On January 16, 2015, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) amended the Cuban Assets Control Regulations, 31 C.F.R. Part 515 (“CACR”), and the U.S. Department of Commerce amended the Export Administration...more
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On December 18, President Barack Obama signed the Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014 (UFSA) into law. Passed by the Congress in response to Russia’s support of the pro-Russian insurgency in eastern Ukraine, it authorizes...more
Against the backdrop of a dramatic prisoner swap and almost eighteen months of “secret” negotiations between the U.S. and Cuba—facilitated by Canada, the Vatican, and others—President Barack Obama announced on December 17,...more
On April 28, 2014, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed a new round of Ukraine-related sanctions on more than two dozen Russian companies and government officials. The latest sanctions, supplementing previous...more