Mounting tension between the export industry and DDTC became evident this week when a major coalition of the leading trade associations — The Coalition for Security and Competitiveness — sent a letter to President Bush requesting a meeting to discuss…
The nice folks at Industry Week have posted “Turning Yourself In: Export Enforcement Trends,” an article by me on the EP MedSystems case and the benefits (or not) of voluntary self-disclosures.
The Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) released today a notice of a final rule amending certain of the rules relating to crime control commodities. Items covered by BIS’s crime controls are controlled because of the fear that these items…
The ninth annual Habanos Festival just wound up in Havana. The festival, a five day celebration of Cuban cigars, attracts cigar enthusiasts from all over the world — including the United States. You really have to like Cuban cigars to…
In an earlier post, we took the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) to task for filing a default motion against William Kovacs to deny his export privileges even though he was in jail for his export violation and his…