ABOVE:Port of Fujairah As you probably know, various Arab countries, including Saudi Arabia, the U.A.E. and Egypt have imposed a boycott on Qatar, allegedly because of remarks that appeared on the Qatar News Agency’s website where Qatar emir Sheikh Tamim…
On June 20, a federal jury awarded a $60 million damage verdict against mammoth credit reporting agency Transunion arising from the company’s misuse of the Office of Foreign Assets Control’s List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (the “SDN…
On Monday, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) announced that insurance giant AIG had agreed to pay $148,698 to settle charges that it had insured 555 shipments involving Sudan, Iran and Cuba. Although some of the apparent violations involved…
According to this Reuters report, the Russians are demanding from U.S. companies the right to view source code of software that these companies wish to sell in Russia. The software at issue includes software with encryption capabilities, anti-virus software and…
The decision in United States v. Burden, decided back in November of 2016, is not breaking news, but as I’ve seen several commentaries on it recently, I thought I might weigh in. The defendants in that case argued that they had…