Justice Department Publishes Enforcement Policy for Export Controls and Sanctions

DOJ, Enforcement, Violations & Fines, Voluntary Disclosure

By: Danielle Hatch In December 2019 the Department of Justice (DOJ) released a policy, through the National Security Division’s (NSD) Counterintelligence and Export Control Section (CES) that sets forth the criteria that will be used in determining solutions for...

Iranian Man Pleads Guilty to Exporting Carbon Fiber to Iran

DOJ, Enforcement, Iran, OFAC, Sanctions, Violations & Fines

By: Danielle Hatch Behzad Pourghannad, a 65 year old Iranian citizen, plead guilty last month to one count of violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). According to his plea, between 2008 and 2013, Pourghannad and his two codefendants, Ali...

Hiring U.S. Citizens Only for ITAR Compliance Can Violate the Immigration and Nationality Act

Defense Trade Controls, DOJ, Dual/3rd Party Nationals, ITAR

By: David Ring, attorney, dring@wiggin.com; and Najia S. Khalid, attorney, nkhalid@wiggin.com. Both of Wiggin and Dana.   The Department of Justice (DOJ), Civil Rights Division, announced on August 29, 2018, its civil settlement with the international law firm,...

U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) – Enhanced Security Plan Sets Best Practices for Use of Cloud Services for Sensitive Data

DOJ, EAR, ITAR, Software

By:  Pablo LeCour, Partner, plecour@deloitte.co.uk; Tina Carlile, Senior Manager, ticarlile@deloitte.co.uk; and Ziyu Chin, Senior Consultant, ziyu.chin@deloitte.co.uk. All of Deloitte. In December 2017 a global software company serving the telecommunications industry...

Justice Publishes Summary of Major U.S. Export Enforcement, Economic Espionage, Trade Secret, and Embargo-Related Criminal Cases

DOJ, Enforcement, Violations & Fines

2017/03/30 (Source: Justice) The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has published its Summary of Major U.S. Export Enforcement, Economic Espionage, Trade Secret, and Embargo-Related Criminal Cases, (January 2014 to the present: updated February 17, 2017), available at...

DOJ Publishes “Guidance Regarding Voluntary Self-Disclosures, Cooperation, and Remediation in Export Control and Sanctions Investigations Involving Business Organizations”

DOJ

(Source: Department of Justice, National Security Division) The subject Guidance document is available for download HERE.  Below is a reprint of the Introduction of the 11-page document. Foreign governments and other non-state adversaries of the United States are...