Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act

10Qs and 10Ks Now Required to Include Transactions Subject to Economic Sanctions

by Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell &... on 2/28/2013

Effective February 6, 2013, companies required to file quarterly and annual reports (10Qs and 10Ks) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are required to include information about certain of their own and their...more

Small Business Securities Bulletin - Smaller Reporting Companies Become Subject to Say-on-Pay in 2013; New Iran/Terrorism...

by Penny Somer Greif | Ober|Kaler on 2/25/2013

A periodic bulletin keeping small businesses informed about current developments in securities law and related matters. For the first time, smaller reporting companies are subject, in 2013, to the stockholder advisory...more

Alert: Clarifications of the Iranian Sanctions Regulations

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 2/21/2013

On February 6, 2013, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) published two guidance documents related to the Iranian sanctions regulations and licenses. The first is Guidance on Humanitarian Assistance and Related...more

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Planning for the 2013 Annual Meeting and Reporting Season

by Andrew Brady, Brian V. Breheny, Marc S. Gerber, Richard J. Grossman, Neil M. Leff, Regina Olshan, Michael Rogan, Erica Schohn, Joseph M. Yaffe | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 2/19/2013

As companies prepare for the 2013 annual meeting and reporting season, we have compiled an overview of the corporate governance and disclosure matters that companies should consider as they draft this season’s disclosure...more

IRANNOTICEs Begin To Roll Into The SEC

by Stephen M. Quinlivan | Leonard, Street and Deinard - Dodd-Frank and... on 2/13/2013

A number of companies have filed IRANNOTICEs on EDGAR with the SEC (thanks to Broc Romanek for pointing this out). The notices reference disclosures made in annual reports pursuant to Section 219 of the Iran Threat Reduction...more

Public Companies Must Begin Reporting Transactions with Iran

by Loeb & Loeb LLP on 2/4/2013

Beginning February 6, 2013, public companies must disclose in annual or quarterly reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission whether the companies or any of their affiliates engaged in proscribed transactions with...more

New Iran Sanctions: Breaking Down the Breaking Points

by Leigh Hansson, Carlos Aksel Valdivia | Reed Smith on 1/30/2013

Energy, shipping, and shipbuilding. Generally, these are the sectors of the Iranian economy that have recently come within the ambit of the existing U.S. sanctions regime against Iran. We write "generally" because in addition...more

Wire Stripping: What is Old is New Again

by Joseph D. Gustavus, Jeffrey Richardson | Miller Canfield on 1/29/2013

Recently, Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) was in the news again for stripping original wire details so that payments would go undetected by the U.S. Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)....more

New Reporting Company Disclosure Requirements for Activities Relating to Iran

by Mark J. Biros, Peter Castellon, Kailing Li, Benjamin R. Ogletree, Michael P. Richter, Frank Zarb | Proskauer Rose LLP on 1/28/2013

On August 10, 2012, President Obama signed into law the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012, or the TRA....more

REGULATORY: International Trade: U.S. Continues to Expand Sanctions Against Iran by Christine Savage, Jane Cohen and Shannon Doyle...

by King & Spalding on 1/25/2013

Preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons capability remains one of the United States’ preeminent national security objectives,. Thus, the United States and its allies have increasingly turned to economic sanctions as a...more

The New Year Brings New Sanctions Against Iran

by King & Spalding on 1/25/2013

As 2013 begins, the United States has reiterated its commitment to countering the threat posed by Iran by passing new legislation, issuing new regulations and guidance, and bringing into effect new requirements to increase...more

SEC Reporting for Certain 2012 Iran-Related Transactions

by Margaret Gatti, Linda Griggs, Timothy Rolland, Louis Rothberg | Morgan Lewis on 1/23/2013

Mandatory requirements cover actions of issuers' foreign subsidiaries and affiliates. On August 10, 2012, section 219 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (the Act), 112 P.L. 158, added new...more

Disclosure tips for 2013

by Bonnie J Roe | Cohen & Gresser LLP on 1/18/2013

The proxy and annual reporting season has begun, with relatively few changes in reporting requirements from last year. Here are some tips to take you through the season and prepare for changes to come. 1. Consider the...more

Iran Sanctions Update

by Jonathan M. Epstein | Holland & Knight LLP on 1/16/2013

The United States continues to impose additional layers of sanctions on Iran. The rate of change and complexity of U.S. sanctions laws present challenges, particularly where these sanctions have extraterritorial effect on the...more

New Iran Sanctions Enacted

by Sammi Malek, Melvin Schwechter | BakerHostetler on 1/16/2013

Satellite Export Controls Now Eligible to be Returned to Commerce Department Jurisdiction - On January 3, 2013, President Obama signed into law Public Law No. 112-239, the Iran Freedom and Counter-Proliferation Act of...more

New Reporting Requirements Under the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012

by Benji Jones, A. Heath Tripp | Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell &... on 1/15/2013

On August 10, 2012, the United States delivered its latest economic blow to Iran by enacting the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012. U.S. companies have long been forbidden from engaging in most...more

Compliance Issues with the New SEC Reporting and Disclosure Requirements Under the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights...

by Curtis Dombek, Louis Lehot | Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 1/15/2013

Originally published in Securities Regulation & Law Report on December 12, 2012. In August 2012, the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (‘‘ITRSHRA’’) was passed to expand U.S. sanctions against Iran...more

Disclosures Under the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012

by Joshua Schneiderman | Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. on 1/10/2013

In August 2012, the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (ITR) was signed into law. ITR is part of a broad sanctions strategy designed to deter the pursuit of nuclear weapons and support for terrorism and...more

New OFAC Regulations Implement Iranian Sanctions

by Margaret Gatti, Timothy Rolland, Louis Rothberg | Morgan Lewis on 1/9/2013

Grace period through March 8 provided to foreign subsidiaries to wind down Iranian transactions. On December 26, 2012, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) amended the Iranian...more

Business News Digest - January 2013

by David G. Adams, James Y. Boland, Jana del-Cerro, Todd A. Harrison, Ronald M. Jacobs, Claudia A. Lewis, Dismas Locaria, Alexandra Megaris, Lindsay B. Meyer, Lawrence H. Norton, more +Jonathan L. Pompan, Andrew D. Price, Matthew R. Rabinowitz, Ralph S. Tyler, D. E. Wilson, Jr. | Venable LLP on 1/8/2013

In this issue: - Could Your Affiliate’s Activities Subject Your Company to the New Iran Reporting Requirements? - New York Attorney General Proposes New Rules Requiring Nonprofits Funding Political Communications to...more

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