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Join Baker McKenzie and the Customs and International Trade Bar Association (CITBA) National Security and Sanctions Committee for a discussion of top enforcement priorities in sanctions and export controls, best practices for the private sector, and considerations for voluntary self-disclosure. The panelists for this discussion include Ian C. Richardson, Chief Counsel for Corporate Enforcement for the National Security Division of DOJ; John Sonderman, Director of the Office of Export Enforcement at BIS; and Dallas Woodrum,…

On August 23, 2024, the eve of Ukraine’s Independence Day (August 24, 2024), the US Departments of Commerce and Treasury issued new export controls and sanctions in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The new controls target the procurement networks who support Russia’s war on Ukraine and its military industrial complex and payment channels. The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) made the following changes to the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”) and…

The US Department of Commerceā€™s Bureau of Industry and Security (ā€œBISā€) has issued two proposed rules amending the Export Administration Regulations (ā€œEARā€) to impose expansive new controls on US personsā€™ activities in connection with non-US military, security, and intelligence end users and end uses, as well as new end user-, end use-, and list-based controls applicable to items subject to the EAR. These new controls would apply to more categories of activities and end users/end…

The US Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) has issued a final rule (“Final Rule”), effective July 23, 2024, expanding the jurisdictional scope of the Export Administration Regulations’ (“EAR”) Iran Foreign Direct Product Rule (“Iran FDP Rule”) over more foreign-made items and imposing a licensing requirement for the in-country transfer within Iran of items subject to the EAR under the Iran FDP Rule. This expansion of controls was made to implement the requirements…