Qing Li, a Chinese permanent resident in the United States, was recently indicted for attempting to export piezoresistive accelerometers to China without a license from the State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”). Ms. Li had sent an email…
A friend of mine, a former policeman who now sits on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, used to say that the easiest thing about being a cop was that most criminals are really, really stupid. Case…
Sometimes the Cuba embargo can be good for U.S. business — at least for the business of U.S. law firms. In the latest turn of events in the Purolite saga, which involves trading by a Purolite foreign subsidiary with Cuba,…
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…
Devotees of the New Yorker will no doubt remember items that used to be short entries titled “There Will Always Be an England.” A typical item under that heading recounted humorous but true anecdotes of quaint English behavior. You know,…