Donald Alford Weadon, Jr. (1945-2008)
I was saddened to learn today that one of the lions of the export bar, Don Weadon, passed away on Easter Sunday after a series of strokes that he suffered early that morning. Don was a kind and generous person,…
Did the Export Administration Regulations Drop a Few Pounds?
While everyone in the export community is enjoying a little schadenfreude over the Department of Defense’s inadvertent export of nuclear missile fuses to Taiwan, we shouldn’t lose sight that there are still plenty of civilian exporters that might want to…
Fly The Friendly Blue Sky of Mahan
The Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) issued a Temporary Denial Order on March 17, 2008, against Balli Group PLC and other related U.K. companies, the Armenian air carrier Blue Airways (a/k/a Blue Sky), and Iranian air carrier Mahan Air…
Praise the Guidelines, and Don’t Pass the Ammo
The Second Circuit issued an opinion on March 19 interpreting the sentencing guidelines applicable to violations of the Arms Export Control Act. That case, United States v. Sero, involved an appeal by a defendant that had entered a guilty plea…
Failed Negotiations with Iranian Company Lead to Guilty Plea
ABOVE: Allied Telesis iMAP Allied Telesis Labs, the Raleigh-based subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate Allied Telesis Holdings K.K., yesterday pleaded guilty to charges that it conspired to violate the U.S. sanctions against Iran. The interesting wrinkle in this case is that…