Here We Go Again
The Chi Mak case has engendered its fair share of confusion, and the latest victim is a trade law attorney who submitted a brief article to an export law newsletter that was published today. According to that article, the verdict…
U.S. Senate Contemplates Further Sanctions on Iran
Yesterday the Senate Finance Committee held a hearing on the Iran Counter-Proliferation Act of 2007, which was introduced on March 22 by Senator Gordon Smith and has 70 sponsors equally divided between Democrats and Republicans. Among the proposed sanctions is…
Sure Looks Like a Red Flag to Me!
For all the time that we export lawyers spend trying to inculcate into our clients the concept of export red flags, it’s heartening to see that pay off. And it certainly did payoff in the case of two Chinese citizens…
Acquitted Export Defendant Wins Game of Hyde and Seek
The saga of the government’s ill-fated prosecution of Alex Latifi and his company Axion Corporation continues. The federal district court judge delivered yet another forceful gavel whack to the hands of the prosecutors and awarded the acquitted defendants legal fees,…
Catch 22
This post is only peripherally related to export law, but it does involve Iran, blocked assets, terrorism, Persian antiquities and a fascinating conundrum of statutory construction. So bear with me, you won’t be sorry. The conundrum is posed by the…