The House today adopted legislation that would roll back restrictive rules adopted by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) in February 2005 regarding shipments of agricultural goods to Cuba under the Trade Sanctions Reform Act of 2005 (“TSRA”). Under…
Officer Ozzie Ossifer is patrolling in Vermont near the Canadian border when he witnesses a juvenile engage in an act of malicious criminal cow-tipping. He takes off after the delinquent who crosses the Canadian border. He follows the youth into…
Although the text of the Defense Trade Cooperation Treaty signed last week by Bush and Blair has not yet been released to the public, the Society of British Aerospace Companies has published a summary of key points of the treaty.…
BIS recently released a Charging Letter, Settlement Agreement and Order pursuant to which pump maker Graco agreed to pay $97,000 to the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) to settle fifteen alleged violations of the Export Administration Regulations. The violations…
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) published today in the Federal Register a Final Rule amending the Burmese Sanctions Regulations. The amendment adds to those regulations a new § 537.527 which overrules the regulations’ prohibition of imports of Burmese-origin…