More on the 2013 shutdown and export issues: Commerce: BIS yesterday updated its website to inform exporters that the SNAP-R licensing page was closed until the government shutdown is ended. Emergency license applications will be accepted but only if justified…
ABOVE: Joe Wolverton II J.D. Various press reports have suggested that the White House recently waived restrictions on providing arms to the Syrian rebels, but a review of the Presidential Determination itself reveals something much more limited. In fact, the…
Shawn James Hartnell, a Canadian citizen, pleaded guilty last week to charges he attempted to export rifles from the United States to Canada without a license. Hartnell had been nabbed when he tried to sell rifles to U.S. and Canadian…
The latest technical amendments promulgated last Friday by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) make me wonder where the people who write these rules come from. Mars, perhaps? No, further out. I’m guessing they come from Saturn because even…
ABOVE: Carlyle Group DC HQ A major headache in complying with the notice requirement in section 219 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 has been determining the scope of the statutory requirement for publicly…