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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…
Cleary Foreign Investment and International Trade Watch
OFAC Continues Venezuela Sanctions Relief with Authorizations for Aircraft Safety, Earthquake Relief, and Easing of General License Governing Law Requirements
By Samuel H. Chang, Chase D. Kaniecki, Yulia A. Solomakhina, Ana Carolina Maloney, Kerry Mullins
On June 18, 2026, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued General License (GL) 59, authorizing the provision of goods, technology, software, or services…
UK Constitutional Law Association | The Blog
Bhavya Johari – The Political Constitution’s Broken Promise: Arms, Sanctions and Accountability after Al-Haq
By UKCLA
In September 2024, the Government suspended around thirty arms export licences to Israel, having found a clear risk that United Kingdom equipment might be used to commit serious violations of…
ComplexDiscovery
UK and EU impose first simultaneous cyber sanctions as Poland attack is attributed to the FSB
By Rob Robinson
Editor’s Note: For the first time, London and Brussels imposed sanctions under their respective cyber regimes on the same day, and they did it while jointly attributing to the FSB…
Sanctions & Export Controls Update
OFAC sanctions parties for links to Brazilian Foreign Terrorist Organization PCC
By Francisco Negrão (Brazil), Kerry B. Contini (US), Danielle Valois (Brazil), Rod J. Rosenstein (US), William Roppolo (US), Heloisa Uelze (Brazil)
On July 1, 2026, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) in the US Treasury Department imposed sanctions on several parties due to links to Brazil-based Primeiro Comando da Capital…
GovCon & Trade
OFAC Launches Reconsideration Portal to Streamline Delisting Petitions
On June 29, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) launched an online Reconsideration Portal for requests to remove persons or property from OFAC sanctions…
Cleary Foreign Investment and International Trade Watch
U.S. Government Removes Syria From List of State Sponsors of Terrorism
By Chase D. Kaniecki, Samuel H. Chang, Alexi T. Stocker
For more insights and analysis from Cleary lawyers on policy and regulatory developments from a legal perspective, visit U.S. Policy & Regulatory Outlook. On July 8, 2026, President Trump informed Congress…
Agricultural Law & Rural Practice | Solo Small Firm & General Practice Section
Chat, is it good when the word “sanction” shows up 78 times in an opinion against you?
First, hi folks, it has been a minute, or 194,000 or so of them. Things have been a bit messy, and I’ve found it more difficult to blog recently (particularly…
Sanctions & Export Controls Update
US Initiates Process to Rescind Syria’s State Sponsor of Terrorism Designation
By Sophia Zhang (US), Eunkyung Kim Shin (US), Paul Amberg (Spain)
On July 8, 2026, the US Department of State announced that President Trump had notified Congress of his administration’s intent to rescind Syria’s designation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism…
Sanctions & Export Controls Update
OFAC and OFSI Publish Joint Guidance Comparing US and UK Sanctions Regimes Following Latest Enhanced Partnership Exchange
By Terence Gilroy (US), Patrick De Lapérouse (US), Elliot Hecht (US), Julian Godfray (UK), Tristan Grimmer (UK), Ben Smith (UK)
On June 23, 2026, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC“) and HM Treasury’s Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (“OFSI“) published a joint statement reflecting…