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Government Contracts & Investigations Blog
Sheppard Mullin’s Government Contracts, Investigations & International Trade Practice Group Expands
The Government Contracts, Investigations & International Trade Practice Group is proud to announce that J. Scott Maberry, Thaddeus R. McBride, Reid Whitten and Mark Jensen have joined Sheppard Mullin's Washington, D.C.…
Global Regulatory Enforcement Law Blog
Regulatory Round Up 3.24.11
Perhaps I'm not that creative, but I keep thinking that illegally exporting jet engines has to be more difficult than people think. I guess the arrests would lend credence to…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Ninth Circuit – Exporting Thermal Imaging Cameras Requires License
By Ellen Podgor
In United States v. Guo, the defendant was convicted with knowingly and willfully conspiring to export, and attempting to export, ten export -controlled cameras to China without a license. The defendant…
FCC Law Blog
Proposed ITAR Rule To Relax ITAR Licensing For Components Incorporated Into Commercial Products
The author is a member of the Firm's Government Contracts & Regulated Industries Practice Group. For additional articles and postings concerning this and related topics, please refer to Sheppard Mullin's Government Contracts…
Government Contracts & Investigations Blog
Sheppard Mullin Partner Curt Dombek Appointed To The President’s Export Council Subcommittee On Export Administration
On February 23, 2011, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke announced the appointment of Sheppard Mullin partner Curt Dombek to the President’s Export Council Subcommittee on Export Administration (“PECSEA”), which will advise…
Global Regulatory Enforcement Law Blog
Regulatory Round Up 3.11.11
Pun Alert: Obama's proposal for high speed trains is picking up some speed (ouch), with the help of a couple Mad Men. Headline of the Week: If BIS Can't Understand…
Global Regulatory Enforcement Law Blog
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Office To Assist in Enforcing U.S. Export Regulations
By Greg Jacobs
This post was written Christopher B. Monahan. The new Form I-129 has highlighted the restrictions on deemed exports of technology to foreign national employees. Originally effective December 23, 2010, the…
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H-1B and L-1 Employers Must Certify Compliance with U.S. Export Control Laws
As if immigration law is not complicated enough, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will now require employers filing Form I-129 (for H-1B, L-1 as well as H-1B1 Chile/Singapore,…
Business Immigration Insights
Employers Now Required To Complete Export License Certification for Nonimmigrant Workers
By Suzan Kern
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services recently issued a new Form I-129, effective December 23, 2010. Part 6, "Release of Controlled Technology or Technical Data to Foreign Persons in the U.S.,"…
Immigration Blog
Export Controls and New Petition for Nonimmigrant Worker Form I-129
USCIS has began accepting the revised version of the Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker, Form I-129 (dated November 23, 2010). The new version of the form requires employers petitioning for…