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Russia/Ukraine Sanctions Update - Month of August 2025

Mayer Brown on 8/29/2025

I. U.S. SANCTIONS - U.S. Department of the Treasury Sanctions Russian Cryptocurrency Exchange: On August 14, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) re-designated the cryptocurrency...more

Political Changes Are Unlikely To Fundamentally Alter Key Sanctions

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/20/2025

Key Points - - Political transitions in the West notwithstanding, we expect economic sanctions to remain a key response to geopolitical issues. - Current sanctions policy priorities are unlikely to shift markedly in...more

Third-Party Risks Making Headlines in 2023 and How to Prepare

NAVEX on 4/19/2023

Third parties have posed significant risks to companies for years, but perhaps more so now than ever before. Cyber threats, Russia sanctions, and a new wave of child labor in the United States are just a few risks making...more

Bermuda Regulatory Outlook 2023

Conyers on 4/3/2023

An old adage says that the only things in life that are certain are death and taxes. We think regulatory changes can surely be added to that list. A number of regulatory updates will affect Bermuda entities this year, and we...more

Trade Matters, February 2022: A monthly newsletter covering global trade & national security developments

Lowenstein Sandler LLP on 2/2/2022

1. Treasury Mandates Reporting of Foreign Securities Holdings of $200M or More- All U.S. persons (custodians and end investors) who manage $200 million or more in foreign securities for themselves or others must file a...more

Texas and Federal Government Seek to Protect U.S. Infrastructure From Disruption by Foreign Adversaries

Jackson Walker on 1/12/2022

The Lone Star Infrastructure Protection Act (LIPA), a new Texas law that went into effect June 2021, prohibits Texas businesses and governments from contracting with entities owned or controlled by individuals from China,...more

Trade Matters - November 2021

Lowenstein Sandler LLP on 11/3/2021

1. New Cybersecurity Export Controls From BIS Go Into Effect in January - The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has released an interim final rule establishing new export controls on certain cybersecurity items and...more

Biden Administration Issues Sweeping New Sanctions On Russia In Response To Election Interference, Malicious Cyber Activity, And...

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 4/20/2021

On April 15, 2021, following discussions just days earlier of a potential summit between President Biden and Russian President Putin and as Russian troops amassed along the Ukrainian border, the Biden Administration issued...more

President Biden Gets Tough on Russia with New Executive Order

Holland & Hart LLP on 4/19/2021

President Biden issued yesterday an Executive Order imposing sweeping sanctions on Russia in response to Russia’s cyberespionage campaign against the United States, efforts to influence the 2020 presidential election, its...more

MoFocus: Our Insights into the Risk + Crisis Landscape - Vol.1 Issue. 2

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 10/23/2017

Arrest of a Chinese National on Hacking Charges Illustrates How U.S. Tactics Are Changing to Meet the New Cyber Threat - In August, Yu Pingan, a Chinese national, was arrested on charges that he conspired to acquire and...more

Market Solutions, Volume 26, No. 1

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 3/22/2017

Sanctions: Will the Trump Administration Stay the Course? President Trump made many statements during the campaign regarding actions he plans to take to reverse Obama administration sanctions policies. These included...more

Will the Proposed “Countering Russian Hostilities Act” Stop Russian Cyberattacks?

BakerHostetler on 1/30/2017

On Jan. 10, 2017, a bipartisan group of five Republican and five Democratic senators announced their support for the Countering Russian Hostilities Act of 2017. Lindsey Graham, one of the senators who announced the proposed...more

White House Imposes Sanctions in Response to Malicious Russian Cyber Activity

BakerHostetler on 1/6/2017

On Dec. 29, 2016, in response to the Russian government’s “aggressive harassment of U.S. officials and cyber operations aimed at the U.S. election,” President Obama issued an Executive Order Taking Additional Steps to Address...more

United States Imposes Cybersecurity Sanctions on Russia

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 1/5/2017

Key Points - - This action marks the first time sanctions have been imposed under the Cybersecurity Sanctions Program established on April 1, 2015, with the designation of nine entities and individuals. -...more

Trade & Manufacturing - October 2016

King & Spalding on 10/14/2016

What the Next President Should Do About U.S. Manufacturing - Top industry executives, political leaders, small business and trade union leaders, researchers and policymakers are offering a blueprint for maintaining the...more

Checking In on Sanctions Enforcement

The Volkov Law Group on 9/24/2015

The Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control continues to ramp up sanctions enforcement. Even with the likely relaxation of the Iran and Cuba sanctions, OFAC has been continuing its aggressive enforcement...more

The War Against Cyber Threats: President Obama Ups the Ante

Carlton Fields on 6/25/2015

Focusing on overseas cyber threats, President Obama issued an Executive Order on April 1, 2015, which grants authorization to impose sanctions on individuals and entities engaged "in malicious cyber-enabled activities that...more

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