Earlier this month, the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”) issued a public notice proposing to revise the definition of defense services set forth in section § 120.9 of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (“ITAR”). The most significant change…
If you’ve been staying awake at night worried about Cuban terrorist attacks in your neighborhood, you can sleep better now. The Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) has denied a request by Irish-American musicians to travel to Cuba to learn…
Today the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) released guidance on the application of the Sudan sanctions to the new state to be formed in Southern Sudan as a result of the secession referendum held in January 2011. The new…
Meritor, a Michigan-based manufacturer of vehicle parts, recently agreed to pay $100,000 to the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) to settle various allegations that it had illegally exported vehicle parts and technology without required export licenses. One settled count…
This blog reported earlier on a strange case where Ameri-Source, a manufacturer of graphite and other carbon products, settled charges by the Bureau of Industry and Security that it had caused a freight forwarder to file a false shipping declaration…