On Monday we complained about a broken link at the BIS website to its report of a settlement agreement entered into by Olympiad Line LLC, a Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier (“NVOCC”). The link had been broken for almost a month.…
Last month BIS added a new entry to the Hall of Shame: the BIS listing of export violations. The entry was for a case brought against Olympiad Lines LLC, an “NVOCC” in maritime speak (i.e., a Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier,…
The BIS website recently listed an anti-boycott settlement agreement involving freight forwarder and customs broker International Specialist, Inc., located in Boston, Massachusetts. The charging letter provided this significant bit of information about the alleged violation: In connection with the transaction…
Last month I wrote a post on the consent decree entered into by BIS and EP MedSystems where, among other things, BIS appeared to have fly-specked the differences between a preliminary disclosure and a final disclosure and argued that the…
The UAE was apparently as surprised as I was by the veiled threats of action delivered at WITA yesterday by BIS Assistant Secretary Chris Padilla. During his speech, Padilla indicated that unspecified sanctions against the UAE were imminent because of…