Lindsay Bernsen Wardlaw Discusses Russian Sanctions with The Export Practitioner

In the Media  |  November 21, 2025

The Export Practitioner

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Associate Lindsay Bernsen Wardlaw spoke to The Export Practitioner about a case involving a California firm agreeing to pay over $3 million as part of a settlement agreement for unlicensed shipments of transistors to Russia.

Lindsay noted that “these items were not licensable before Russia’s invasion, but they became licensable afterwards, as part of the continuously tightening vise the U.S. and allied governments have applied to shipments to Russia” and that the case “hits a concern I think every compliance professional has felt in their soul for the last couple of years: That with such frequent updates to U.S. trade laws, it is possible to miss a big change—and then make a big misstep.”