In a laudable effort to increase transparency of its operations and processes, the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) has launched an initiative to release statistics and data on at least part of its operations. The new “data portal” can…
On Monday, BIS announced in an “interim final” rule (a top contender for the best oxymoronic regulatory phrase ever) imposing export controls on Harry Potter’s invisibility cloak as well as on tarnhelms, the predecessor technology to the invisibility cloak. Actually,…
Back in August, we detailed the sad story of Production Products, a small family-run business in Maryland that sent OFAC into a tizzy and received a $78,5000 fine because, heaven forfend, the company had never heard of the SDN list…
If you are attending BIS Update 2015 and would like to get together for some free food and drink, please drop me an email at [email protected]. I have some invitations for a reception being held at Bryan Cave on the…
An article that appeared last Friday in the Wall Street Journal suggests that at least one U.S. company is providing the Chinese government with access to proprietary U.S. source code as a condition for access to the Chinese market. What…