• The U.S. Department of State issued public guidance on sanctions with respect to 39 named entities related to Russia's defense and intelligence sectors. This guidance is issued under Section 231 of the Countering America's...more
11/10/2017
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CAATSA ,
Defense Sector ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Energy Sector ,
Executive Orders ,
New Guidance ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Oil & Gas ,
Russia ,
Secretary of State ,
Secretary of the Treasury ,
Shale Gas ,
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Trump Administration ,
US Department of State
On July 20, 2017, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced a $2 million civil monetary penalty against Exxon Mobil Corp., including its U.S. subsidiaries ExxonMobil Development...more
8/3/2017
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Arbitrary and Capricious ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Due Process ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Exxon Mobil ,
Fifth Amendment ,
Fines ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Oil & Gas ,
Reckless Disregard ,
Russia ,
Sanction Violations ,
SDN List ,
Ukraine
Before leaving office, former President Barack Obama signed Executive Order (E.O.) 13761 on Jan. 13, 2017, in response to "positive actions" by the Government of Sudan. E.O. 13761 establishes a basis for complete revocation...more
1/27/2017
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Aircraft ,
Airlines ,
Barack Obama ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Executive Orders ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
Exports ,
General Licenses ,
Imports ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Railroads ,
Revocation ,
Sudan ,
Technology
President Barack Obama amended Executive Order (EO) 13964 on December 29, 2016, in response to intelligence community findings that the Russian government engaged in malicious cyber activity with respect to the U.S. electoral...more
1/9/2017
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Cyber Attacks ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Executive Orders ,
FBI ,
Hackers ,
Malware ,
Obama Administration ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Presidential Elections ,
Russia ,
SDN List