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UK Sanctions: A New Package, Guidance and Legal Clarifications

The future of international sanctions on Russia is not settled. Whilst the representatives of the US and Russia met in Saudi Arabia on 18 February 2025 to discuss possible avenues to peace in Ukraine, the foreign ministers of...more

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International Sanctions Requirements for Virtual Asset Service Providers: a Cayman Perspective

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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

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Regulatory & Risk Advisory Review: Cayman Islands – January to March 2024

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Welcome to the first instalment of 2024 of our Cayman Islands Regulatory & Risk Advisory Review. As we cover in this issue, there have been a number of updates in the first quarter of the year. Perhaps most notably is the...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Quarterly Sanctions Update | Q1 2024

The European Union and the United Kingdom continue to tighten sanctions against Russia, particularly in the wake of the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the sudden death of Russian opposition leader...more

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US, EU And UK Maintain Pressure Through Russia Sanctions

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Over a year has now passed since Russia invaded Ukraine, and the U.S., the EU and its member states, the U.K., and many others—including Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan and Canada—continue to exert pressure on Russia...more

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Client Alert: Business and Human Rights Requirements on the Rise: Highlights from the 2022 UN Business and Human Rights Forum

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As 2,500 international stakeholders from national governments, international organizations, businesses, trade unions, civil society, lawyers, local communities, and academia gathered at the recent 11th UN Forum on Business...more

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The Energy War in Europe: Gas and the Russian Oil Price Cap

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In tandem with the military conflict in Ukraine, an equally aggressive campaign is being waged over the supply of gas and oil from Russia. On 5 September 2022, Russia gave up the pretence that solely technical problems...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

UK Quarterly Review: Business Crime, Investigations, and Regulatory Enforcement - April 2022

As the world watches in horror as the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues to unfold, the UK, as well as its allies and partners, has introduced a number of sanctions and trade restrictions in response. In this Quarterly...more

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US, EU And UK Expand Russian Sanctions Amid Ongoing Ukraine Conflict

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Since late February 2022, the United States (U.S.), the European Union (EU) and its member states, the United Kingdom (U.K.), and many others — including Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan and Canada — have imposed...more

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US, EU and UK Target Russia with New Sanctions as Ukraine Invasion Escalates

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Since late February 2022, the United States (U.S.), the European Union (EU) and its member states, the United Kingdom (U.K.), and many others—including Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan and Canada—have imposed sweeping...more

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Sweeping New Sanctions: US, EU, UK and Other Countries Target Russia for Ukraine Invasion

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Over the past week, the United States, the European Union and its member states, the United Kingdom, and several other countries have imposed rounds of sweeping new sanctions on Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine....more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

OFAC Year-in-Review 2021 Part II – Lessons Learned from OFAC’s 2021 Enforcement Actions

Back in July, we took a look at the enforcement actions for the first half of 2021 issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). Today’s post – the second half of our OFAC 2021 Year...more

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UK Litigation - A Year in Summary

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This year saw the UK grapple with life after Brexit and, along with the rest of the world, the impact of the continued COVID-19 pandemic. As 2021 draws to a close, we round up the key events and developments from the year in...more

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Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments for October 2021

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Designed for busy in-house counsel, compliance professionals, and anti-corruption lawyers, this newsletter summarizes some of the most important international anti-corruption law and case developments from the past month,...more

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UK Quarterly Review: Business Crime, Investigations, And Regulatory Enforcement - June 2021

In our Quarterly Review, we bring you important UK developments relating to business crime, investigations, and regulatory enforcement from the last three months. With this month marking half a year since the UK left the EU,...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments For March 2021

In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

UK Quarterly Review: Business Crime, Investigations, And Regulatory Enforcement

In our Quarterly Review, we bring you important UK developments relating to business crime, investigations, and regulatory enforcement from the last three months. As the UK gets used to life outside the EU and implements...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

UK Quarterly Review: Business Crime, Investigations And Regulatory Enforcement - UPDATED September 2020

In our Quarterly Review, we bring you important UK developments relating to business crime, investigations and regulatory enforcement from the last three months. We commented last month that the scale of the impact of the...more

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The French Data Protection Authority Gets Ahead of the Game With New Rules on Cookie Consent Before the ePrivacy Regulation...

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The French Data Protection Authority (the CNIL) has made targeted online advertising a priority topic in its 2019-2020 agenda and has changed its position on cookie consent. Although the ePrivacy Regulation is still being...more

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Cybersecurity and the UK legal landscape

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As businesses continue to digitise their assets and operations, the need to continually assess IT infrastructure and the technical measures in place to safeguard key information assets and data becomes ever more important....more

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Spoofing, Sports and the Panama Papers: BakerHostetler Offers Mid-Year Review of Cross-Border Government Investigations and...

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Halfway through 2016, the international community has seen a staggering variety of cross-border investigations and enforcement actions. Brexit, the release of the Panama Papers, allegations of widespread sports doping and the...more

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