Export Law Blog
Export Law Blog covers current issues in export law, including export controls imposed by the department of state, the department of commerce, and the department of treasury. The blog also covers issues relating to country, regime and individual economic sanctions, anti-boycott restrictions, as well as criminal prosecutions and civil penalty actions arising from export violations.
Author: Clif Burns is a partner at Powell Goldstein in Washington, D.C.
Blawg Related Categories: Government Law • International Law • Partner • Economics
Recent Posts from Export Law Blog
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Let Them Write Letters
Last week several readers brought to my attention a Bloomberg story that announced in its headline “U.S. Wants Microsoft to End Message Ban in Iran, Cuba.” This created a bit of a hubbub at the…
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Running on Empty
The House Committee on Foreign Affairs yesterday approved proposed legislation, the Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act of 2009, which would, if adopted, further tighten sanctions on Iran. In an appropriations measure sent to the President…
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A Tip To Remember
An article in Defense Industry Daily today highlighted a previous report by a watchdog group on Triple Canopy’s activities in Iraq. Triple Canopy is one of the major private military contractors in Iraq and has…
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Lobbyist for Sudan Indicted
Robert J. Cabelly, a D.C.-based lobbyist, has been indicted for violations, among other things, of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act in connection with lobbying and other activities he was alleged to have engaged in…
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ITAR? What’s An ITAR? Is It Like an iPod?
Psst. Have I got a deal for you. For only $65 million you can be the owner of a military landing hovercraft — complete with guns, compartments for three tanks, space for 170 troops and…
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German Container Ship Caught Violating U.N. Sanctions on Iran
Hansa India, a ship owned by Hamburg-based Leonhardt & Blumberg and chartered by that firm to the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (”IRISL”), was boarded earlier this month in the Gulf of Suez by…
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Menos Telefonos Para Mas Personas
Recent rule changes adopted in April and designed to remove certain sanctions imposed on telecommunications to Cuba had been met with complete silence by the Cuban government. Until last weekend, that is. According to a…
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Unguided Missile Attacks
A headline in last Thursday’s Washington Times portentously warned: “EXCLUSIVE: Obama loosens missile technology controls to China.” The sub-head was “Fulfill Your Final Wishes. Nuclear Apocalypse Expected Tomorrow!!” Well, not really, that wasn’t the actual…
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Agreement Guidelines Update Updated
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…
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Think Positive
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…