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

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

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

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

International Trade Law: 2023 Year in Review & Outlook for 2024

Husch Blackwell's fifth-annual international trade law year-in-review report provides a detailed look at what transpired in international trade law during 2023 and takes a peek at how the coming year might develop. Our...more

OFAC and U.S. Department of State Issue New Sanctions and Designates More Than 300 Russian Federation Individuals and Companies...

On Friday, May 19, 2023, the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) announced the addition of more than 300 Russian Federation individuals and companies as well as other individuals and...more

The Justice Insiders Podcast: The Latest on Russia Sanctions and the Enhanced Enforcement Environment [Audio]

Host Gregg N. Sofer welcomes back to the podcast Husch Blackwell partner Cortney Morgan to explore how the ongoing conflict in Ukraine has impacted U.S. international trade law. Cortney last joined the podcast in March 2022,...more

Recent Actions Illustrate Continued Focus on Export Control Violations

Last week, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco’s statements to the American Bar Association again highlighted the fact that investigating and prosecuting individuals for violating economic sanctions, export controls, and...more

Biden Administration Increases Tariffs on Russian Aluminum and 100 Other Products on One Year Anniversary of Russia’s Invasion of...

On February 24, 2023, the Biden Administration announced the imposition of additional tariffs on Russian imports of aluminum and approximately 100 other individual products. The imposition of these additional tariffs was...more

OFAC Issues Sweeping Sanctions to Mark One Year Anniversary of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

On Friday, February 24, 2023, the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) issued new sanctions against individuals and entities operating in Russia and against those assisting with Russia’s war...more

OFAC Continues to Take Aim at Russia’s Financial Sector with More SDN Designations

On December 15, 2022, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) added 18 entities in Russia’s financial services sector to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (“SDN List”). The US State Department...more

U.S. Departments of Treasury and State Expand Sanctions To Restrict Russia’s Access to Services and Economics and Combat Evasion...

On June 28, 2022, the Department of Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) and the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) issued a Joint Alert urging financial institutions...more

OFAC and State Department Designate Severstal, Nord Gold and Additional Russians as SDNs

On June 2, 2022, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added new Russian vessels and aircraft used by Russian elites, new top Russian government officials, and their companies and operations to the Specially Designated...more

OFAC Issues New Sanctions Prohibiting Certain Accounting, Auditing, Corporate Formation and Management Services to Persons in...

On May 8, 2022 the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s (“Treasury”) Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) further escalated U.S. sanctions against the Russian Federation (“Russia”) by issuing two Determinations, adding new...more

BIS Expands List of Items Subject to EAR Russia Industry Sector Sanctions Effective Immediately

On May 9, 2022, the Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) released for public inspection a Final Rule adding hundreds of new items to a list of restricted items in Supplement No. 4 to Part 746 of the U.S. Export...more

OFAC Announces Hundreds of New SDN Designations Targeting Russia’s Duma, Defense Sector and Bank Officials; Issues New General...

On March 24, 2022, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) updated the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (“SDN List”) with hundreds of new designations pursuant to...more

U.S. Imposes More Russian Sanctions and Export Controls on Consumer Items and Luxury Goods, U.S. Dollar-Denominated Banknote...

On Friday, March 11, 2022, the White House issued Executive Order (“EO”) 14068 announcing more sanctions and export controls against the Russian Federation (“Russia”). Concurrent with that announcement, the U.S....more

The Justice Insiders: Why Russia Sanctions Matter – Even if You’re Not an Oligarch [Audio]

In this episode of The Justice Insiders, Husch Blackwell's Gregg Sofer and Scott Glabe discuss implications of the United States’ broad and hastily enforced sanctions on Russia with Cortney Morgan, who leads the firm's...more

U.S. Imposes More Sanctions and Export Controls against Russia and Belarus

On February 24, 2022, the U.S. imposed sweeping sanctions and export controls actions in response to the Russian Federation’s (“Russia”) “war of choice” against Ukraine. ...more

New U.S. Sanctions and Export Controls Aim to Impose "Devastating Costs" on Russia

Key point: On February 24, 2022, the United States imposed a combination of extensive and complex trade sanctions and export controls against the Russian Federation (Russia) in response to its invasion of Ukraine. These...more

OFAC Imposes “First Tranche” of Russia Sanctions Aimed at Russian Banks and Oligarchs

On February 22, 2022, one day after the Russian Federation formally recognized the Donetsk People’s Republic (“DNR”) and Luhansk People’s Republic (“LNR”) of Ukraine as “independent states” and the Biden Administration...more

New Executive Order Imposes Sanctions on Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics in Ukraine

On February 21, 2022, U.S. President Joseph R. Biden Jr. issued an Executive Order (the “Ukraine Order”) in response to action taken earlier in the day by Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin to recognize the Donetsk...more

OFAC Sanctions Four Ukrainian Officials for Acting on Russia’s Behalf; Additional Russia Sanctions Could Follow

As tensions run high between Washington and Moscow over a possibly imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) designated today four (4) current and...more

OFAC Sanctions CEIEC For Its Support To Venezuela Regime

The U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned CEIEC (China National Electronic Import-Export Company), a Chinese technology exporter, for its alleged support to the Maduro government...more

OFAC Issues Venezuela General License 8G Extending Authorization Of Certain Transactions For U.S. Oil & Gas Companies

The U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) issued General License 8G (“GL 8G”), which authorizes five (5) U.S. oil and gas companies to engage in transactions “ordinarily incident and...more

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