Audits are indispensable for an effective ITAR compliance program, but they can be expensive.  You have to audit your program to be sure you have in place a system that prevents illegal exports and millions in potential fines and sanctions. Yet, you can’t afford to audit to the extent you would like.  This 90-minute audio-conference briefing will provide you with useful insights and practical advice on how to design and execute effective, cost-conscious ITAR audits.  The briefing also will discuss how to follow-up on audits to ensure that remedial actions are implemented.  Featured Speakers are Bart M. McMillan, partner, Baker & McKenzie LLP (Chicago) and  Mark D. Menefee, of counsel, Baker & McKenzie LLP (Washington).  The briefing will be held on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 2:00 to 3:30 P.M. (Eastern).  Click add to cart below to register online.

Did you know there are approximately 50 exemptions throughout the ITAR that could allow you to export and import defense articles, defense services or technical data without needing to apply to State’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls for a license?   This audio-conference briefing provides useful insights and practical advice on how you can benefit from and use selected ITAR exemptions.  Our expert speakers are Margaret McClellan Gatti, chair of the  International Law Group at Dilworth Paxson, Louis K. Rothberg, of counsel with Dilworth Paxson, and Mark A. Sullivan, associate with Dilworth Paxson.  You can now order a copy of the CD recording of this 90-minute program and the accompanying PowerPoint presentation.

Each year, billions of dollars in defense exports are tied to Technical Assistance Agreements (TAA) and Manufacturing License Agreements (MLA) that State's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls must review and approve.  TAAs and MLAs are the most complex and demanding licenses issued for defense articles and defense services subject to the U.S. Munitions List.  If your firm requires a TAA or MLA, you need to know how to prepare an effective application that will meet DDTC's demands; how to work with the agency to get its approval; and what you must do to comply with the conditions imposed on approved TAAs and MLAs.  Order the CD recording and PowerPoint Slides from this 90-minute audio-conference briefing and gain useful insights and practical advice on avoiding delays and problems obtaining TAAs and MLAs as well as on managing compliance with their requirements.  Our speakers are two experts on ITAR licensing requirements, Harold Luks of Poliner & Luks, and Lynn Van Buren, with DLA Piper. 

With European Union moving to exert greater authority over export control policies and practices of its 27 member countries, firms doing business in Europe must be aware of rules and regulations that restrict trade within EU and exports to other countries.  The risks of getting it wrong have never been greater.  Exports from the EU of dual-use items and technology are facing increased scrutiny, with marked increase in enforcement and prosecutions.  How do these controls compare with U.S. requirements?  What must you know when exporting from Europe?   What potential penalties do you face for violating EU export rules?  Order the CD recording and PowerPoint slides from this 90-minute briefing to get an introduction to current EU controls and proposals for new restrictions. Featured speakers are Sunny Mann, Senior Associate, Baker & McKenzie LLP, and Hamish Wood, Manager, International Trade Compliance, Halliburton. 

3 On June 2, 2008, the Census Bureau issued the most sweeping changes in export documentation requirements in more than two decades. The new Foreign Trade Regulations will completely alter the way you file export shipping information, eliminate paper Shippers Export Declarations (SEDs), establish a new Electronic Export Information (EEI) filing, make the Automated Export System (AES) mandatory for all exports, impose for the first time criminal penalties up to $10,000 per violation and late filing fines of $1,100 per day, and much, much more. Order this CD recording to hear a first-hand explanation of the new rules, what you need to do to get ready to comply and how to avoid costly fines and export delays. The featured speaker is Dale Kelly, Chief, Regulations, Outreach and Education Branch, U.S. Census Bureau. Available at discount price of $150 

On this program, Mike Turner, then-Director of the BIS Office of Export Enforcement, and Robert Clifton Burns, a partner with Powell Goldstein, LLP, provided an expert briefing on trends in export enforcement both at BIS and DDTC.  With Congress having enacted higher fines of up to $250,000 per violation for EAR and IEEPA violations and DDTC imposing millions in penalties for ITAR violations, this audio-conference briefing will give you a first-hand view of pitfalls you need to avoid, what other exporters have done to get in trouble, and what future enforcement hazards lie ahead. Available at discount price of $75. 

After much controversy, the final BIS China Rule was published on June 19, 2007.  Now export compliance managers have to put aside theoretical arguments and get down to the brass tacks on implementing the new regulations, revising existing export management programs and training sales, engineering and fellow export compliance staff on the new requirements.  This timely audio-conference briefing featured Michael D. Turner, Senior Advisor, MK Technology LLC and former Director, BIS Office of Export Enforcement; Carol A. Kalinoski, Carol A. Kalinoski & Associates and former Director, BIS Operating Committee; and Donald Alford Weadon Jr. of Weadon & Associates.  These experts on export enforcement and China trade will get you started on the steps you need to take to make sure your exports to China aren't interrupted and your firm doesn't face costly penalties for violating the new China rule.  Available at discount price of $75.