The Little Regulation That Will Make a Big Change in How You Do Business: Department of Commerce to Establish New Export Controls on Emerging Technologies

By Reid Whitten, J. Scott Maberry, Curtis Dombek and Lisa Mays on November 19, 2018 Posted in CFIUS, Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and Commercial Exports

Key Takeaways: Emerging technology sectors will soon be subject to new export controls. Affected sectors include biotech, computing, artificial intelligence, positioning and navigation, data analytics, additive manufacturing, robotics, brain-machine interface, advanced materials, and surveillance. New export controls on these sectors will likely require companies to obtain a license to export products to China and other … Continue Reading

The Baby and the Bathwater: The Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) Intrusion and Surveillance Software Export Licensing Proposal

By Curtis Dombek on July 17, 2015 Posted in Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and Commercial Exports

If you are not aware, please take note that the July 20, 2015 deadline is fast approaching for comments to the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) proposed rule on the export control of certain intrusion and surveillance related software. The proposed rule, which addresses changes to the U.S. Export Administration … Continue Reading

Military Electronics Export Reform: Let the Chips Fall Where They May

By J. Scott Maberry and Reid Whitten on December 4, 2014 Posted in Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and Commercial Exports, Export Control Reform (ECR), ITAR and Defense Exports

Every time there is a new round of reforms under the President’s Export Control Reform initiative, we hear the same advice: Controls on certain items are eliminated or reduced (which creates new opportunities for manufacturers and exporters); but The new rules bring new complexities, so be careful. Attorneys in the export control space correspondingly inundate … Continue Reading