On May 16, 2017 FBI NICS announced the following for firearms retailers: The FBI Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division’s National Instant Criminal Background Checks System (NICS) Section would...
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ATF Announces Release of Updated eForm 4473
ATF Announces Updated ATF eForm 4473 ATF has officially announced the release of the updated eForm 4473. The updated form incorporates the changes made to the revised ATF Form 4473 that was released in...
ATF Form 4473 Spanish Version to be Posted in Federal Register for Comment
ATF Form 4473 Spanish Version Available for Use as of December 2017 As you are aware, the new ATF Form 4473 took effect in January of this year. In order for ATF to offer the revised ATF Form 4473 in a...
Retail Panel Will Address ATF’s 2016 Firearm Lost Stolen Report
Tuesday, April 11th, the ATF, the federal agency responsible for investigating instances where firearms are lost or stolen from federal firearms licensees (FFL), released its Calendar Year (CY) 2016 FFL...
Former U.S. Department of State Official Comments on Export Compliance Best Practices
Former DDTC Employee Commentson Firearm ITAR / Export Best Practices Jeff Grody, Executive Director of Orchid Advisors’ Export Services Practice, interviewed former DDTC chief compliance official, Sue Gainor,...
Fortune 50 UTC Senior Compliance Manager to Join Former DDTC Official for Panel on Export Compliance Best Practices
Fortune 50 UTC Senior Compliance Manager to Join Former DDTC Official for Panel on Export Compliance Best Practices Ray Ruthen, Sr. Manager, International Trade Compliance for Pratt & Whitney, a division...
Executives Join U.S. Senator, NSSF’s Keane and Maynard Cooper at the 2017 FICC
Registration is filling fast for firearms industry CEOs, CFOs and General Counsel. Orchid Advisors and NSSF are pleased to announce three multi-hour workshops that include U.S. Senator Luther Strange....
Gemini Southern Forms Partnership with Orchid Advisors
Hartford, CT / January 13, 2017 --- Merchant bank Gemini Southern announced today that it has formed a partnership with Orchid Advisors to provide corporate finance and strategic solutions to the greater...
Revised ATF Form 4473 is Now Available
On November 14, 2016, the ATF released the following announcement: Revised ATF Form 4473, Firearms Transaction Record (Form 4473) Is Now Available ATF Form 4473, Firearms Transaction Record (Form 4473) has...