The Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) announced late this afternoon that starting April 28, 2008, an Export Control Classification Number (ECCN) would be required by the Automated Export System when exporters sought to export items under license exceptions TSR,…
The Validated End User program of the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) has experienced a fox-in-the-henhouse moment and may come crashing to a screeching halt. Apparently two of the five companies first awarded Validated End User status have ties…
The Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) released, on January 23, a settlement agreement under which freight forwarder Elite International Transportation, Inc. agreed to pay $156,000 in penalties for export violations. According to the Settlement Agreement, Elite made a false…
A copy of the indictment of two Louisiana men for selling CAD software to companies in Iran which we reported last week is now posted here. And it certainly raises some interesting issues. First, the AP wire story gave the…
According to an Associated Press wire story, two Louisiana men were indicted on charges that they illegally attempted to export structural design software to Iran without a license from the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”). The two men own…