Criminal Prosecution, Compliance, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)

Episode 381 -- Cadence Design Pays $140 Million to Settle Trade Violations

The Volkov Law Group on 8/11/2025

What happens when a company tries to outsmart the system - and gets caught red-handed by the DOJ in a $140 million export control scheme tied to Chinese military supercomputers? In this episode, Michael dives into the DOJ’s...more

BIS Report Highlights Increased U.S. Export Controls Enforcement and Risks to Industry

Fenwick & West LLP on 7/16/2024

The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) released its latest Don’t Let This Happen to You! report, summarizing recent U.S. export control civil and criminal enforcement actions....more

New Tri-Seal Compliance Note Issued to Non-U.S. Persons

Holland & Knight LLP on 3/15/2024

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on March 6, 2024, issued a Tri-Seal...more

Honesty is Good for Your Bottom Line: Commerce, Treasury, and DOJ Tout the Benefits of Voluntary Self Disclosure in Tri-Seal...

Venable LLP on 8/2/2023

Voluntary self-disclosure is a valuable remediation measure for companies who identify their own potential violations of U.S. sanctions, export controls, and other national security laws....more

New US Efforts To Prosecute Sanctions Evasion and Export Control Violations May Require Compliance Programs To Be Updated

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 3/17/2023

DOJ Increases Resources To Investigate and Prosecute Sanctions Evasion and Export Control Violations - On March 2, 2023, during a keynote speech at the American Bar Association’s annual White Collar Crime National...more

Cross-Border Compliance Update: February 2020

Foley Hoag LLP on 3/17/2020

Huawei Charged in Racketeering Conspiracy and Conspiracy to Steal Trade Secrets; Temporary General License Extended – On February 13, 2020, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. (Huawei) and two of its U.S. subsidiaries were...more