Export Compliance Daily is providing readers with the top stories for Aug. 9-13 in case you missed them. You can find any article by searching the title or by clicking on the hyperlinked reference number.

Mi-Yong Kim, former chair of the Operating Committee for Export Administration at the Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security, joined Bass Berry as counsel in its Washington, D.C.-based International Trade Practice, the firm announced Aug. 10. Kim worked at Commerce for over 18 years, nearly 10 of them as a senior attorney with the Office of Chief Counsel for Industry and Security. Kim will work on national security issues, including matters involving the Export Administration Regulations, the International Traffic in Arms Regulations and the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S., the firm said.

The Bureau of Industry and Security revoked export privileges for three people for illegally exporting defense goods without licenses, according to Aug. 9 orders.

The Bureau of Industry and Security Aug. 10 completed its interagency review of a final rule concerning firearms and other related articles that no longer warrant control on the U.S. Munitions List. The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs received the rule July 13 (see 2107150006).

Jahna Hartwig, former associate general counsel for ethics and compliance at Booz Allen, joined Wilson Sonsini as a senior counsel for the national security practice in the firm's Washington, D.C., office, the firm said in an Aug. 9 news release. Hartwig will look to bolster Wilson Sonsini's national security team using her experience with export control and sanctions compliance, International Traffic in Arms Regulations matters and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act proceedings, the release said. Prior to Booz Allen, Hartwig held director and associate general counsel positions at Sikorsky Aircraft.

The State Department announced penalties on eight foreign entities and their subsidies for illegal transfers under the Iran, North Korea and Syria Nonproliferation Act, an Aug. 9 notice said. The agency said the entities transferred items subject to multilateral control lists that contribute to weapons proliferation or missile production. The State Department barred them from purchasing items controlled on the U.S. Munitions List and by the Arms Export Control Act and will suspend any current export licenses used by the entities. The agency will also bar them from receiving new export licenses for any goods subject to the Export Administration Regulations. The restrictions will remain in place for two years from the July 29 effective date.

The House’s top Republican on the Foreign Affairs Committee introduced a bill that would impose new sanctions and export restrictions against foreign governments and people responsible for radio-frequency attacks against U.S. personnel abroad. The Havana Syndrome Attacks Response Act, introduced Aug. 3 by Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, would sanction those who the president determines “knowingly directed or carried out these attacks,” which have caused brain injuries to U.S. personnel in Cuba and other countries. The bill would also require the U.S. to restrict certain exports -- including arms sales -- and export licenses for shipments to foreign governments behind the attacks. The export controls would be applied to shipments of items controlled under the Arms Export Control Act, licenses for items on the U.S. Munitions List and other exports pursuant to the Export Control Reform Act. The bill has 15 Republican co-sponsors.

A California electronics company was fined $6.6 million by the State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls after it illegally exported technical data and software to more than 15 countries, including China, DDTC said Aug. 9. DDTC said Keysight Technologies, which makes electronic test and measurement equipment and software, committed 24 violations of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, including unauthorized exports while the companies still had an outstanding commodity jurisdiction request pending with the State Department.

The Bureau of Industry and Security sent a final rule for interagency review concerning firearms and other related articles that no longer warrant control on the U.S. Munitions List. The rule, received by the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs July 13, would also issue corrections to those controls.

Torres Law issued a July 3 guide on the common company changes that require notifications to the State Department’s Director of Defense Trade Controls to comply with International Traffic in Arms Regulations’ registration requirements. The guide provides a checklist companies can review when they are undergoing a “material change” covered under the ITAR, including preparing a material change notification letter and updating information in the Defense Export Control Compliance System.