Presented by the Homeland Security,
National Defense and Technology Transfer Practice Group

Join us for this Export Update Course featuring insight from three seasoned export control practitioners on today’s most pertinent enforcement issues and legislative initiatives, including:

• The $100 million criminal case against ITT for the improper handling of night vision equipment and technology;
• Legislative efforts to bar subsidiaries of U.S. firms from doing business with Iran, Sudan, and other countries subject to U.S. sanctions; and
• Critical regulatory changes affecting exports to China and the Persian Gulf.

The speakers will cover practical tips on compliance tailored to the modern cross-border operations, specific enforcement and settlement trends, initiatives to streamline certain licensing, and ways to mesh these complex rules with modern business practice.

Speakers

Giovanna Cinelli
Partner, Patton Boggs and Chair of the State Department’s Defense Trade Advisory Group (DTAG)
• Will provide an updated view of current hot issues under ITAR, including the aftermath of the costly ITT settlement.
• Will explain the high non-monetary costs of that settlement, as well as reviewing steps to avoid costly compliance errors.

Daniel Waltz
Partner, Patton Boggs
Past President of the Washington Foreign Law Society
• Will review key initiatives by the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS).
• Will present insights from his extensive customs and foreign transactional practice, as well as the ongoing debate about the pros and cons\ of cooperating with government investigations.

Russ Randle
Partner, Patton Boggs
• Will cover legislative efforts to extend U.S. sanctions rules to foreign subsidiaries of U.S. companies doing business with Iran, plus current enforcement initiatives by OFAC and other federal agencies.
• Will discuss his experiences advising clients on potential conflicts with allies who have statutes blocking enforcement of U.S. sanctions rules against foreign subsidiaries of U.S. firms, ranging from his representation of large oil companies in compliance matters to his representation of churches sending relief to Sudan.