In the Beginning… An Introduction to Israel’s Dual-Use and Defense Export Control System This webinar is intended to help companies that have operations, affiliates, subsidiaries, customers, suppliers, employees, or facilities in Israel to better understand Israel’s export control system. Israel has a complex export control system that requires companies to navigate a unique export classification system and a multitude of d...

How well do you understand the Fundamental Research Exclusion? While this critical carve-out in the U.S. export control regulations has a significant impact on universities, it's often misunderstood. This results in unforeseen gaps in export controls compliance programs that can lead to inadvertent export violations. In this webinar, we’ll breakdown all the aspects of the fundamental research exclusion. We’ll discuss its formal de...

DIY Encryption Classification 2017 Edition All registrants receive an encryption classification questionnaire! We are offering a webinar on creating your own encryption questionnaires to use to classify your products. In August, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) significantly changed the Information Security section of the Commerce Control List (Category 5 Part II) as a result of the 2016 Wassenaar Arrangement decision to rewrite cert...

2017 has turned out to be the watershed year in Asia Pacific (APAC) export controls... Malaysia released an overhaul of its strategic trade regulations and the Philippines finalized the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) for its Strategic Trade Management Act (STMA). On January 1, 2018, Thailand will go live with its new export controls along with its published draft of “Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Act.” Perhaps the bi...

Practice Makes Perfect:A Two-Part Webinar that Combines Hands-On Exercises, Discussions, and Instruction. Getting your Export Administration Regulations (EAR) export classifications right is clearly one of the most important aspects of an export compliance program. It is also among the most difficult and time consuming. Combine the increasing enforcement of export controls with the $1.4 trillion in annual US goods exports and you clearly see t...

Practice Makes Perfect:A Two-Part Webinar that Combines Hands-On Exercises, Discussions, and Instruction. Knowing when an export or reexport license is required under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) is critical to ensuring your company’s compliance with U.S. export controls and quite frankly, staying out of trouble. However, knowing how and when to use an available license exception under Part 740 of the EAR can be worth its...

The pace of OFAC enforcement actions has increased slightly in 2017... While physical exports of U.S.- origin items make up only a portion of those cases, OFAC has continued to advance new theories of liability that threaten to expand the range of violative conduct for exporters and re-exporters in the United States and around the world. Most notably, in March 2017 OFAC reached its largest ever settlement with a non-financial institution ($100...

Encryption Export Controls 2017 Update The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) significantly changed the Information Security section of the Commerce Control List (Category 5 Part II) in August 2017 as a result of the 2016 Wassenaar Arrangement decision to rewrite certain Export Commodity Control Numbers (“ECCNs”). We are offering a webinar for those individuals who want to get an update on the changes (Federal Register) as well...

Practice Makes Perfect: A Two-Part Webinar that Combines Hands-On Exercises, Discussions, and Instruction. The Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (“Harmonized System”) is used by more than 150 countries, including the United States, for the classification of products that are traded around the world. For importers, understanding how to classify goods under the Harmonized System is critical for determining the duty r...

It’s Not New, and It’s Still Not Easy: Mastering the ITAR and EAR Definition Accurately applying the definition “specially designed” is no longer a new challenge, but it still remains a critical element in correctly determining how the US Munitions List (USML) and Commerce Control List (CCL) control the items you export. This webinar series will use hands-on exercises and questions and answers to enhance your skill and...