News & Analysis as of

Ukraine SDN List Civil Monetary Penalty

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

OFAC Imposes Largest-Ever Penalty on Nonbank Financial Institution for Egregious and Sustained Sanctions Violations—a $216M...

Lowenstein Sandler LLP on

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced a historic $215,988,868 civil monetary penalty against GVA Capital Ltd. (GVA), a venture-capital firm registered in the Cayman Islands...more

Torres Trade Law, PLLC

OFAC and BIS Announce Microsoft Settlement of Sanctions and Export Control Violations

Torres Trade Law, PLLC on

On April 6, 2023, the Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) and the Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) announced a settlement with Microsoft Corporation (“Microsoft”) and...more

Snell & Wilmer

Federal Court Rescinds $2 Million OFAC Penalty Against Exxon: Lessons Learned in Seeking Guidance for International Transactions

Snell & Wilmer on

On New Year’s Eve, a federal court relieved ExxonMobil of a $2 million fine levied against the company by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”). OFAC imposed the penalty against Exxon for...more

Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics...

Focus on US economic sanctions compliance: OFAC imposes fines and expects more monitoring

Report on Supply Chain Compliance 3, no. 2 (January 23, 2020) - The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the primary U.S. government agency that administers U.S. economic sanctions, was busy...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

U.S. District Court Deals Rare Defeat to OFAC in U.S. Sanctions Matter

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on

• $2 million penalty against Exxon overturned • Court concluded that OFAC failed to provide clear notice of violative conduct • Companies are at risk when acting in context of ambiguous agency guidance At the end of...more

Holland & Knight LLP

ExxonMobil Fined $2 Million for Ukraine/Russia Sanctions Violations

Holland & Knight LLP on

On July 20, 2017, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced a $2 million civil monetary penalty against Exxon Mobil Corp., including its U.S. subsidiaries ExxonMobil Development...more

The Volkov Law Group

The Strange Case of OFAC Against Exxon for Sanctions Violations

The Volkov Law Group on

In a bizarre enforcement action, The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (“OFAC”) assessed a $2 million civil monetary penalty against ExxonMobil (“Exxon”) for violations of the Ukraine sanctions....more

7 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide