On November 26, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a landmark decision holding that the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) exceeded its statutory authority by...more
On April 24, 2024, President Biden signed into law H.R. 815, the National Security Supplemental (the “Act”). While much of the focus centered on the foreign aid package for Israel, Ukraine, and the Indo-Pacific, the bill...more
4/30/2024
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On March 6, 2024, the US Departments of Commerce (“Commerce”), Treasury (“Treasury”), and Justice (“DOJ”) released their latest Tri-Seal Compliance Note (“Note”), which focuses on the “Obligations of foreign-based persons to...more
3/14/2024
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Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russia on February 24, 2022, the United States ("US"), the European Union ("EU"), and the United Kingdom ("UK") adopted—together with their allies—successive waves of sanctions, in an...more
2/28/2024
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