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The UK Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) has updated its general guidance on financial sanctions, introducing a new licensing ground under Section 6.6, permitting the return of funds from designated Money...more
FTC Obtains Temporary Restraining Order and Asset Freeze Against Seven Debt Relief Companies and Their Owners for Allegedly Deceptive Practices. On July 14, the FTC filed a complaint and motion for temporary restraining order...more
The Grand Court of the Cayman Islands (“Cayman Court”) can grant a freezing injunction: • in connection with underlying proceedings brought in the Cayman Islands (whether issued or contemplated); or - • in relation to...more
Since 2020, governments have lurched from pandemic-induced economic and health crises to new and protracted conflicts across the globe. In these times of upheaval and uncertainty, the use of sanctions has increased to an...more
As the war continues to rage on the Eastern front between Russia and Ukraine, the financial sanctions resulting from the initial invasions and ongoing conflict seem likely to continue to play a significant part in the global...more
European Union member states have until 20 May 2025 to transpose into their national legislation EU Directive (EU) 2024/1226 (the Directive), which establishes minimum rules on the definition of criminal offences and...more
The Council of the European Union (Council) has updated its EU Best Practices for the Effective Implementation of Restrictive Measures. Published on 3 July 2024, the new version clarifies the threshold for the ownership test...more
On 24 June 2024, the EU adopted its 14th package of sanctions against Russia. The latest measures include: The designation of 116 additional individuals and entities across a number of industries for their responsibility in...more
On June 24, 2024, the European Union adopted its 14th sanctions package (implemented by EU Regulations 2024/1745 and 2024/1739). While the focus of this package was to curb the violation and circumvention of sanctions through...more
New specific licensing grounds available under Cayman Islands and BVI Russia sanctions will pave the way for Cayman Islands and BVI investment funds and other entities to divest their frozen assets in Russia as well as remove...more
Three decisions in recent weeks have demonstrated the breadth of the UK Government’s sanctions-related powers and underline a push by the UK to demonstrate the robustness of its sanctions and a focus on their enforcement....more
On January 5, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions pursuant to Executive Order 13224 against a key financial facilitation network of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria...more
Last week, the Federal Trade Commission turned its attention to the mortgage relief industry once again. In its most recent enforcement action, the FTC joined forces for the first time with the California Department of...more
Freezing of assets is one of the most pervasive forms of sanctions against Russian individuals and entities. While much has been written with regard to the protection of the rights of people subject to sanctions, there is few...more
In this post we discuss disclosure obligations under Canadian economic sanctions and anti-terrorism laws, including in respect of financial services providers. As discussed below: There are disclosure obligations...more
The UK first announced a further package of sanctions measures targeted at Russia as a result of the invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, and the government has since continued to announce new sanctions and restrictions...more
On March 4, 2022, Switzerland significantly extended its sanctions against Russia, adopting various measures similar to the financial and trade restrictions recently imposed by the EU. The new sanctions add many asset...more
On 28 February 2022, the Swiss Government decided to adopt the sanctions imposed by the EU on 23 and 25 February 2022. The assets of sanctioned individuals and companies are frozen with immediate effect. The financial...more
On 28 February 2022, the European Union ("EU") adopted its third package of sanctions against Russia, imposing asset freezes on various Russian businesspersons active in the oil, banking and finance sectors, while closing off...more
On 24 and 25 February 2022, the European Union (EU) imposed additional extensive sanctions on Russia—and new ones on Belarus—in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In this On the Subject, our trade and sanctions team...more
The Cyber-Attacks (Asset-Freezing) Regulations 2019 have been made and will come into force on June 11, 2019....more
Some analysis of Friday’s less-than-booming jobs report – NYTimes and Bloomberg And a look at Fed Chair Powell’s first major remarks on the state of the economy and the potential effects a trade war would have on the Fed’s...more