Happy Halloween!
Another regulatory carve-out by Kevin Wolf. . . Kevin tells me that he considered carving an EAR pumpkin, but it would have been too complex and, in any event, not spooky enough once it was understood. (Photograph by Kevin Wolf;…
Clif Burns
Designation by OFAC Can Be Dangerous to Your Health
Global health care consortium Bupa agreed to cough up (sorry!) $128,704 to the Office of Foreign Assets Control to settle allegations that it provided health insurance to individuals on the SDN List and, in one instance, re-imbursed a policy holder…
U.S. Indicts Exporter for Failing to Meet Halal Meat Standards
Who knew that the Islamic Religious Police had an office at Main Justice? You might justifiably wonder that reading this indictment in which an Iowa man, William B. Aossey Jr., is accused of violating federal law by exporting meat from…
Did Ron Jeremy Save This Export Defendant From Jail?
ABOVE: Touraj Ghavidel and Ron Jeremy The Bureau of Industry and Security just released settlement documents resolving allegations that Borna Faizy, Touraj Ghavidel and Signal Microsystems, Inc., illegally exported computer equipment from the United States to Iran. According to the…
New York Times Futilely Calls for End to Cuba Embargo
Earlier this week the New York Times editorial board called for the end of the fifty-three-year-old embargo on Cuba. There is, of course, nothing unfamiliar or new about the arguments forwarded by the Times for the end of the embargo.…