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Sanctions Against Russia: U.S. Increases Secondary Sanctions Risks for Foreign Financial Institutions, Expands Sanctions and...

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On 12 June 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued new measures to further isolate Russia’s...more

WilmerHale

Hiding in Plain Sight: New Ukraine and Israel Aid Package Includes Significant Changes to US Sanctions and Export Control Laws

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On April 24, 2024, President Biden signed into law H.R. 815, an emergency appropriations package billed as authorizing $95 billion in foreign aid to Ukraine and Israel (the Act). While the Ukraine and Israel aid provisions...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

OFAC 2020 Year In Review

In too many ways to count, 2020 was an extraordinary year. As we move into 2021 with optimism for an end to the pandemic and better days ahead, we understand that the activity last year of the U.S. Department of the...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

U.S. Authorizes Sanctions and Restricts Trade with Hong Kong in Response to China’s New National Security Law

President Trump signs law authorizing sanctions on individuals and financial institutions and ends U.S. preferential treatment for Hong Kong. The Hong Kong Autonomy Act authorizes sanctions on foreign financial...more

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OFAC Illuminates Its Most Recent Iran Sector-Based Sanctions

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In four new FAQs issued on June 5, OFAC provides a few surprises in its clarifications of the sector-based sanctions contained in Iran-related Executive Order 13902, which was issued this past January. The new FAQs confirm...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

New Syria, North Korea and Other Sanctions Provisions Enacted as Parts of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year...

On December 20, 2019, President Trump signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (“NDAA 2020”), which includes numerous sanctions-related provisions. The law includes the previously introduced...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Second Round of U.S. Sanctions on Russia Pursuant to the Chemical and Biological Weapons Control Act

• The U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) have imposed three new sanctions on Russia: o Effective August 26, 2019, U.S. banks (as defined below) are...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Iran Sanctions Are Here—Breaking Down What This Means For Business

• As of November 5, 2018, the United States concluded the second of two wind-down periods for re-imposition of U.S. sanctions on Iran following the May 8, 2018, announcement that the United States would cease participation in...more

Dechert LLP

End of the Road: U.S. Sanctions on Iran Come Back Into Effect

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On November 5, 2018, applicable wind-down periods for certain transactions with Iran ended and the second and final set of U.S. secondary sanctions that had been lifted pursuant to the Iran nuclear deal – the Joint...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Client Alert: Iran Sanctions Return

1. All sanctions on Iran that were in place before January 2016 will be re-imposed no later than November, 4 2018. 2. Secondary sanctions that penalize non-U.S. persons doing business with Iran will be reinstated. 3....more

Holland & Knight LLP

How Will the United States’ Withdrawal From the Iran Nuclear Accord Affect the Aviation Industry?

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On May 8, President Trump announced that the United States is withdrawing from the multilateral nuclear accord with Iran known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). The U.S. will reimpose sanctions suspended...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

President Trump Announces U.S. Withdrawal from JCPOA; U.S. Sanctions on Iran will be Re-imposed Following Wind-Down Periods

• The U.S. government has withdrawn from the Iran Nuclear Deal and reverted sanctions to the status quo ante by re-imposing secondary sanctions that restrict non-U.S. persons from engaging in a broad range of business in...more

Jones Day

With Tensions Rising, the United States Imposes Additional Sanctions on North Korea

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In Short - The Situation: Over the past several months, North Korea has engaged in several activities, particularly relating to missile and nuclear testing, that violate several United Nations resolutions and that...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Trump Administration Significantly Expands Sanctions Against North Korea

On September 21, 2017, the White House announced additional sanctions against North Korea, following a new round of sanctions imposed by the United Nations on September 11 and an escalation of U.S. sanctions previously...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

New Law Imposes Expansive New Sanctions on Russia, Iran and North Korea While Limiting the President’s Ability to Ease Russia...

On August 2, 2017, President Trump signed into law the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act of 2017 (Pub. Law. No. 115-44, H.R. 3364) (the “Act”), which significantly expands economic sanctions against...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

New Law Marks Significant Increase in US Sanctions on Russia, Stays the Course on Iran, North Korea

On August 2, 2017, President Donald Trump signed into law the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (the Act), which significantly expands U.S. sanctions against Russia while enacting modest new sanctions on...more

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