Oh, the things you’ll learn when you read the documents that companies file with the Securities and Exchange Commission: In March 2011, BlastGard’s management team officially assumed operational control of HighCom. Since this time we have accomplished a number of…
This story in the Gloucester Daily Times involving prosecution of a Rockport, Massachusetts man for, among other things, possession of a rocket launcher (only for protection against burglars, of course) has an interesting export law angle. The defendant, James Atkinson,…
The White House signed, on November 19, Executive Order 13590, which increased the sanctions on foreign firms doing business in Iran. An official copy of the executive order has not been released but it is described in this “Fact Sheet”…
This blog reported back in January on the removal of various Indian companies and organizations from the Entity List. This removal eliminated the requirement for licenses for certain exports to the removed companies that might not have otherwise required licenses.…
NJ-based Swiss Technology, Inc. was sentenced yesterday to probation in connection with its guilty plea last July to charges that it violated the Arms Export Control Act when it exported diagrams of military rifle parts to China for manufacture there.…