herald reports that the Twin State Peregrines baseball team won their final game in Cuba yesterday and compiled a record of four wins and two losses during their trip. The team is scheduled to return to the U.S. today, although Tropical Storm Fay may delay their return...

Iran Actively Pursuing German Investment

Posted on August 18, 2008
The Financial Times Deutschland has reported that Iran is actively seeking investment from German companies and that it will provide the companies with financial guarantees on their investments in Iran. The article notes that Germany is Iran's most important trading partners, exporting machinery,...

Another Article Published on UAE Trade With Iran

Posted on August 17, 2008
Yet another article has been published on the UAE's ties to Iran and U.S. efforts to prevent the diversion of U.S. products to Iran. Some excerpts from today's Associated Press article entitled UAE Cities at Odds Over Lifestyle, Ties to Iran":But now Dubai's massive trade with Iran and liberal...

Australia Releases Export Control Enforcement Information

Posted on August 17, 2008
Australia's Canberra Times reports that Australia's Minister for Defense has disclosed for the first time information on violations of Australia's export control laws. The article reports that there "have been 41 known breaches of Australia's defence export regulations", "22 violations 2006-07, 17...

Crimson Tide Baseball Team to Travel to Cuba

Posted on August 15, 2008
Yet another U.S. baseball team will travel to Cuba to play a series of exhibition games. The University of Alabama recently announced that its baseball team has received a specific license from OFAC to play an exhibition series in Havana, Cuba, in mid-December 2008...

BIS Imposes Civil Penalties on Danish Company and Its Affiliates

Posted on August 14, 2008
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced today that Reson A/S of Slangerup, Denmark, agreed to pay a civil penalty of $119,250 to settle allegations that it committed 29 violations of the Export Administration Regulations ($4,112 per violation)...

DDTC Publishes Long-Awaited Final Rule on Jurisdiction of Aircraft Parts and Components

Posted on August 14, 2008
The State Department's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) today published in the Federal Register the long-awaited final rule amending Category VIII of the U.S. Munitions List (USML) to clarify how the criteria of section 17(c) of the Export Administration Act should be applied in...

The Axis of Commerce: Dubai - Iran Trade

Posted on August 13, 2008
The September issue of Conde Nast's Portfolio magazine contains an extensive article on the diversion of U.S. goods from Dubai to Iran. The article "Axis of Commerce", written by Christopher S. Stewart, discusses the wide availability of grey market U...

NFTC Publishes Global Supply Chain Study

Posted on August 13, 2008
The National Foreign Trade Council (NFTC) recently released a new study entitled "Connecting the Dots: The Global Economy and Supply Chain Management" that analyzes the trade and investment environments of 117 countries based on data from OECD and the World Bank, among others...

Manufacturers Say "Adios China, Hola Mexico!" As Cost of Doing Business in China Rises

Posted on August 13, 2008
Another good post in the Mexico Law Blog. This time on companies considering moving their operations from China to the U.S. and Latin America: William Armbruster and Bill Mongelluzzo recently wrote an interesting article in the Shipping Digest discussing how many businesses that have outsourced...

BIS Imposes Civil Penalty on Illinois Company for Deemed Export Violations

Posted on August 13, 2008
The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has announced that Ingersoll Machine Tools of Rockford, Illinois has agreed to pay a $126,000 civil penalty ($15,750 per violation) to settle allegations that it committed eight unlicensed deemed exports to Italian and Indian foreign nationals in violation...

Mexico Law Blog Unveiled

Posted on August 10, 2008
There is a new blog for those interested in Mexico -related trade and business issues. The Mexico Law Blog is published by my colleague John Dorsey in Strasburger & Price's Austin, Texas office. John is a corporate attorney whose practice focuses on cross-border transactions involving Mexico...

New U.S. Container Seal Requirements Go Into Effect on October 15th

Posted on August 07, 2008
U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued a notice in today's Federal Register reminding shippers and importers that all loaded containers arriving by vessel at a port of entry in the U.S. on or after October 15, 2008, are required by statute (6 U.S.C...

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