Earlier this week, we reported on the new Agreement Guidelines posted last Friday by the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”). The new Guidelines provided instructions for electronic filing of requests for approval of agreements to exchange technical data on…
Perhaps in order to remind everyone that it still exists, the the Bureau of Industry and Security’s Office of Anti-Boycott Compliance (“OAC”) issued a warning letter to CENTRIA, a manufacturer of building enclosure systems based in Moon Township, Pennsylvania. According…
On Friday the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”) issued revised guidelines for submitting agreements such as Technical Assistance Agreements (“TAA”) and Manufacturing License Agreements (“MLA”). As most export geeks know, TAAs and MLAs, once submitted to and approved by…
In March, Dawn Hanna was convicted by a jury in Detroit for exporting mobile telecom equipment to Saddam Hussein in violation of the U.S. embargo against Iraq in place at the time of the export. Hanna claimed throughout her trial…
The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) issued a guidance today on exports of medical parts to support medical devices legally exported under OFAC licenses to Iran or Sudan, the two countries for which OFAC exercises licensing authority…