LICENSE No. ICC-EO14203-2026-1485152-1 [Application included]

Date issued: Jun. 26 2026

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1) Applicant is a U.S. person that was approached by counsel for an SDN to serve as an expert witness in a Canadian court case in which the SDN was a plaintiff. The application states that while “[t]he request came from counsel representing the petitioning parties,” the U.S. person’s duty would be to “assist the Court impartially on matters relevant to his or her area of expertise” and “to be independent and objective”; in other words, he would not be “an advocate for a party.” On this basis the applicant argued that the “service” aspect of the blocking prohibition would not be implicated, and that, separately, the activities would be exempt under the informational materials exemption and protected by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. In support of the First Amendment argument, the applicant cited three ICC-related court opinions that...