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Haynes Boone

World Bank Reconsiders Nuclear Finance

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Under mounting pressure from advocates and stakeholders—most prominently the United States government—the World Bank recently rescinded its longstanding ban on financing nuclear power projects and announced its plan to...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Trump Administration Provides Significant Sanctions Relief to Syria

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on May 23, 2025, announced a significant relaxation of the comprehensive economic sanctions imposed on Syria through the issuance of General...more

Paul Hastings LLP

New US Sanctions and Ongoing OFAC Designations Enable the New Administration’s Policy Priorities

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Policy change in Washington since the change in administration has been swift, dramatic in many areas and executed with unprecedented pace. One area, however, has been relatively stable in the administration’s first two...more

K2 Integrity

Escalation Against Cartels: U.S. Designates International Cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated...

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On 20 February 2025, the United States (U.S.) Department of State designated eight international cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) and Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs). The designation of...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Trump Administration Targets Cartels With First Wave of Terrorism Designations

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The designations expand US tools and jurisdictional reach, and raise the stakes for foreign financial institutions and non-US companies to avoid dealing with designated entities....more

DLA Piper

Trump Administration Designates Eight Transnational Organizations as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated...

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Effective February 20, 2025, the Secretary of State designated eight Latin American organizations as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) under Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and as Specially...more

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Trump Administration Announces Designation of International Cartels

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U.S. President Donald Trump issued Executive Order 14157 (the EO) on Jan. 20, 2025, calling for the designation of drug cartels and other foreign organizations as foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs) or specially designated...more

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Russian Sanctions Circumvention: Are You Asleep At The Wheel?

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In the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, a broad and unprecedented range of sanctions were imposed on Russia by various countries and international bodies to target the Russian economy and prevent further...more

BakerHostetler

Current State of U.S. Economic Sanctions Imposed in Response to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine - August 2024

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In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. government has deployed a whole-of-government approach to impose sanctions and tighter export controls on Russia. This alert summarizes key economic sanctions imposed by...more

Snell & Wilmer

United States Announces Largest Round of Sanctions Since the Start of Russia’s War in Ukraine

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The U.S. Government recently announced the largest round of sanctions against the Russian Federation (Russia) since the invasion of Ukraine two years ago. This multi-agency effort enacted over 500 sanctions against foreign...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

US sanctions hundreds of targets on two-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and in response to Aleksei Navalny’s...

Contemporaneous with the European Union’s adoption of its 13th package of Russia sanctions, on February 23, 2024, the United States imposed sanctions against nearly 500 targets in continued response to Russia’s aggression...more

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co.

Risk to Israeli Entities Posed by International Sanctions – What Is the Exposure and What Are the Dangers?

The executive order signed by United States President Joseph Biden in February 2024 states that the violence being committed by Israeli settlers has reached intolerable levels; poses a serious threat to peace, security, and...more

Williams Mullen

New Russia Sanctions Target Foreign Financial Institutions, Expand Import Bans

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On December 22, 2023, President Biden issued Executive Order (EO) 14114, imposing significant new economic sanctions against Russia to address the ongoing national security threat posed by the country’s invasion of Ukraine...more

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New Russia sanctions target foreign financial institutions and imports of certain products

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On December 22, 2023, President Biden issued a new Russia-related Executive Order (“EO”) targeting foreign financial institutions (“FFIs”) that support Russia’s military-industrial base. The new EO allows the U.S. government...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

New Russia Sanctions Intensify Pressure on Banks Worldwide

On December 22, 2023, President Biden signed a new Executive Order (E.O. 14114) containing the latest round of sanctions against the Russian Federation. Shortly thereafter, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen stated that the...more

K2 Integrity

Sanctions Against Russia: Recent Developments - May 2023

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K2 Integrity delivers information and analysis on recent developments related to sanctions against Russia and key implications for the public, private, and non-profit sectors as the United States (U.S.), the European Union...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

Economic Sanctions and the Russian Oil Price Cap Policy

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Background - As the Russia-Ukraine war approaches its one-year anniversary with no end in sight, U.S., EU and UK authorities, among other nations, continue to exert calculated but sustained pressure on the Russian...more

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How Efforts to Counter Terrorist Financing Have Evolved Since 9/11

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Since 9/11, countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) has been a focus of U.S. and international security policy, and an evolving feature of the regulatory and risk environment for authorities and the private sector. In the...more

Venable LLP

Russia Update: U.S. Tightens Pressure on Russia with New, Coordinated Sanctions Package | Insights

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This is part of a series of advisory alerts from Venable's International Trade and Logistics Group, published in response to the ongoing war in Ukraine. Earlier alerts on Russia and Ukraine sanctions are available in...more

Alston & Bird

U.S. Sanctions and Export Controls Against Russia Continue Expansion as Efforts to Target Sanctions Evasion Come into Clearer...

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As the Russian invasion of Ukraine enters its fifth month, the United States continues to enact economic measures to discourage Russia from continuing hostilities, as well as impair their military operations in the country. ...more

K&L Gates LLP

United States Restricts Accounting, Corporate Formation, and Management Consulting Services to Russia

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On 8 May 2022, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued a Determination pursuant to Executive Order (EO) 14071 (6 April 2022) (the Determination) that prohibits the export,...more

Haug Partners LLP

U.S. Department of the Treasury Issues Update to IP-related Transactions in Russia

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On May 5, 2022, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury published General License No. 31, which authorizes certain intellectual property-related transactions in Russia, including the filing...more

K2 Integrity

Sanctions Against Russia: Understanding the Evolving Picture and How to Respond

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...Since the start of the invasion of Ukraine by Russian forces on February 24, the United States (U.S.), United Kingdom (UK), and the European Union (EU) have led a global sanctions campaign against Russia that has been...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Russia, Ukraine: Update as of April 18

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...President Biden Extends National Emergency under Executive Order 14024 - On April 13, President Biden extended the national emergency declared under Executive Order (EO) 14024 for an additional year due to the harmful...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Treasury Department Authorizes Transactions Involving Bank of Russia Until June 24, 2022

A General License issued on March 2, 2022 by the Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") of the U.S. Department of the Treasury authorizes "U.S. persons . . . to pay taxes, fees, or import duties, and purchase or receive...more

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