Export Controls Without Borders: How Foreign-Made Products Trigger U.S. Criminal Liability

July 9, 2026  |  The Insider: White Collar Defense and Securities Enforcement

Export control enforcement is alive and well, and George Costanza may have been onto something when he claimed that Art Vandelay wanted to "quit the exporting and focus just on the importing." In his latest Insider Blog post, Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason & Anello P.C. partner, Robert Anello analyzes recent expansions and application of the Foreign-Direct Product Rules to companies on foreign soil and what the June 2026 Bosch declination suggests for companies looking to avoid export control prosecution.

Export Controls Without Borders: How Foreign-Made Products Trigger U.S. Criminal Liability