Library Bureau Inc. of Herkimer, N.Y. has been ordered to pay a civil penalty of $10,000 after being charged with a violation of the anti-boycott law, the Department of Commerce has announced.
The company has been charged with agreeing, in a contract with the government of Libya, to “obey all lows and rules concerning the boycott,” which the Department said was a violation of the prohibition against knowingly agreeing to do business with or in a boycotting country. The law was designed to protect companies doing business with Israel. The order requires the library, a community-owned business, to pay $5000 of the total fine, with the payment of the other $5000 to be suspended for one year if no further violations occur.
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