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International Trade Law
DDTC Requests Comments on its Temporary Suspensions, Modifications, and Exceptions to the ITAR Due to COVID-19
By Chandler Leonard, Edward Goetz
On May 1, 2020, the Department of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) issued a Federal Register notice informing companies of the temporary suspension, modification, and exception to several International Traffic in…
International Trade Law
DDTC Publishes New FAQs on Exemptions Related to ITAR §126.4 Transfers by or for the United States Government
On May 11, 2020, the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) published nine new Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on exemptions related to §126.4 of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations…
International Compliance Blog
Update: More Flexible Policies Announced under the ITAR due to COVID-19
Update: On May 1, 2020, the U.S. Department of State’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”) will publish a Federal Register notice that updates DDTC’s April 23 web notice, providing…
Global Trade Law Blog
Refresher: How to Comply With U.S. Export Controls and Anti-Discrimination Laws When Recruiting and Hiring Foreign Nationals
By Greg Berk, Lisa Mays, J. Scott Maberry, Denise Giraudo
The scenario happens all the time: Your engineering department has identified a need for more personnel who will work with export-controlled information. Management has approved the hiring, and your Human…
Israel Global Gateway
Foreign ITAR cloud storage now permitted
By Israel Group
On December 26, 2019, the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) issued an interim final rule1 defining “activities that are not exports, reexports, retransfers, or temporary imports” to include certain…
International Trade Law
State Department Publishes Long Awaited Cloud Computing Rule
On December 26, 2019, the State Department issued an interim final rule that nearly mirrors the changes adopted by the Commerce Department in 2016. The new ITAR rule will allow for cloud based…
Focus on Regulation
DDTC Publishes FAQs on U.S. Persons Working Abroad & ITAR Defense Services
On 6 January, 2020 DDTC announced guidance regarding U.S. persons providing defense services while abroad. The guidance is based on the ITAR and not the 2015 proposed rule, and is provided in…
Government Contracting Matters
New Changes to the ITAR Focus on Unclassified Technical Data And the release of “Access Information”
As part of its years-long project to update and revise the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and better align them with the Export Control Regulations, the Department of State…
International Compliance Blog
State Department publishes long-awaited ITAR rule on encryption and other excluded activities
By Ed Krauland, Meredith Rathbone, Martin Willner, Hena Schommer
On December 26 the State Department will publish a long-awaited rule amending the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) by providing a definition of activities that are not exports, reexports,…
Canada-U.S. Blog
Warning to Employers When Staffing Special Projects
By Su Ross
There are many ways employers may run afoul of the anti-discrimination provisions in U.S. immigration law. As a very clear starting point, the general rule for a long time has…