Clif Burns

Clif Burns

Export Law Makes Cameo Appearance in Simels Trial

ABOVE: CSM 7806 Mobile TelephoneInterception Device Manhattan defense attorney Robert Simels is on trial in connection with alleged criminal actions taken by him in the course his defense of Guyanese drug lord Roger Khan. These charges included alleged witness tampering…

¡Viva El Celeron Libre!

A report today in the Internet edition of Electronics Weekly brought to my attention some correspondence back in June between the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and Intel. The correspondence arose from newspaper reports in May that Cuba had lifted…

DHL Agrees to 9.44 Million Dollar Fine

If sometime mid-morning you heard a loud cheer followed by exclamations of “It’s about time!”, what you heard was small to middle-market exporters cheering the announcement of a settlement agreement between DHL and two federal export agencies, the Bureau of…