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BIS Warning Letters Lack Warnings

“Warning, Warning!!” The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Reading Room on the website of the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) has been recently updated and now includes anti-boycott warning letters for 2008. I’m not certain when the 2008 warning…

One Export Control That’s Really for the Birds

An interesting and informative article in the online edition of Die Welt takes the U.S. export control scheme to task for restrictions imposed on the export of avian bird flu vaccine. When Indonesia’s health minister stopped sending bird flu viruses…

The Ankair Saga Continues

The Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS””) issued an order today denying the appeal of U.K.-based Galaxy Aviation Trade Company Ltd of a Temporary Denial Order (“TDO”) without mentioning or responding to the grounds asserted by Galaxy for its appeal,…

Silicon Valley Firm Settles Export Charges

Maxim Integrated Products, a publicly-traded designer and manufacturer of semiconductor circuits and other analog and digital electronics, agreed on October 3 to pay the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) a civil penalty of $192,000 to settle 34 counts of…