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Morrison & Foerster LLP

EU Sanctions Year in Review 2023

In 2023, the European Union continued to use economic sanctions as one of its foreign policy tools, and not only in response to Russia’s war in Ukraine. New sanctions and adjustments to existing regimes reflect the EU’s...more

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2023 in Review: An Eventful Year in Sanctions and Enforcement

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The sanctions world experienced another action-packed year in 2023. Sanctions against Russia dominated the year in terms of the number of designations and new restrictions, and the attacks perpetrated by Hamas in Israel on 7...more

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The Iranian Women’s Movement: Sanctions, Human Rights, and the Targeting of Iran’s Morality Police

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Current Situation in Iran - A historic and powerful popular movement—led by women in response to the murder of Mahsa Amini while in the custody of the Iranian Morality Police in mid-September—is currently unfolding in...more

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A Revived Nuclear Deal with Iran will Change the Sanctions Landscape

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As of August 29, there is renewed optimism that the EU, the US, and Iran are on the verge of reviving the Joint Comprehensive Plan Of Action (JCPOA) to limit Iran’s ability to develop nuclear weapons in exchange for a lifting...more

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How would a revived US-Iran nuclear deal change the sanctions landscape?

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Talks between the U.S. and Iran to revitalize the nuclear deal may have stalled but they are far from dead. There is still optimism that the agreement to limit Iran’s ability to make weapons-grade uranium, in return for a...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

CJEU Publishes Judgment Interpreting the EU’s Blocking Regulation

In December 2021, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the CJEU) published a judgment interpreting the European Union's Blocking Regulation....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Navigating the Future Landscape of the EU Blocking Statute

The European Union Blocking Statute was originally adopted in 1996 to counteract US sanctions on Cuba, Iran and Libya, but following a memorandum of understanding entered into between the EU and the US, it has seldom been...more

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Top EU Court rules on the EU Blocking Regulation against U.S. sanctions for the first time

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Top EU Court Rules on the EU Blocking Regulation Against US Sanctions for the First Time - On December 21, 2021, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), sitting as a “Grand Chamber” (a formation used, among...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The EU – U.S. Sanctions Dilemma: The Advocate General of the European Court of Justice Weighs in

In May 2018 the United States announced the reinstitution of sanctions against Iran that had previously been lifted pursuant to the Joint Comprehensive Plan Action (“JCPOA”). The U.S. sanctions on Iran that were revived...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The Next Four Years in International Business

Over the past few weeks, we have been speculating on the international trends and tides we expect to see in the next four years under a new U.S. presidential administration. So that you can enjoy our prognostications (before...more

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UK and EU reject US demand for resumption of sanctions on Iran

Report on Supply Chain Compliance 3, no. 19 (October 1, 2020) - The United States argued before the United Nations (UN) that Germany, France and the United Kingdom must support the U.S. demand to reimpose UN sanctions on...more

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European countries enable Iran trade through first INSTEX transaction and Swiss payment mechanism

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On 31 March 2020, the Governments of France, Germany, and the United Kingdom (the so-called "E3") confirmed that the first transaction was completed through the Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges ("INSTEX"),...more

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Borrell extends timeline for Iran deal dispute mechanism

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Earlier this month, France, Germany and the UK triggered the dispute process under the Iran nuclear deal, saying they had been "left with no choice" after Iran decided to further reduce compliance with the agreement. The...more

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E3 triggers Iran nuclear deal dispute settlement mechanism (while EU sanctions lifting continues for now)

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France, Germany and the United Kingdom, known as the “E3”, announced on 14 January 2020 that they had triggered the dispute resolution mechanism under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (“JCPOA”) due to concerns about...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

How to Steal $10 Billion from Europe

Europe has come up with a nifty plan to help Iran buy and sell stuff outside the reach of U.S. sanctions. The problem is that the plan is a fraud magnet. How do we know? It’s been tried before, and the fraud was epic. The...more

Pillsbury - Global Trade & Sanctions Law

INSTEX Becomes Operational but Is It Too Little, Too Late?

Announced last week, “INSTEX had been made operational and available to all EU Member States.” INSTEX is the special purpose financing channel designed by the EU to permit the processing of payments for trade between the EU...more

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European Real Estate Finance: Recent developments – June 2019

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As part of our periodic updates, here is an overview of recent developments of relevance to participants in the real estate finance market across certain key jurisdictions in Europe....more

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Iran Threatens Partial JCPOA Suspension; US Imposes Sanctions on Certain Iranian Metals Sectors

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On May 8, 2019, following Iran's announcement that it intends to suspend certain nuclear proliferation-related commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the United States issued a new Executive order...more

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A Delicate Balance

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How should we approach competing sanctions risks? Among the numerous regulatory compliance risks faced by financial institutions, economic and trade sanctions risks commonly receive a great deal of attention....more

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Sanctions after Brexit – the first UK sanctions regimes

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With Brexit looming, the UK's autonomous sanctions policy is slowly taking shape. This month saw the publication of regulations setting out the post-Brexit UK sanctions regimes for Iran, Burma and Venezuela, which will come...more

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UK, France, Germany create INSTEX SPV to support trade with Iran

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On 31 January 2019, France, Germany and the United Kingdom (the "E3") announced the registration in France of INSTEX SAS ("Instrument for Supporting Trade Exchanges"), which is a special purpose vehicle aimed at facilitating...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

EU Companies Face Tough Choice: Violate U.S. Secondary Sanctions on Iran or Amended EU Blocking Regulations

2018 brought with it President Trump’s decision that the United States would withdraw from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (“JCPOA”). That signaled the U.S.’s intention not only to reimpose trade sanctions on Iran but...more

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Trade Policy Tensions Emerge As U.S. Reimposes Sanctions Against Iran (IRB No. 577)

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Pursuant to the President’s May 8, 2018, memorandum announcing the United States’ withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)...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

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

International Law Bulletin - Vol. 22, No. 9

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND TRADE - Dispute Resolution - WTO: The U.S. filed an objection against China at the World Trade Organization (WTO) for the $7 billion worth of retaliatory levies against U.S. exports to China (34 ITR...more

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