The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (“DDTC”) imposed an arms embargo today on Eritrea. The embargo is the direct result of a State Department determination, made on May 14 under section 40A of the Arms Export Control Act, 22 U.S.C.…
The Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) released today the text of its proposed rule which would implement a new license exception for intra-company transfers and which the agency dubs, not surprisingly, license exception ICT. The new license exception will…
The Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) released today a revision of the de minimis rules which BIS touted as a major simplification of the rules. I think most people when reviewing the new rules will find them as complicated…
No, not the Pittsburgh Pirates. Real pirates, as in the Somali pirates that seized the Ukrainian merchant vessel Faina off the coast of Somalia. But before you get all excited, don pirate gear, break out a bottle of rum and…
A federal district court in Washington, D.C., issued an opinion* last Friday awarding significant compensatory and punitive damages in a law suit against Syria brought by relatives of Jack Armstrong and Jack Hensley. Armstrong and Hensley were two U.S. civilian…