No big news today, so it’s time for another Export Law Blog grab bag, this time with an emphasis on some Middle East stories: Saudi Arabia: This news report discloses that immigration officials in Saudi Arabia are scanning incoming electronic…
Colorado-based Rocky Mountain Instruments, a manufacturer and distributor of optical components for lasers and imaging devices, filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. An affidavit by a company executive that is part of the filing also blames…
Last week the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”) posted a charging letter, a consent agreement, and an order relating to alleged export violations by Air Shunt, a California-based distributor of aircraft parts. Under the settlement, Air Shunt agreed to…
Chi Tong Kuok, a citizen of the PRC, was indicted earlier this week for violations of the Arms Export Control Act in connection with an attempted export of a General Dynamics KG-175 Taclane Encryptor to Kuok at his address in…
ABOVE: Orionair BAe 146-300 Back in May, the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) issued a Temporary Denial Order against Spanish airline Orionair in connection with a pending export of two aircraft owned by Orionair to Syrian airline Syrian Pearl.…