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Clif Burns
SEC Is Making A List, Not Checking It Twice
A new link has appeared on the home page of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website. Under “Investor Information” there is a link called “State Sponsors of Terrorism” Hmmm, you wonder, the SEC now thinks that investors need to know…
House and Senate Move to Restore “Cash Against Documents” Rule
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…
New ITAR Firearms Export Exemption in the Works
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…
US-UK Treaty Details Begin to Leak Out
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.…