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US Treasury Department Issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Implementation of Outbound Investment: 5 Key Takeaways

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The proposed regulations would implement President Biden’s Executive Order that restricts certain outbound investments from the US. On June 21, 2024, the US Department of the Treasury (Treasury) issued a Notice of Proposed...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Treasury Issues Proposed Regulations Prohibiting Certain US Investment in Chinese Technology Companies

The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM or the Proposed Rule), issued by Treasury on June 21, 2024, would implement President Biden’s August 9, 2023, Executive Order on outbound investment, which addresses concerns related to...more

Hogan Lovells

Significant new measures against Russia issued by US Departments of Treasury, State, and Commerce

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On 12 June 2024, the US Departments of Treasury, State, and Commerce imposed new restrictions targeting Russia, including: (i) restricting the provision of certain information technology and software services to Russia...more

Wiley Rein LLP

New U.S. Sanctions and Export Controls on Russia Target Foreign Financial Institutions, Business Software, Critical Industries

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The Biden Administration’s recent expansion of sanctions and export controls to counter Russian aggression will impact non-U.S. financial institutions and increase compliance risks for the business software sector and other...more

Paul Hastings LLP

OFAC Revokes General Authorization for Venezuelan Oil and Gas Sector But Permits Limited Wind-Down Transactions

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Broad authorizations permitting dealings in Venezuela’s oil and gas sector came to an end on April 17, 2024, when the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) terminated General...more

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Key Sanctions Developments During the First Quarter of 2024

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During the first quarter of 2024, there were significant developments in the U.S. sanctions framework. This report summarizes the key developments and provides links to the relevant sources....more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Trade Matters - Lowenstein Sandler's Global Trade & National Security Newsletter - April 2024

Ford Motor Company Agrees to $365M Settlement for Attempted Tariff Engineering Ford has agreed to settle the long-standing dispute over the tariff classification of vans imported from 2009 to 2013. At the time, Customs and...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

International Trade Enforcement Roundup – February 2024 Update

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February saw a continuing focus on Russia. First, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), in conjunction with the State Department, sanctioned over 500 individuals and entities – the “largest number...more

Paul Hastings LLP

New Sanctions on Russia Mark Two-Year Anniversary of Ukraine Invasion

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On February 23, 2024, the Biden Administration announced new sanctions targeting a number of different sectors of the Russian economy, Russian government officials and financial institutions, entities suspected of sanctions...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

U.S. Government Imposes Over 600 Denied Parties Designations On Second Anniversary Of Russia’s Ukraine

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On February 23, 2024, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) and Department of State together announced more than 500 sanctions designations targeting government officials, companies, and...more

A&O Shearman

U.S. Government announces new West Bank-related sanctions and designations

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On February 1, 2024, President Biden issued an Executive Order imposing certain sanctions on persons determined to be undermining peace, security, and stability in the West Bank. In response to current hostilities and...more

Dechert LLP

New Year's Resolution: Tackling Russian Sanctions Evasion

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Throughout December, the United States, European Union, and United Kingdom adopted a series of new sanctions packages against Russia that are expansive and multilayered and pose additional compliance challenges. The new...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Executive Order Imposes New Russia Sanctions for Foreign Financial Institutions and Prohibits Additional Russian Imports

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On December 22, 2023, President Biden issued Executive Order 14114, which amended previous Executive Orders in order to authorize the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) to impose additional...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Export Control FinCEN Red Flags

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On 11/6/23, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) and FinCEN issued a joint notice regarding export control evasion highlighting a new Suspicious Activity Report key term (“FIN-2023-GLOBALEXPORT”)...more

Holland & Knight LLP

U.S. Ramps Up Sanctions on Companies and Vessels Violating the Russian Oil Price Cap Regime

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Oct. 12, 2023, designated two tank vessels and their registered owners as Specially Designated Nationals (SDNs) for allegedly transporting...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

OFAC Sanctions Two Non-U.S. Firms For Breaching Russia Price Cap Policy

The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the U.S. Treasury Department, in the last few days, imposed the draconian penalty of designating two shipping vessels and their registered owners in the UAE and Turkey as...more

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

Emerging State Laws Restricting Foreign Ownership of Real Estate

The Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) is an arm of the U.S. Department of Treasury, tasked with administering and enforcing various economic and trade sanctions intended to further U.S. foreign policy and national...more

Patton Sullivan Brodehl LLP

The “DAO Jungle” Chronicles: Federal Judge Upholds Treasury Department’s Sanction of Tornado Cash for Involvement in Laundering...

In two prior posts, this blog tracked the ongoing intrigue of how the various branches of the United States government interact with blockchain and cryptocurrency organizations. We discussed the Wyoming law allowing...more

Dechert LLP

Tornado Watch: Popular Cryptocurrency Mixer “Tornado Cash” Dealt Two Major Blows in a Week

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Tornado Cash, a cryptocurrency mixer, recently suffered two major setbacks in federal regulatory efforts to block its use and prosecute its founders. First, a federal district court threw out a lawsuit challenging the...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

All Roads Lead to Roman: Alleged Tornado Cash Co-Founders Roman Storm Arrested and Roman Semenov Sanctioned, Days After Treasury...

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Complex Civil and Criminal Cases Converge - On August 17, 2023, Judge Robert Pitman of the federal district court for the Western District of Texas issued an Order granting summary judgment for the U.S. Treasury Department...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Deadline Approaches for Filing OFAC Annual Report of Blocked Property

The annual Sept. 30 deadline for submitting the Annual Report of Blocked Property (ARBP) to the U.S. Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is approaching once again. Under federal regulations, all...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

U.S. Treasury Department Takes Action Against Russian Darkmarket Entity as Latest Government Move Against Cybercrime

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On April 5, the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) in the U.S. Department of the Treasury named Genesis Market to OFAC’s Specially Designated Nationals List (“SDN List”). Genesis Market is...more

Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Hot Topics in International Trade - April 2023 - OFAC Enforcement Trends – Lack of Due Diligence in Mergers and Acquisitions

With roughly 12,000 names now associated with the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (“SDN”), layered sanctions on activities with Russia, and growing sanctions on China activities, U.S. sanctions have...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

OFAC sanctions additional persons in Bosnia and Herzegovina

On March 15, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions against three individuals in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), pursuant to Executive Orders 14033 or 14059. ...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

OFAC sanctions “shadow banking” network responsible for moving billions for Iranian regime

On March 9, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions against “39 entities constituting a significant ‘shadow banking’ network,” pursuant to Executive Order 13846. OFAC...more

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