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The Justice Department’s enforcement of the Foreign Agents Registration Act is the most aggressive in decades. Enacted in 1938, FARA “requires certain agents of foreign principals who are engaged in political activities or other activities specified under the statute to make periodic public disclosure of their relationship with the foreign principal, as well as activities, receipts and disbursements in support of those activities.”With greater enforcement, lawyers and their clients need to know today how this law applies to them. What are lawyers' responsibilities and obligations under FARA? What are the best practices to comply with the law?David Laufman, partner at Wiggin &amp; Dana LLP and former Chief of Counterintelligence &amp; Export Control in the DOJ National Security Division (responsible for FARA enforcement) explains FARA for lawyers and law firms in this program.

The Justice Department’s enforcement of the Foreign Agents Registration Act is the most aggressive in decades. Enacted in 1938, FARA “requires certain agents of foreign principals who are engaged in political activities or other activities specified under the statute to make periodic public disclosure of their relationship with the foreign principal, as well as activities, receipts and disbursements in support of those activities.” With greater enforcement, lawyers and their clients need to know today how this law applies to them. What are lawyers' responsibilities and obligations under FARA? What are the best practices to comply with the law? David Laufman, partner at Wiggin &amp; Dana LLP and former Chief of Counterintelligence &amp; Export Control in the DOJ National Security Division (responsible for FARA enforcement) explains FARA for lawyers and law firms in this program.

What do lawyers need to know about FARA? LIVE with David Laufman

Adam Hickey

Thank you to Advisory Committee Chair Harvey Rishikof for appearing in this episode.The black letter law discussed in this podcast is:Foreign Spies: Stealing U.S. Economic Secrets in Cyberspace (2011 ONCIX report)http://www.thecre.com/fisma/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Foreign_Economic_Collection_2011.pdfEconomic Espionage Act, 18 U.S.C. §1831-1832: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1831And https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1831 E.O. 13694 (April 1, 2015), Blocking the Property of Certain Persons Engaging in Significant malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities: https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2015/04/01/executive-order-blocking-property-certain-persons-engaging-significant-m U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security, Entity List: https://www.bis.doc.gov/index.php/policy-guidance/lists-of-parties-of-concern/entity-list Update to the IP Commission Report, February 2017: http://ipcommission.org/report/IP_Commission_Report_Update_2017.pdf Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974: https://www.trade.gov/mas/ian/tradedisputes-enforcement/tg_ian_002100.aspFull Trade Act: https://legcounsel.house.gov/Comps/93-618.pdfU.S.-China Cyberspace norms developed in 2015: https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2015/09/25/fact-sheet-president-xi-jinpings-state-visit-united-states United States v. Wang Don, Sun Kailiang, Wen Xinyu, Huang Zhenyu, Gu Chunhui, Indictment:https://www.justice.gov/iso/opa/resources/5122014519132358461949.pdf Chinese national Sentenced to Prison for Conspiracy to Steal Trade Secrets, October 5, 2016: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/chinese-national-sentenced-prison-conspiracy-steal-trade-secrets  U.S. and Chinese Defendants Charged with Economic Espionage and Theft of Trade Secrets in Connection with Conspiracy to Sell Trade Secrets to Chinese Companies, February 8, 2012: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/us-and-chinese-defendants-charged-economic-espionage-and-theft-trade-secrets-connectionChinese National Pleads Guilty to Economic Espionage and Theft of a Trade Secret from U.S. Company, May 19, 2017: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/chinese-national-pleads-guilty-economic-espionage-and-theft-trade-secret-us-companyKansas Agricultural Scientist Convicted in Theft of Engineered Rice, February 16, 2017: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/kansas-agricultural-scientist-convicted-theft-engineered-riceChinese National Who Conspired to Hack into U.S. Defense Contractors’ Systems Sentenced to 46 Months in Federal Prison, July 13, 2016: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/chinese-national-who-conspired-hack-us-defense-contractors-systems-sentenced-46-monthsZTE Corporation Agrees to Plead Guilty and Pay Over $430.4 Million for Violating U.S. Sanctions by Sending U.S.-Origin Items to Iran, Mary 7, 2017: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/zte-corporation-agrees-plead-guilty-and-pay-over-4304-million-violating-us-sanctions-sendingArticle: Cyber Crime Costs Projected To Reach $2 Trillion by 2019 https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevemorgan/2016/01/17/cyber-crime-costs-projected-to-reach-2-trillion-by-2019/#7b255b873a91The National Security Division of the U.S. Department of Justice can be found online: https://www.justice.gov/nsd

Thank you to Advisory Committee Chair Harvey Rishikof for appearing in this episode. The black letter law discussed in this podcast is: Foreign Spies: Stealing U.S. Economic Secrets in Cyberspace (2011 ONCIX report) <a href="http://www.thecre.com/fisma/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Foreign_Economic_Collection_2011.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.thecre.com/fisma/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Foreign_Economic_Collection_2011.pdf</a> Economic Espionage Act, 18 U.S.C. §1831-1832: <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1831" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1831</a> And <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1831" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1831</a> E.O. 13694 (April 1, 2015), Blocking the Property of Certain Persons Engaging in Significant malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities: <a href="https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2015/04/01/executive-order-blocking-property-certain-persons-engaging-significant-m" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2015/04/01/executive-order-blocking-property-certain-persons-engaging-significant-m</a> U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security, Entity List: <a href="https://www.bis.doc.gov/index.php/policy-guidance/lists-of-parties-of-concern/entity-list" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.bis.doc.gov/index.php/policy-guidance/lists-of-parties-of-concern/entity-list</a> Update to the IP Commission Report, February 2017: <a href="http://ipcommission.org/report/IP_Commission_Report_Update_2017.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://ipcommission.org/report/IP_Commission_Report_Update_2017.pdf</a> Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974: <a href="https://www.trade.gov/mas/ian/tradedisputes-enforcement/tg_ian_002100.asp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.trade.gov/mas/ian/tradedisputes-enforcement/tg_ian_002100.asp</a> Full Trade Act: <a href="https://legcounsel.house.gov/Comps/93-618.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://legcounsel.house.gov/Comps/93-618.pdf</a> U.S.-China Cyberspace norms developed in 2015: <a href="https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2015/09/25/fact-sheet-president-xi-jinpings-state-visit-united-states" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2015/09/25/fact-sheet-president-xi-jinpings-state-visit-united-states</a> United States v. Wang Don, Sun Kailiang, Wen Xinyu, Huang Zhenyu, Gu Chunhui, Indictment: <a href="https://www.justice.gov/iso/opa/resources/5122014519132358461949.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.justice.gov/iso/opa/resources/5122014519132358461949.pdf</a> Chinese national Sentenced to Prison for Conspiracy to Steal Trade Secrets, October 5, 2016: <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/chinese-national-sentenced-prison-conspiracy-steal-trade-secrets" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/chinese-national-sentenced-prison-conspiracy-steal-trade-secrets</a> U.S. and Chinese Defendants Charged with Economic Espionage and Theft of Trade Secrets in Connection with Conspiracy to Sell Trade Secrets to Chinese Companies, February 8, 2012: <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/us-and-chinese-defendants-charged-economic-espionage-and-theft-trade-secrets-connection" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/us-and-chinese-defendants-charged-economic-espionage-and-theft-trade-secrets-connection</a> Chinese National Pleads Guilty to Economic Espionage and Theft of a Trade Secret from U.S. Company, May 19, 2017: <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/chinese-national-pleads-guilty-economic-espionage-and-theft-trade-secret-us-company" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/chinese-national-pleads-guilty-economic-espionage-and-theft-trade-secret-us-company</a> Kansas Agricultural Scientist Convicted in Theft of Engineered Rice, February 16, 2017: <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/kansas-agricultural-scientist-convicted-theft-engineered-rice" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/kansas-agricultural-scientist-convicted-theft-engineered-rice</a> Chinese National Who Conspired to Hack into U.S. Defense Contractors’ Systems Sentenced to 46 Months in Federal Prison, July 13, 2016: <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/chinese-national-who-conspired-hack-us-defense-contractors-systems-sentenced-46-months" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/chinese-national-who-conspired-hack-us-defense-contractors-systems-sentenced-46-months</a> ZTE Corporation Agrees to Plead Guilty and Pay Over $430.4 Million for Violating U.S. Sanctions by Sending U.S.-Origin Items to Iran, Mary 7, 2017: <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/zte-corporation-agrees-plead-guilty-and-pay-over-4304-million-violating-us-sanctions-sending" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/zte-corporation-agrees-plead-guilty-and-pay-over-4304-million-violating-us-sanctions-sending</a> Article: Cyber Crime Costs Projected To Reach $2 Trillion by 2019 <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevemorgan/2016/01/17/cyber-crime-costs-projected-to-reach-2-trillion-by-2019/#7b255b873a91" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevemorgan/2016/01/17/cyber-crime-costs-projected-to-reach-2-trillion-by-2019/#7b255b873a91</a> The National Security Division of the U.S. Department of Justice can be found online: <a href="https://www.justice.gov/nsd" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.justice.gov/nsd</a>

Thieves from Abroad: The threat of intellectual property theft with Adam Hickey and David Laufman