Daily Compliance News: April 30, 2025, The 4 AM Wake-Up Call Edition
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FINCast Ep. 33 - Russian Invasion of Ukraine: The Role of Sanctions and the Rupture of the International Order
WorldSmart: Arent Fox and Its Sovereign Representation in the International Marketplace
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In one of the first enforcement actions of 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) issued a final order against Haas Automation, Inc., a leading manufacturer of computer numerical...more
On December 18, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued General License (GL) 1B (Authorizing Certain Activities Involving Federal State Budgetary Institution Marine Rescue...more
On November 21, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) designated Gazprombank, over 50 internationally connected Russian banks, more than 40 Russian securities registrars, and 15...more
The US Office of Foreign Assets Control recently amended its insurance-related FAQ and issued two new FAQs. This focus on insurance-related guidance comes at the same time as an enforcement action targeting an insurer that...more
OFAC’s new FAQ 1097, issued October 10, warns US investors of the need to block securities held at Russia’s National Settlement Depository (NSD), even if the securities or the issuer is not sanctioned. Even if the security is...more
On September 5, 2024, the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) released General License (“GL”) 108 (“Authorizing Limited Safety and Environmental Transactions Involving Certain Blocked...more
On August 23, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) issued General License (“GL”) 103 ("Authorizing Transactions Related to Imports of Certain Diamond Jewelry Prohibited by...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (“OFAC”) on (i) July 10, 2024, extended General License (“GL”) 13J (“Authorizing Certain Administrative Transactions Prohibited by Directive 4 under...more
On July 3, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) announced that it had amended entries for a multitude of entities sanctioned under the Treasury’s Russian Harmful Foreign...more
In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. government has deployed a whole-of-government approach to impose sanctions and tighter export controls on Russia. ...more
Each quarter, we send many of our clients a quarterly trade compliance update, highlighting important developments over the last few months and summarizing key points for important sanctions programs....more
On January 18, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) designated Hennesea Holdings Limited (“Hennesea”) and multiple vessels owned by Hennesea to the Specially Designated...more
On December 12, 2023, the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) and the U.S. Department of State (“DOS”) sanctioned more than 250 individuals and entities by adding them to the List of...more
On December 1, 2023, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) issued General Licenses (“GL”) 78 which authorizes limited safety and environmental transactions involving certain...more
On November 2, 2023, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) published General License (“GL”) 13G, GL 74, GL 75, and GL 76 related to the Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions...more
With the ever-expanding reach of U.S. sanctions resulting in the blocking (freezing) of accounts and assets, more individuals, corporations and institutions are having to hold and account for these accounts and assets. The...more
On June 6, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control announced sanctions, pursuant to Executive Order 13382, against seven individuals and six entities in Iran, China, and Hong Kong for supporting Iran’s...more
On May 19, 2023, the US Department of Treasury, State, and Commerce imposed the most significant tranche of sanctions and export control measures in several months. The measures included (i) new designations on the Specially...more
In conjunction with the G7 Summit in Japan, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) introduced additional economic sanctions on May 19, 2023, with the aim of further limiting the...more
On May 17, the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced it will be issuing a revised set of sanctions regulations against South Sudan. South Sudan has been sanctioned by OFAC since 2014,...more
On April 18, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions, pursuant to Executive Order 13224, as amended, against a “vast international money laundering and sanctions evasion...more
On April 12, 2023, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) published four new General Licenses (“GL”) (GL 62, GL 63, GL 64, and GL 65), revoked GL 15, and issued FAQ 1122 related to the...more
On April 12, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), in coordination with the United Kingdom, announced sanctions targeting Russian financial facilitators to curb the country’s access to the...more
On April 3, 2023 the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC” or “the agency”) launched a new domain for its website at ofac.treasury.gov. This update aims to make it easier for users to navigate OFAC’s sanctions database,...more
On March 28, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated key individuals for supporting the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the regime’s billion-dollar illicit drug...more