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US announces economic sanctions against foreign entities accused of backing Iran
The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has announced economic sanctions against six “entities” (businesses and individuals that it accuses of supporting Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary…
Sanctions & Export Controls Update
Additional Sanctions on Sudan under the Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act
By Patrick De Lapérouse (US), Terence Gilroy (US)
On July 20, 2026, the US State Department published Public Notice 13072 imposing additional sanctions on Sudan under Section 307(b) of the Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination…
Sanctions & Export Controls Update
EU adopts 21st Russia sanctions package
By Paul Amberg (Spain), Ben Smith (UK), Johanna Asplund (UK), Seher Budak (Sweden), Maria Aristegui (Spain)
On 23 July 2026, the European Council adopted its 21st package of Russia sanctions as well as additional measures targeting Belarus. The package concentrates on sectors with the greatest impact…
Minding Your Business
Arbitration Under Geopolitical Pressure – Risk Allocation And Enforcement Challenges: Part One
By Ana Vermal, Adanna Letourneux
Geopolitical tensions–trade wars, sanctions and strategic competition–increasingly disrupt commercial contracts, generate disputes and complicate enforcement. This three-part blog post series examines where risks arise and how parties can manage them…
Sanctions & Export Controls Update
UK National Security (State Threats) Act 2026: new designation regime for state-linked threats and proxy organisations
By Tristan Grimmer (UK), Andrew Rose (UK), Emily Thomson (UK)
On 8th July 2026, the UK enacted the National Security (State Threats) Act 2026 (the new “Act“), introducing a new power for the Home Secretary to designate bodies involved in…
Sanctions & Export Controls Update
OFAC Issues General License Authorizing Agricultural and Medical Transactions and Activities Related to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of Rwanda
By Kerry B. Contini (US), Michael Amberg (UK), Rob O'Brien (US)
On July 10, 2026, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) issued General License No. 2 (“GL 2”) under the Democratic Republic of the Congo…
EJIL: Talk!
Can China Lead the Way in Constraining Economic Coercion? Sanctions, Chokepoints, and the Perils of Convergence
Economic coercion remains ill-defined in international law, but its importance is growing ever more evident by the day. At various points, for example, a negotiated settlement to the US-Iran War…
Ross Runkel Blog
$14,636.50 in sanctions for filing motion with misquotes.
By Ross Runkel
In an appeal in an employment discrimination suit, the employee’s lawyer filed a motion that contained misquotes. This was not the lawyer’s first misconduct incident.The 3rd Circuit ordered him to…
ComplexDiscovery
The week the war reached Russia’s e-commerce supply chain
By Rob Robinson
Editor’s Note: Warehouses that fill Russia’s online shopping orders burned this week, and those fires say as much about the direction of the war as any map of the front.…
Sanctions & Export Controls Update
OFAC Targets Iranian Commercial Networks and Issues Iran-Related Wind Down General Licenses
By Alexandra Kumar (US), Patrick De Lapérouse (US), Sylwia Lis (US)
On July 10, 2026, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) announced a series of Iran-related sanctions designations targeting Iranian financial facilitator Ali Ansari and his…