Beware violating U.S. export laws
By Ivan P. Koves
You’ve just hired a brilliant engineer! She has two degrees from Cal Tech and can run circles around your current staff. She’s applied for her green card and can remain in the U.S. on her H-1B visa until the green card comes through. She has made it through all of your background checks and signed your standard employment agreements.
Your company has not been able to gain any overseas customers. However, a potential large customer in China is sending a representative to your plant in Colorado to evaluate your operations and products. You are ready to roll out the red carpet and show him your modern technology.
You take the specifications for your latest product to Canada to meet with potential customers at an international trade show in Toronto.
The common factor in each of these scenarios is that they put your company at risk of violating U.S. export laws.
Read the full article in ColoradoBiz Magazine, here.
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