A key in determining whether an export license is needed from the Department of Commerce is finding out if the item you intend to export has a specific Export Control Classification Number (ECCN).

All shipments must be analyzed to determine whether the items involved are identified on the Commerce Control List (CCL) (Supplement No. 1 to Part 774 of the EAR). The CCL is divided into ten broad ...

Many companies, particularly Software-as-a-Service (“SaaS”) and start-up companies, continue to struggle with the concept of export control classification of items with encryption functionality. This ...

Effective October 5, 2021, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) released a final rule applying export controls to software (a) designed for certain nucleic acid ...