Export Control in the Cloud: What You Need To Know in 2015

John M. Peterson practices in the areas of international trade and Customs law. He is a graduate of Fordham University and the Fordham University School of Law, from which he received a Juris Doctor Degree in 1977. He regularly represents foreign and domestic clients before the United States Customs Service, the United States International Trade Commission, the United States Department of Commerce, the Federal Maritime Commission, the Foreign Trade Zones Board and the Office of United States Trade Representative, and litigates before the United States Court of International Trade and United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He has extensive experience in antidumping and countervailing duty matters, and in related proceedings involving unfair or injurious foreign trade practices. He counsels clients on export control laws, and handles matters involving protection of intellectual property rights in international trade.

Mr. Peterson writes regularly for several publications, including The Journal of Commerce and The Exporter, and he lectures on international trade and Customs topics worldwide. He is a member of the Customs and International Trade Bar Association and the Federal Circuit Bar Association. He has served as a United States Panelist in binational dispute resolution proceedings under Chapter 19 of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

Timothy P. O'Toole counsels and defends individuals and companies in white collar criminal matters, conducts internal corporate investigations, and represents potential witnesses and targets in government investigations. He has significant experience handling matters involving export controls, embargo, criminal tax, bribery, public corruption, conspiracy, false representations to government agencies, obstruction of justice, and fraud. Mr. O'Toole is a cum laude graduate of the University of Virginia and the University of Virginia School of Law. He is regularly called on for comment regarding hot topics in the news, and has been quoted in a number of mainstream publications, including The Economist, The National Law Journal, The Associated Press, and numerous Bloomberg publications.

Prior to joining Miller & Chevalier, Mr. O'Toole served as the Chief of the Special Litigation Division of the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, where he supervised and handled complex cases in the local and federal courts. He is a former Assistant Federal Public Defender in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he represented people under sentence of death in federal proceedings.

John C. Eustice focuses on the counseling and representation of businesses and individuals facing complex civil litigation. He has litigated a broad range of civil actions, and has extensive experience in complex discovery, including all aspects of electronic and cross-border discovery, and he is a contributing member of and panelist for The Sedona Conference®, an e-discovery think tank. He also counsels clients in their negotiations with cloud computing services providers and other electronic data providers, ensuring that his clients' data is secure and protected in accordance with governing laws and regulations. In the course of his practice, Mr. Eustice has successfully advocated for his clients on these matters before both state and federal courts. Mr. Eustice is a summa cum laude graduate of Duke University, and a cum laude graduate of University of Pennsylvania Law School.

Mr. Eustice's recent engagements include counseling a public international bank in its negotiations with cloud computing services providers, representing non-profit corporations and partnerships in litigation spurred by internal dissention, defending non-profit and for-profit companies being investigated by governmental authorities, and counseling institutional clients on matters of privilege and confidentiality relating to disclosures by their former counsel. Recently, Mr. Eustice published a three-part series for Inside Counsel examining methods of technology assisted review (TAR) in civil litigation.  

Jeffrey Richardson advises multination clients in the information technology and defense sectors on matters including mergers and acquisitions, export controls, distribution agreements, joint ventures, and strategic corporate structuring. Specially, Jeffrey brings expertise in matching operational business execution requirements with functional business structures. He is frequently engaged in advising clients on export control compliance, technology control protocols, as well as the impact of intellectual property matters within business structures. His breadth of experience is informed by a business management and litigation background.