Website Updates
As you may have noticed, we have recently made a few changes to Export Law Blog. First, we’ve spiffed up the visual design of the site a bit, having been more or less forced to redesign the look of the…
One List to Rule Them All, One Agency to Find Them (UPDATED)
The speech given this morning by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates to a business group detailing the administration’s plan for export reform is now posted on the Department of Defense website and can be found here. It is an ambitious…
Sanctions on Somalia Announced
It is not only birds that return in springtime. Calmer weather on the Indian Ocean guarantees a springtime efflorescence of Somali pirate skiffs and attacks on commercial shipping off the coast of Somalia. Pirates have already grabbed a supertanker (with…
Iran Continues to Play the Name Game
Back in March 2009, this blog reported that Iran was skirting sanctions imposed by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) on Iran’s state shipping line, the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (“IRISL”). OFAC had sanctioned all 123 of…
Closed for the Weekend
“Hillbilly,” a regular reader and commenter here, brought to my attention news reports last week, like this one, that indicated that the Bladerunner 51, a high-speed boat that holds the speed record for circumnavigating Great Britain, is now in the…