The Validated End User program of the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) has experienced a fox-in-the-henhouse moment and may come crashing to a screeching halt. Apparently two of the five companies first awarded Validated End User status have ties…
The Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) released, on January 23, a settlement agreement under which freight forwarder Elite International Transportation, Inc. agreed to pay $156,000 in penalties for export violations. According to the Settlement Agreement, Elite made a false…
Back in November, Pennsylvania-based Colorcon, a manufacturer of specialty chemicals for the food and pharmaceutical industries, agreed to pay $39,000 to the Bureau of Industry and Security, based on alleged violations of BIS’s anti-boycott regulations. According to the charging documents…
Norman AugustineChair, Deemed ExportAdvisory Committee The Deemed Export Advisory Committee released today its report to BIS on BIS’s deemed export rules. The deemed export rules, among other things, require licenses prior to release of technology on a dual-use item to…
There has been some discussion here at Export Law Blog about the proper role of freight forwarding companies in export enforcement. If a customer of a freight forwarder proffers a package addressed to Iran without an OFAC license, should the…