On June 12, 2024, the U.S. Department of Treasury (Treasury), U.S. Department of State (State), and U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) announced another round of sanctions and export controls targeting Russia. In this...more
6/25/2024
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Beginning in 2022, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has increasingly focused its enforcement activity on entities operating in the virtual currency space, illustrating a trend that...more
U.S. Customs authorities impounded thousands of vehicles, showing risks to imports linked to forced labor. The U.S. government detained thousands of luxury vehicles deemed to contain a small electronic component sourced from...more
3/28/2024
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On February 23, 2024, marking the two-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. Departments of Commerce, State, and Treasury announced new U.S. sanctions and export controls targeting Russia. In addition, the...more
On October 18, 2023, the United States announced the suspension of certain sanctions related to Venezuela through the issuance of new and revised general licenses.
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We are delighted to invite you to join our webinar taking place on Thursday, March 3 at 12:00 p.m.— 1:30 p.m. EST where we will be discussing the evolving U.S. enforcement priorities in the digital asset space. Our speakers...more
Following the military coup in Myanmar on February 1, 2021, the U.S., UK and EU have imposed a range of sanctions targeting individuals and entities affiliated with the Burmese military....more
The inauguration of Joe Biden as President of the United States has set in motion a number of significant policy changes. In this panel discussion, our U.S. legal and policy specialists shared their insights on what our...more
3/10/2021
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In its first public statement since the inauguration, the US Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced on February 2, 2017, that it had authorized limited dealings with the Federal Security...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) recently announced a significant relaxation of the U.S. sanctions with respect to Sudan that are currently administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). The...more
On December 29, 2016, OFAC (the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control) imposed sanctions on five Russian entities and four Russian individuals in connection with their alleged efforts to interfere...more
On September 1, 2016, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) designated 37 new individuals and entities as Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDNs)...more
On July 18, 2014, the P5+1 (the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Russia, and China) agreed with Iran to extend their commitments under the Joint Plan of Action (JPOA). The JPOA, originally agreed upon in...more