Almost a year after the last plenary of the Wassenaar Arrangement approved and adopted changes to the Wassenaar List of Dual-Use Goods and Technologies, the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) yesterday released a final rule implementing those changes on…
The Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) recently designated five Chinese companies under BIS’s Validated End User Program. Because of that designation, certain dual-use items can be exported to those companies in China without an export license. The first reviews…
Oh good grief. Daisy Manufacturing just agreed to pay $20,400 to settle charges that it exported “rifle scopes” without a license. The Bureau of Industry and Security charged that the “rifle scopes” were classified under ECCN 0A987. Most guys, particularly…
We have previously reported on the recent criminal complaint filed against the Dutch company Aviation Services International B.V. and its owner Rob Kraaipoel. The complaint alleged, among other things, that Aviation Services purchased aircraft parts in the United States, exported…
Invitrogen and the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) recently signed a settlement agreement pursuant to which Invitrogen agreed to pay $30,000 for three shipments and one attempted shipment of human leukocyte antigen tissue typing trays to Syria without a…