To have any hope of complying with the Export Administration Regulations, you’ve got to have your export control classifications right. Exporters should be capable of making most classification determinations on their own. Still, there are times when it may be helpful to call upon the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) to weigh in by submitting a classification request to them. This webinar will tell you everything you need to know to...

Join us for a webinar about Authorizing, Managing and Conducting Internal Investigations into Potential Violations of U.S. Export Controls and Sanctions Laws. The export controls and sanctions laws are so broad and complex that they present multiple compliance challenges. One of these is how to react when something goes wrong in order to avoid turning a little problem into a big problem or how to prevent a big problem from turning into a disas...

Technology export controls are “emerging” all across the globe, not just in the United States. From Japan’s and Korea’s own form of “emerging technology” export controls, to Malaysia’s clarified approach to intangible transfers of controlled technology, to China and the Philippines planning to introduce their own “deemed” export controls, national governments are expanding their technology...

Articles that are imported into the United States are required by law to be marked to reflect their countries of origin. The failure to properly mark and declare the correct country of origin to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) can lead to a host of extremely unpleasant consequences for U.S. importers—detentions, seizures, demands for redelivery, liquidated damages, loss of preferential duty benefits, marking duties, civil and cr...

This webinar will cover the final rule that puts new controls on “emerging technology” items in CCL Category 3, Category 5 Part II, Category 6, and Category 9. Technology transfer is the process of transferring technical information relating to the design, engineering, manufacture, production, and or use of goods and/or services from one party to another. Companies generally focus on tangible exports when designing export complianc...

On May 2, 2019, the United States Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued a Framework for OFAC Compliance Commitments. The Framework was expressly designed to provide “OFAC’s perspective on the essential components of a sanctions compliance program.” The document also outlines how these elements will be considered in the event of an enforcement action, and analyzes the root causes of economic sanction...

To Self-Disclose or Not... From time to time, companies may discover that they’ve violated export or economic sanctions and must decide whether or not to self-disclose to the U.S. government agency enforcing the violated regulation. When considering a voluntary self-disclosure (VSD), companies must take into account all facts and circumstances leading to the potential violation, as well as the advantages and disadvantages associated with...

Does the word “cloud” make you break out in a cold sweat even if people are just talking about the weather...feel like the only person who has reservations about the rapid rise of workplace information-sharing and collaboration applications...tired of feeling that IT modernization is moving faster than export rules allow? We HEAR you! As the digital world continues to advance faster than export control regulations, this brings both...

US sanctions policy developments continue front and center in 2019... Over the past few years, sanctions regulations have continued to change at a rapid pace and in important ways. The Departments of Commerce and Treasury have introduced many significant changes to controls on countries and regions including Cuba, India, Iran, North Korea, Russia, Sudan, and Venezuela. In many of these cases these actions prohibit activities and impose new lic...

International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Export Administration Regulations (EAR), and Office of Foreign Assets Controls & Embargoes (OFAC) Explained - complete with all Export Control Reform Changes and New Administration Priorities:This seminar series provides both novice and experienced export compliance professionals with a comprehensive education on complying with United States export regulations. We will review recent ECR ch...