Legal Blog

The specific rules and regulations that govern importing in the United States can be extremely complex, confusing, and potentially costly...

April 5, 2021 President Biden has signed Executive Order (E.O.) 14022, terminating the national emergency declared in E.O. 13928. E.0....

March 31, 2021 The Office of Foreign Assets Control has updated their Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN) List with...

FDA encourages members of the import community who deal in FDA-regulated articles to utilize the FDA Import Trade Auxiliary Communication...

March 22, 2021 The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has updated its Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN) List...

Many businesses operating in the vapor and tobacco product sectors have been wondering what happened to the much-anticipated US Food and...

Brokers and importers were notified that imports of most aluminum products would require an aluminum import license for each entry...

March 14, 2021 The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has published two new Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) related to Xiamoi...

Generally when exporting from the United States an exporter must pay special attention to exemptions in regulations and sanctions while...

March 10, 2021 The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has updated their Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN)...

Administrative Exemptions codified in the U.S. import regulations enables U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to admit certain...

March 2, 2021 The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has issued cyber-related General License 1B, "Authorizing Certain Transactions...

Tobacco and vapor product sellers alike nationwide have questions about navigating the recent changes to the Jenkins Act, aka the Prevent...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is offering a remote proctored exam delivery option for the April 21, 2021 Customs Broker...

February 22, 2021 The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has added Russia-related designations to their Specifically Designated...

The ABI Batch and Block Control CATAIR has been updated to include a new validation in ACE which will prevent brokers from participating...

February 16, 2021 The U.S. Department of State has revoked the Ansarallah designations and is no longer blocking the group pursuant to...

February 11, 2021 The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has updated their Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN)...

February 2, 2021 The Office of Foreign Assets Control has issued Venezuela-related General License 30A, "Authorizing Certain Transactions...