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Universal Jurisdiction: Export Denial Order Edition
BIS recently announced a consent agreement with Aramex Emirates under which Aramex agreed to cough up $125,000 in connection with its export of network equipment from the U.A.E. to Syria. Of course,...
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Syrian Oil Supplier Sanctioned; U.S. Companies Still Maintain Its Website
ABOVE: Bashar al-Assad The Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) today announced that it had added Pangates International Corporation, Ltd. to its list of Specially Designated National and Blocked...
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Maybe Their Phones Aren’t Working
Both the Commodity Futures Trading  Commission and the Office of Foreign Assets Control announced settlement agreements under which they imposed fines of $150,000 and $200,000 respectively on the...
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De Minimis Rule? What De Minimis Rule?
ABOVE: Robbins & Meyers Belgium Robbins & Myers Belgium, a Belgian subsidiary of Robbins & Myers, Inc., which was recently acquired by National Oilwell Varco, pleaded guilty last week to...
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Thursday Grab Bag
Here are a few recent developments that you may have missed: Last month we criticized the Department of Justice for conspiring with foreign luxury car makers to jail U.S. citizens who exported luxury...
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Unintended Consequences of Sanctions Intensify Syrian Refugee Crisis
Last week I wrote about one of the unintended consequences of OFAC’s “scorched earth” enforcement policy against banks and payment processors, namely, the blocking of funds transfers where the memo or...
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This Post About Kim Kardashian Will Leave You Utterly Speechless
According to this article, the Securities and Exchange Commission is sending out inquiries to certain publicly traded technology companies to ask them whether they are involved in any illegal exports...
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Friday Grab Bag
Here are a few recent developments that you may have missed: The House voted yesterday to nullify the impact of a license granted by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) in September which...
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If A U.S. Attorney Can’t Get Export Law Right, Why Should Anyone Else?
Rasheed Al Jijakli, the owner of Orange Check Cashing in Orange, California, has been indicted for illegal exports of tactical flashlights, rifle scopes, cameras, radios, voltmeters and laser...
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UBS to World Chess Federation: White Knight Takes Black Pawn
ABOVE: Kirsan Ilyumzhinov UFO Abductee Things have not been going particularly well for Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, president of the World Chess Federation. First, he was abducted by aliens. Then he was...
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