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Justice Department reminds General Motors, “Export controls do not justify or authorize employment discrimination.”

Issue 33.
May 2023

Author
Jahna Hartwig
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Jahna Hartwig is Senior Counsel at the law firm Wilson Sonsini. Based in Washington, DC, she advises clients on export controls, sanctions and national security matters.
jhartwig@wsgr.com

At a time when many government agencies are focused on export controls enforcement, and protect­ing technology from release to unfriendly nations, the US Department of Justice wants companies to remember that export controls are no excuse for employment discrimination.

On 18 April 2023, the US Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division announced1 that General Motors (“GM”) will pay $365,000 to settle allegations of employment discrimination against non-US citizens. The Justice Department als...

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