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Current State of U.S. Export Controls in Response to the Russian Federation’s Invasion of Ukraine - May 2024

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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

Mayer Brown

Europe Daily News, 12 March 2024

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COMPETITION - - Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11420 - Blackstone / Vista / Adapt2)... - Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case M.11411 - BPIFrance / Meridiam / Exoes)...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

OFAC sanctions senior Iranian Officials for human rights abuses

On April 24, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions, pursuant to Executive Orders 13553 and 13846, against four senior Iranian security officials of the Law Enforcement...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

OFAC sanctions Iranian officials for serious human rights abuses

On March 8, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions, pursuant to Executive Orders 13553 and 13846, against several Iranian regime officials and entities for serious human...more

Jenner & Block

“Forging New Just War Principles for the Virtuous War Era”

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The Just War ethic, with its two pillars jus ad bellum and jus in bello, is central to the evaluation of the morality of entering into and the conduct of war. Whether grounded in custom and tradition, or based on developments...more

Stikeman Elliott LLP

Canadian Sanctions Update: Russia, Belarus, Iran and Haiti Face New Restrictions

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In this post we describe the economic sanctions imposed by Canada since our October 5, 2022 update. While the latest sanctions on Russia, Belarus and Iran are largely incremental extensions of existing measures, a new...more

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Canada Sanctions Iranian Officials for ‘Systematic Human Rights Violations’

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Introduction - On October 3, 2022, the Honourable Melanie Joly, Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, announced that Canada was imposing sanctions on 25 Iranian officials and 9 Iranian entities/organizations that are...more

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Canada Imposes New Sanctions on Iran in Relation to Human Rights Violations and Iran’s Actions That Have Resulted or Are Likely to...

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In this post we describe the sanctions recently imposed by Canada on Iranian individuals and entities following the detention and, according to the Canadian government, apparent killing of Mahsa Amini, an Iranian woman, in...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Biden Administration Eases Some Trump-Era Cuba Restrictions

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The U.S. Department of State announced on May 16, 2022, a series of measures aimed at supporting the Cuban people and independent Cuban entrepreneurs and loosening Trump-era restrictions that largely isolated the island and...more

Dechert LLP

Congress Moves to Combat Use of Forced Labor in Supply Chain

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Senators Josh Hawley and Kristen Gillibrand re-introduced new legislation on February 3, 2022, aimed at combatting the use of forced labor in supply chains worldwide. This move comes on the heels of the December 2021 passage,...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Prominent Chinese Academy of Military Medical Sciences is Added to Export Control Blacklist

The U.S. Commerce Department has added China’s Academy of Military Medical Sciences (AMMS) and 11 of its affiliated research institutes to the Entity List, thereby prohibiting exports, reexports and in-country transfers of...more

The Volkov Law Group

OFAC Implements New Ethiopia Sanctions Program

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On November 12, 2021, the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), pursuant to Executive Order 14046, Imposing Sanctions on Certain Persons With Respect to the Humanitarian and Human Rights...more

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Canada Seizes Imported Goods Alleged to be Produced with Forced Labour

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On November 15, 2021, the Globe and Mail reported the first seizure under the Canadian prohibition on the importation of goods "mined, manufactured or produced wholly or in part by forced labour." According to the CBSA,...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Strategic Competition Act: Creating More Tools To Counter China’s Expanding Influence

On April 8, 2021, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman, Senator Robert Menendez (D-New Jersey), and the Committee’s ranking member, Jim Risch (R-Idaho), introduced the Strategic Competition Act of 2021 (the “Act”...more

K2 Integrity

U.S. Takes Additional Measures to Respond to China’s Policies on Hong Kong and Xinjiang

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Summary - On July 14, 2020, President Trump took additional actions to address China’s policies regarding Hong Kong. These actions follow last week’s designation of high-ranking Chinese officials for alleged human rights...more

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U.K. Announces “Magnitsky Act-style” Global Human Rights Sanctions and 49 Designations

- As of 1:00 p.m. BST July 6, 2020, the GHR Regulation came into force, representing the introduction of the U.K.’s long awaited GHR Regime. - The GHR Regime is the first standalone U.K. sanctions regime to be in current...more

Hogan Lovells

EU expands its sanctions against Venezuela

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On 29 June 2020, the Council of the European Union have included eleven officials in the list of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies subject to asset freezing measures and a travel ban. ...more

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US charges blockchain specialist; China designates US nonprofits

CEP Magazine (February 2020)  - Virgil Griffith, an American citizen, was arrested Nov. 30 after speaking on blockchain solutions at the April 2019 Pyongyang Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Conference in North Korea....more

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2020 Vision in the UK – A Look at the Year Ahead

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Well, first of all, the UK is going to get Brexit done! What this will feel like after years of wrangling will remain to be seen. There are some reports that Boris Johnson’s newly elected government is squaring up for a...more

K2 Integrity

Congress Passes Hong Kong-Related Sanctions, But President Might Veto

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The U.S. House of Representatives on November 20, 2019, passed the Senate version of a bill targeting Hong Kong and Chinese officials responsible for the violent crackdown on protesters in Hong Kong. The bill passed the...more

K2 Integrity

Congress Likely to Pass Sanctions Targeting Hong Kong and Chinese Officials

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The U.S. Senate on November 19, 2019, unanimously approved sanctions targeting Hong Kong and Chinese officials responsible for the violent crackdown on protesters in Hong Kong, threatening to further strain U.S.-Chinese...more

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New Anti-Trafficking Legislation May Spur Closer Look at Manufacturers’ Supply Chains

On September 26, the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations approved the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2018 (H.R. 2200). The bill would reauthorize the Trafficking...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Expanded Russia, Iran, and North Korea Sanctions; Top 10 Takeaways (Japanese Translation)

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President Trump signs the “Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act,” which — among other measures — requires Congressional review to ease Russia-related sanctions. On Wednesday, August 2, 2017, President...more

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Africa Update - October 2015 #3

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On October 17th, members of the United Nations (U.N.) Security Council urged all Libyan parties to endorse and sign the recently finalized political agreement for the creation of a Government of National Accord. The Security...more

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Africa Update - September 2015 #5

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Leading the News - Burkina Faso: On September 25th, the United Nations (U.N.) Security Council issued a statement welcoming the reinstatement of President Michel Kafando and the transitional authorities of Burkina...more

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