WSJ Article Discusses Potential Impact of Lachman Case on U.S. Exports
Page A3 of today's Wall Street Journal contains an article noting that U.S. high-tech exporters are "alarmed" by the recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in United States v. Lachman, et al., 387 F.3d 42, 2004 U.S. App. LEXIS 2004 22152, regarding the scope of the term "specially designed" in the Export Administration Regulations. The article indicates that the Industry Coalition on Technology Transfer believes that the broad definition of the term found by by the First Circuit could lead to a dramatic increase -- from 15,000 to 80,000 per year -- in the number of export license applications that must be obtained from the Bureau of Industry and Security before certain high-tech products are exported.
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