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California Employment Law Update
Another Day, Another AI Hallucination Case
By Tony Oncidi
Quinteros v. Harbor Distrib., LLC, 2026 WL 1693424 (Cal. Ct. App. 2026) Here we go again. The lawyers representing the plaintiffs in this putative wage and hour class action were…
Trade Compliance Resource Hub
OFAC Revokes Iran General License X: Only a Short Wind-Down Remains
By Leigh T. Hansson, James Willn, Alexander Brandt, Tan Albayrak, Stephan Johansen, Finlay Donaldson, William Young, Dimitris Athanasopoulos, Danai Kandilorou, Ciara Elson, Banu Hilalqizi
On July 7, 2026, OFAC revoked Iran General License X (GL X) and replaced it with General License X1 (GL X1). The waiver, which had been due to run until…
Sanctions & Export Controls Update
OFAC Reverses US Sanctions Relaxation Related to US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding
By Kerry B. Contini (US), Alexandre (Alex) Lamy (US)
On July 7, 2026, the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control revoked Iran General License X (“GL X”), which would have otherwise been valid through August 21, 2026. …
China Justice Observer
China’s First Maritime Judgment Applying Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law
By Publisher
Among the 2025 National Maritime Trial Typical Cases released by the Supreme People's Court on June 24, 2026, a contract dispute over maritime cargo transportation adjudicated by the Shanghai Maritime…
Commercial Case Notes
Court Erred in Not Sanctioning Party Whose Claims Were Based On False Affidavit
By John Lundin
On June 25, 2026, the First Department issued a decision in Mendon Ventures Fintech Fund I LP v. Equitus Corp., 2026 NY Slip Op. 04040, holding that a court erred…
Southern California Appellate News
AI sanctions case against pro per
Today's AI sanctions case is from 4/2 in this unpub:we find that Patterson has failed to show cause why she should not be sanctioned for relying on fabricated legal authority…
New York Commercial Division Practice
Press Your Luck, Pay the Bill: When Refusing to Drop a Doomed Claim Becomes Sanctionable
By Leah Henry
When does a litigant’s persistence (and perhaps, stubbornness) cross the line into sanctionable conduct? That is the question at the heart of Cortlandt St. Recovery Corp. v. TPG Capital Management,…
Capital Thinking
Dueling lists: China’s answer to the Section 1260H expansion and the risk in the pattern – what US stakeholders should know
By Pablo Carrillo, Lindsay Zhu, Ludmilla Kasulke, George Grammas, Daniel Roules, José María Viñals, Tigran Piruzyan
The People’s Republic of China announced two new restrictive measures affecting dozens of US companies on June 22, 2026, just two weeks after the US Department of Defense’s June 8…
SmarTrade
Annual Blocked Property Reports Due to OFAC by September 30
By Scott E. Diamond**, Francesca M.S. Guerrero, Samir D. Varma
All persons subject to U.S. jurisdiction holding property blocked pursuant to various Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctions programs must file their Annual Report of…
SmarTrade
OFAC Launches New Portal for Requesting Removal from a Sanctions List
By Scott E. Diamond**, Francesca M.S. Guerrero, Samir D. Varma
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has launched a Reconsideration Portal for the submission of requests by persons or entities seeking to be removed from an…