Worst. Advice. Ever.
The title of this post is not really meant to be hyperbole. The advice given in Crain’s Chicago Business in an article titled “Liars and terrorists and drug traffickers, oh my!” is without doubt the single worst piece of advice…
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BIS Whacks Small Freight Forwarder With Huge Penalty
The Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) posted yesterday the details of its settlement with Eastways Shipping, a small New-York based freight forwarder. Under the settlement agreement Eastways agreed to pay $70,000 to settle charges that it handled three export…
KindHearts and Search Warrants
Last week a federal district court in Ohio ruled that OFAC violated the Fourth Amendment rights of KindHearts for Charitable Humanitarian Development, Inc. when it blocked the charity’s assets after a provisional finding that the charity was providing material support…
DHL Agrees to 9.44 Million Dollar Fine
If sometime mid-morning you heard a loud cheer followed by exclamations of “It’s about time!”, what you heard was small to middle-market exporters cheering the announcement of a settlement agreement between DHL and two federal export agencies, the Bureau of…
Export Law Grab Bag: Middle East Edition
No big news today, so it’s time for another Export Law Blog grab bag, this time with an emphasis on some Middle East stories: Saudi Arabia: This news report discloses that immigration officials in Saudi Arabia are scanning incoming electronic…