The latest technical amendments promulgated last Friday by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) make me wonder where the people who write these rules come from. Mars, perhaps? No, further out. I’m guessing they come from Saturn because even…
The Senate Armed Services Committee has favorably reported S. 1197, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014. And, you will be pleased to know (or maybe not), they have slipped into the bill a proposal for new export…
Indeed, what do former House Majority Leader Richard Armey and former Beatle Ringo Starr have in common? Other than, of course, immense artistic talent and devilish good looks. Well, they both are named Richard and they both were born on…
In its quest to keep the world safe from an Iranian nuclear bomb, the Office of Foreign Assets Control has focused its laser-like scrutiny on an Iranian tennis referee. Obviously, the same skills required to call a ball out or…
ABOVE: Destruction in Homs, Syria Just as the Assad government appears to be gaining ground back from the rebels, the White House announced certain measures loosening the sanctions on Syria. Yesterday, BIS issued a notice on its website that it would…