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EU, UK and US Trade Sanctions: Application and Latest Developments [Video Recording]
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On February 5, 2025, the new Attorney General announced the disbanding of Task Force KleptoCapture, which was launched in March 2022 to enforce the sweeping portfolio of sanctions against Russia. KleptoCapture was part of an...more
The Law on Foreign Relations of the PRC (中华人民共和国对外关系法) (the "Foreign Relations Law") became effective on 1 July 2023. In summary, the Foreign Relations Law provides, for the first time, a comprehensive framework for China's...more
As sanctions ramp up globally, it is increasingly important for commercial parties engaged in cross border transactions to have certainty (i) as promisees (e.g. lenders) as to when their counterparties may legitimately avoid...more
In this podcast, Akin Gump’s international trade partners Mahmoud Baki “Mac” Fadlallah (Dubai), Jasper Helder (London) and Wynn Segall (Washington, D.C.) discuss three pivotal regions related to U.S. sanctions under the...more
As parties pursue restructuring of Venezuelan sovereign debt, they should be sensitive to U.S. economic sanctions prohibitions. The sanctions prohibitions broadly apply to "U.S. persons" – U.S. citizens and permanent...more
Even though Microsoft is a U.S. corporation subject to domestic subpoenas and warrants, prosecutors are not entitled to emails stored on its servers abroad, the Second Circuit ruled last week in Microsoft Corp. v. United...more
The Second Circuit’s challenge in considering the validity of a U.S. Stored Communications Act warrant to Microsoft for e-mails located on servers in Ireland involves interpreting the SCA, which was enacted nearly three...more