DDTC, Defense Trade Controls, Encryption, ITAR, State Dept
By: Olga Torres and Derrick Kyle (Torres Law, LLP) The Department of State Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”) has published an interim final rule (“the Interim Final Rule”) seeking public comments and clarifying that certain transfers of encrypted...
EAR, Encryption, Export License, USA Regulations
(Source: Homeland Security Committee) Author: Kevin J. Wolf, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration. Transcript of statement: “Thank you, Chairmen Hurd and Ratcliffe, and Ranking Members Kelly and Richmond. The Wassenaar Arrangement is a...
BIS, Encryption, Information Technology, Violations & Fines
By: Felice Laird I must admit to a shudder of excitement and disbelief when I visited the BIS homepage recently and noticed a banner ad announcing a fine against an “Intel subsidiary for violations of encryption export regulations.” I am one of the...
Encryption, Information Technology, Telecommunication, USA Regulations, Wassenaar
By: Brooke Driver At its annual plenary meeting in Austria December 3-4, 2013, the Wassenaar Arrangement, a group of 41 countries including the U.S., Russia, the U.K. and most E.U. states, focused on export controls for conventional arms and dual-use goods and...
BIS, CCL, Commerce Dept, EAR, Encryption, Export License, Uncategorized
This article originally appeared in a slightly different form in International Trade Law360, July 1, 2010. Reprinted with permission of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP. by Sanjay Jose Mullick The Obama administration has taken the first step in export control...
BIS, Encryption, Export License, Information Technology
By: Danielle McClellan BIS recently published an advisory opinion on downloads of encrypted “mass market” software. An undisclosed recipient asked BIS “whether a company would be in violation of the EAR if it allowed certain encrypted software,...
