Sheesh! Not much happening in the Export Compliance world today, folks. Once again, I need to borrow the brow-sweat of  our comrades at ExportLawBlog, who offer a tray of ExportLaw.Blog hors devours: Update on the Chi Mak case Farming in Cuba Indian spy case More bombs for Israel Read here, then weep.

Posted on May 1st, 2007 by keeton
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In light of all the bickering and controversy about ITAR restrictions  barring foreign nationals in Canada from working on US military technology contracts – Americans cannot help but chuckle when Canada discovers Chinese spys among them… “He quoted a CSIS official as saying that Chinese spies stole $1 billion worth of technological secrets every month.” Read the story on TheStar.com 

Posted on April 30th, 2007 by keeton
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 Which Piper to Pay? LogicaCMG plc Gets Caught Between US and EU Legal Tug-O-War LogicaCMG, Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of U.K.-based LogicaCMG plc, pleaded guilty last Wednesday to violating the U.S. embargo on Cuba. By doing so, the company is violating European Union Laws that prevent it from complying with the US embargo on Cuba. […]

Posted on April 30th, 2007 by keeton
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Dr. Paul Fredenberg writes a regular export compliance column for American Machinist.com. Here he comments on industry efforts to compete in the world of EAR and ITAR. Read the article here.  Export controls make sense to those who are concerned about the United States losing its technological edge over potential adversaries because America depends upon […]

Posted on April 25th, 2007 by keeton
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Bush administration asked Congress on Tuesday to sharply increase penalties on companies that violate export controls on dual-use technology and give Commerce Department agents new investigative powers at home and abroad.  “In today’s post-9/11 world we need to give law enforcement officers the vitally important tools necessary … to keep the […]

Posted on April 25th, 2007 by keeton
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From the New York Sun: SANTA ANA, Calif. — A major Chinese espionage case set to open today is causing concern among attorneys for major defense contractors and exporters, who contend that one of the prosecution’s key legal arguments upsets a long-standing interpretation of export laws and could wreak havoc in industry and elsewhere. ____________________ […]

Posted on March 30th, 2007 by keeton
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Group Urges Bush to Stop Exports To Israel Under AECA Rule The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) wants to deny weapons exports to Israel under the Arms Export Control Act that requires such weapons to be used for internal security programs and self defense purposes. The group sent a letter to President Bush and Secretary […]

Posted on March 26th, 2007 by keeton
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SPYS AMONG US… Source material I stumbled upon, The Office of National Counterintelligence Executive (ONCIX) report on “foreign economic collection and industrial espionage” includes info on who is doing what in violation to export regs. This report is issued every year in August. It’s worth reading. CANADIANS DECRY DISCRIMINATION – As it happens – the […]

Posted on March 23rd, 2007 by keeton
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