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U.S. export laws and regulations are far-reaching and have become more so in recent years. Even large, sophisticated U.S. companies with substantial resources and compliance programs occasionally run afoul of the law and face time-consuming investigations and significant fines. In December 2003, Sun Microsystems and two of its subsidiaries agreed to pay $291,000 in fines to settle charges involving illegal exports of computers to military end-users in China and Egypt. In the same month, Honeywell International paid a penalty to settle changes that it illegally exported chemicals to Mexico. In February of this year, Morton International and its French and Japanese ...