The New Cold War: Risk, Sanctions, Compliance Episode 22: "Focus on Iran: Protests, Sanctions and Oil"
EMBARGOED! Episode 43: Russia and Iran and China, Oh My!
Washington Post Journalist Jason Rezaian on His Iranian Imprisonment
Nota Bene Episode 64: U.S. Check In: Prescription Drugs, USMCA, Privacy, Impeachment and Iran with Elizabeth Frazee and Jonathan Meyer
The Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) Data Security Program (“the Program”, 28 C.F.R. Part 202) went into effect on April 8 with a 90-day period of limited enforcement. With DOJ now expecting full compliance, with additional...more
With unprecedented change and intensifying enforcement, now is the time to ensure your team is prepared for what’s ahead. Ensure that you don’t miss out on critical U.S. and international economic sanctions updates and the...more
This is the final in our 2025 Year in Preview series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the coming year. Throughout 2024, enforcement of international trade laws continued to gather pace...more
Throughout 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") published 12 enforcement actions regarding alleged sanctions violations by foreign and domestic persons and entities....more
On Friday, December 27, 2024, the Justice Department issued a final rule to address “urgent national security risks posed by access to U.S. sensitive personal and government-related data from countries of concern and covered...more
On October 31, 2024, the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued scenario-based guidance specific to the maritime shipping industry....more
As federal regulators have recently made clear, steamship lines, non-vessel-operating common carriers, indirect air carriers, freight forwarders, and others involved in the global movement of cargo must ensure that their...more
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) and Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on July 26, 2023, issued a Tri-Seal Compliance Note...more
President Joe Biden signed into law the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (2023 NDAA or Defense Bill) on Dec. 23, 2022. The Defense Bill, which passed the U.S. House of Representatives on...more
Editor’s Note: On July 27, 2022, HaystackID shared an educational webcast on the topic of Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) compliance. CFIUS is a U.S. government interagency committee with the...more
It seems almost every day there are reports of new developments under the U.S. sanctions laws. Yet many U.S. companies do not understand the significance of these laws....more
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Executive Summary - Developments and Trends in Policy and Enforcement - US Department of the Treasury - The Office of Foreign Assets Control - Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network -...more
Politics and sanctions law go hand-in-hand. In a rare instance of bi-partisanship, Congress united to constrain the administration’s ability to modify the existing sanctions program against Russia. At the same time, Congress...more
A change in administration will likely bring changes in export/sanctions laws and compliance obligations. This will include both last minute amendments by the outgoing administration and initiatives by the new President....more
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
On July 14, 2015, the United States, France, China, Russia, the United Kingdom, Germany and the European Union (EU) entered into the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) with Iran after years of difficult negotiations....more