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Cozen O'Connor

Cozen Currents: Are Trump and MAGA One in The Same?

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“Famously the author of “The Art of the Deal,” President Donald Trump considers himself more of a dealmaker than an ideologue. He sees the world as zero sum and aims to gain maximum leverage. As a result, he’s not as wedded...more

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U.S. Government Issues Broad Sanctions Relief for Syria

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On May 23, 2025, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) issued Syria General License 25 (“GL 25”), effectively lifting U.S. sanctions on Syria. This move follows President Trump’s announcement on...more

Alston & Bird

President Trump Renews “Maximum Pressure” Approach to Iran

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President Trump issued a new Executive Order renewing a commitment to imposing “maximum pressure” on the Iranian government to “end its nuclear threat, curtail its ballistic missile program, and stop its support for terrorist...more

The Volkov Law Group

OFAC On A Roll: Whitford Worldwide Company Agrees to Pay $824k for Violations of Iran Sanctions

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When you are hot, you are hot.  (And when you are not, you are not; Thank you Jerry Reed, Country Singer).  OFAC is hot and resumed its enforcement streak, settling three enforcement actions in three weeks....more

Hogan Lovells

Borrell extends timeline for Iran deal dispute mechanism

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Earlier this month, France, Germany and the UK triggered the dispute process under the Iran nuclear deal, saying they had been "left with no choice" after Iran decided to further reduce compliance with the agreement. The...more

Jones Day

New Sanctions Target Additional Sectors of Iranian Economy

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The Situation: The Trump administration announced a new round of sanctions on January 10, 2020, following escalating tensions between the United States and Iran. The Result: The new sanctions complement existing sanctions...more

ArentFox Schiff

Maximum Pressure Squared: President Trump Turns His Iran Sanctions Amplifier Up to Eleven

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Third-country companies doing business with Iran’s construction, mining, manufacturing, or textiles sectors are now at increased risk of being sanctioned. On Friday, January 10, President Trump issued Executive Order (EO)...more

Hogan Lovells

The United States Government issues additional Iran sanctions and a new Executive Order targeting the construction, mining,...

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On 10 January 2020, in response to missile attacks by the Iranian military targeting two U.S. bases in Iraq, the United States Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated a number of senior...more

K2 Integrity

U.S. Expands Sanctions on Iranian Metals and Textiles Industry and Senior Officials

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The Trump Administration on January 10, 2020, issued broad new secondary sanctions with respect to Iran’s construction, mining, manufacturing, and textiles sectors in an effort to target additional sources of revenue used by...more

BCLP

What’s Left to Target for Sanctions in Iran? (IRB No. 581)

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On January 10, 2020, the US Administration announced the imposition of new sanctions against Iran. The sanctions were initially announced in President Trump’s public address on January 8, 2020, in the aftermath of Iran’s...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

President Trump Imposes Sanctions on Companies Doing Business with Iran’s Construction, Mining, Manufacturing and Textiles...

On January 10, 2020, President Trump issued a new Executive Order that imposes the latest in a series of economic sanctions on Iran. Individuals and entities violating these and other sanctions on Iran can face significant...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

New primary and secondary sanctions on Iranian construction, mining, manufacturing, metals and textile industries

Today the president signed a new Executive Order (E.O.) announcing expanded primary and secondary sanctions on Iran, focused on the construction, mining, manufacturing, and textile industries....more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

U.S. Targets Additional Iranian Sectors for Sanctions: Broadly Increasing Exposure for Non-U.S. Companies

With new Iran-related sanctions, the U.S. government is making good on threats to give third-country companies a choice – participate in the U.S. market or participate in the Iranian market. ...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 1.7.2020 | Top Story: Facebook Ban of “Deepfakes”

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Facebook wages a war on misinformation. On Monday, Facebook announced it will start removing videos altered by artificial intelligence that are likely to mislead people into thinking that a subject of the video made...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Trump Administration Expands Sanctions Targeting Iran’s Industrial Metals Sector

• President Trump issued a new Executive Order (EO) on May 8, 2019—exactly one year after the Trump administration withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal—that widened the scope of existing sanctions targeting the Iranian...more

A&O Shearman

Sanctions Round Up: First Quarter 2019

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In this quarter, OFAC lifted sanctions on Rusal and other companies following divestment by Oleg Deripaska. Meanwhile, as Venezuela descends into economic and political crisis, the US targeted PdVSA and others to hasten...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Legal and Practical Considerations of the Trump Administration’s Designation of the IRGC as a Foreign Terrorist Organization

• On April 8, 2019, the U.S. government announced its intention to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, effective April 15, 2019. This unprecedented action will result...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Skadden's 2019 Insights: Key Developments in US Sanctions

In 2018, the United States continued to expand its sanctions programs and increase enforcement. While President Donald Trump’s decision to re-impose nuclear-related sanctions on Iran has perhaps drawn the most attention, key...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Iran Sanctions Are Here—Breaking Down What This Means For Business

• As of November 5, 2018, the United States concluded the second of two wind-down periods for re-imposition of U.S. sanctions on Iran following the May 8, 2018, announcement that the United States would cease participation in...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Snapback of Iran Sanctions: Now in Full Effect

As described in our prior alert, November 5, 2018 marked the full return ("snapback") of U.S. Iran-related sanctions measures lifted or waived pursuant to the Iran nuclear deal (the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or...more

Hogan Lovells

Re-imposing sanctions on Iran, Trump discards nuclear deal

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On 5 November 2018 the United States re-imposed the remaining nuclear-related secondary sanctions administered by the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) against Iran that previously had...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Client Alert: Iran Sanctions Are Back On: Can Business Continue?

On May 8, 2018, the United States withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action and reimposed all pre-JCPOA sanctions against Iran... After a prescribed wind-down period, all U.S. sanctions on Iran are now in force....more

The Volkov Law Group

OFAC Begins to Re-Impose Iran Sanctions and Expands Reach of Previous Sanctions

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The Trump Administration issued a new executive order on August 6, 2018, in order to reimpose the first tranche of the Iran sanctions lifted by the former Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (“JCPOA”). ...more

Hogan Lovells

U.S. stays the course on re-imposing Iran sanctions

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In furtherance of President Trump’s 8 May 2018 announcement that the United States would withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal—the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)—on 27 June 2018, the U.S. Department of Treasury’s...more

Miller Canfield

Busy Season for U.S. Sanction Programs

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The U.S. recently announced some important updates related to U.S. sanctions affecting Iran and Russia: Iran. On May 8, 2018, President Donald Trump announced his decision to cease U.S. participation in the Joint...more

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