In an earlier post, we noted that License Exceptions TMP and BAG’s “tools of the trade” exception might allow temporary export of laptops and the software on it, but that this exception did not cover technical data. Today the Bureau…
The Securities and Exchange Commission released (on Black Friday of all days) a document requesting public comment on whether the SEC should develop mechanisms to facilitate greater access by investors and the public to corporate disclosures concerning that corporation’s activities…
Ahmed Idris Nasreddin On August 29, 2002, OFAC designated various entities owned by Ahmed Idris Nasreddin, thereby blocking all assets of those entities and forbidding U.S. citizens and companies from dealing with those entities. The basis for the designation was…
A battle is being waged over the planned, but allegedly illegal, export of a former U.S. Navy hospital ship M/V Sanctuary. Decommissioned in 1989, the battle certainly isn’t over whether a license should have been obtained from the Directorate of…
Last week, on October 31, the Office of Foreign Assets Control issued a final rule amending the Sudanese Sanctions to permit exports to the semi-autonomous region of Southern Sudan. These rules implemented Executive Order 13412 issued by the White House…