Daily Compliance News: April 30, 2025, The 4 AM Wake-Up Call Edition
Hot Topics in International Trade 2024 Presidential Election and Trade with BLG Senior Associate Attorney Kerry Wang
Ambassador Jim Gilmore: From the Popular Virginia Car Tax Reimbursements to Current Foreign Affairs
Hot Topics in International Trade-De Minimis With Bob Brewer, and Robert Stein, VP Braumiller Consulting
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business - Navigating Business Etiquette and Intercultural Communications Around the Globe
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AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business — Episode 7: Trans-Pacific Business: Australia and the U.S. - Part 2
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business — Episode 7: Trans-Pacific Business: Australia and the U.S. - Part 1
Hot Topics in International Trade
Keith Matthews and Kim Reynolds: Talking Ag Biotech Episode 6
The New Cold War: Risk, Sanctions, Compliance Episode 22: "Focus on Iran: Protests, Sanctions and Oil"
Freedom Fund: Looking Towards a Financial NATO
The Justice Insiders: Why Russia Sanctions Matter – Even if You’re Not an Oligarch
FINCast Ep. 33 - Russian Invasion of Ukraine: The Role of Sanctions and the Rupture of the International Order
WorldSmart: Arent Fox and Its Sovereign Representation in the International Marketplace
Nota Bene Podcast Episode 131: U.S. Sanctions Against Russia: Valid or Ineffective Economic Policy? with Fatema Merchant and Mario Torrico
Are You a Foreign Agent? [More with McGlinchey, Ep. 21
JONES DAY TALKS®: Helms-Burton Cases Move Through Courts, and the State of U.S./Cuba Relations
Washington Post Journalist Jason Rezaian on His Iranian Imprisonment
Nota Bene Episode 109: Asia Q1 Check In: China’s Emergence as the Number One World Economy and New Hegemonic Role in Asia with Paul Kim
On January 20, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order titled “Designating Cartels and Other Organizations as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists.” This directive instructs the...more
In one of the more notable enforcement actions of 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) recently imposed a $1,104,408 civil penalty on a U.S. person for 75 separate violations...more
Iran and Syria Sanctions and Embargos On September 11, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) issued updated guidance to remind maritime support service providers that the...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) has released a $7.45 million penalty against State Street Bank and Trust Company and its non-bank, fintech subsidiary Charles River Systems for...more
On December 22, 2023, President Biden issued new Executive Order (“EO”) 14114, amending EO 14024 and EO 14068. The new EO grants the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) authority to...more
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
On December 22, 2023, President Biden signed Executive Order 14114, titled “Taking Additional Steps With Respect to the Russian Federation’s Harmful Activities” (EO 14114), with a focus on holding foreign financial...more
On June 14, 2022, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) issued Russia-related General License (“GL”) 8C (replacing GL 8B), which extends the temporary wind down period to December 5,...more
On June 2, 2022, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) issued Russia-related General License (“GL”) 25B, GL 36, GL 37, and GL 38....more
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
Since the publication of our March 24, 2022, and March 17, 2022, client alerts, the U.S., U.K. and European Union, among other allied nations, have imposed additional sanctions and export controls on key elements of the...more
As the world watched in horror over the atrocities occurring in the war zones of Ukraine this week, global leaders re-doubled their efforts to bring increasing sanctions pressure to bear on Russian industry, the Russian...more
On February 27, 2022, the U.S., UK, and EU announced their agreement that certain Russian banks would be delisted from the Belgian-based Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT). ...more
The United States and the European Union imposed additional sanctions this week in response to the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine and the United States announced its intention to make sanctions enforcement a...more
In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the United States, with support from its allies including the United Kingdom and the European Union, has imposed a complex mix of financial sanctions and export...more
The United States government continues to impose significant economic sanctions and export control measures following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. On February 24, 2022, the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and...more
Les 24 et 28 février 2022, le gouvernement du Canada a annoncé de nouvelles sanctions économiques de grande portée ainsi que d’autres mesures ciblant la Russie, en rapport avec l’escalade de l’attaque par cette dernière...more
President Vladimir Putin issued a decree, “On Special Economic Measures in connection with the Unfriendly Actions of the United States of America and Other Foreign Countries” (Decree), on 28 February. This is the first decree...more
On February 24, 2022, and February 28, 2022, the Government of Canada announced wide-ranging new economic sanctions and other measures targeting Russia in connection with the escalating conflict in Ukraine. These...more
New rules significantly expand the scope of existing Ukraine- and Russia-related sanctions and impose stringent export controls on Russia. This Client Alert is published in the context of fast-moving developments....more
The Biden Administration announced new and significant trade sanctions against Russia. The action was long expected given the Biden Administration’s criticism of Russia, and was a comprehensive response to Russia’s...more
Join leading industry leaders who will discuss the latest developments in the economic sanctions regulatory landscape. They will share perspectives & insights on what’s going on, what’s ahead & what to watch out for....more
In view of Iran’s vows to retaliate against the United States for the death of Quassem Soleimani, the NYDFS has issued an industry letter to all regulated entities regarding the need for heightened cybersecurity precautions....more
The Treasury Department on October 25, 2019, imposed a ban on correspondent account relationships involving Iranian financial institutions under Section 311 of the USA PATRIOT Act – activities that were already prohibited by...more
• In a further escalation of U.S. sanctions on Venezuela in support of its efforts to oust the regime of Nicolás Maduro, on August 5, 2019, the Trump administration imposed comprehensive sanctions on the Government of...more