ABOVE: Mansoor RadFinance DirectorNaftiran Just before Thanksgiving, the Office of Foreign Asset Controls (“OFAC”) designated a Swiss corporation and a U.K. corporation as entities controlled by the Government of Iran. The two companies involved were Naftiran Intertrade Co. (NICO) SARL,…
Regular readers of this blog know that an occasional feature is highlighting press releases by companies that have received their registration number from the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”) and that can’t resist engaging in, shall we say, a…
ABOVE:A380 Cockpit The Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) has asked for comment on a proposal to eliminate the de minimis rule, in certain instances, with respect to products classified under Category 7A of the Commerce Control List and controlled…
Last week we reported on the settlement agreement that Cabela’s, the outdoor supply store, entered into the the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) to settle allegations that the company had exported 76 rifle scopes without the required BIS licenses.…
ABOVE:Somali Pirates Today we’re going to take a brief detour into the law of piracy which, although not strictly an export law topic, is a legal topic of interest to many exporters, particularly if a ship carrying their exports gets…