The Export Control and Embargo Handbook

The Export Control and Embargo Handbook, Third Edition is a thorough and informative text covering the principal U.S. export control and embargo regimes. Eric L. Hirschhorn, a renowned expert in the field, provides analysis of regulations, sanctions, embargoes, statutes, and civil and criminal penalties. This third edition reflects all recent legislative and regulative changes.

Eric L. Hirschhorn is the recently-nominated Under Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration and head of the Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce. Hirschhorn a longtime partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Winston & Strawn LLP, has been active in the areas of international law, litigation, and professional responsibility for more than three decades. He served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Export Administration at the U.S. Department of Commerce (1980-1981), and was a member of President Jimmy Carter's reorganization project staff (1977-1980). From 1986 until his nomination as Under Secretary, Hirschhorn was Executive Secretary of the Industry Coalition on Technology Transfer (ICOTT), a group whose industry participants are affected by U.S. export control and embargo rules. He is also a member (and former chair) of the D.C. Bar Rules of Professional Conduct Review Committee, a member (and former chair) of the D.C. Bar Legal Ethics Committee, and a member of the New York City Bar Association and the Thurgood Marshall American Inn of Court.

Mr. Hirschhorn received his B.A. degree from the University of Chicago and a J.D. degree from Columbia University, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. In addition to authoring The Export Control and Embargo Handbook Second Edition (2005), he has published numerous articles on export controls, embargoes, and related topics.