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Sanctions
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ContractsProf Blog
GLOBAL K: SANCTIONS APPLIED, LESSONS IMPLIED
London, UK: Current events smiled on GLOBAL K last week and offered an example of how contemporary economic sanctions programs interact with transnational contract activity. (See last week’s Global K.)…
ContractsProf Blog
GLOBAL K: ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AND TRANSNATIONAL CONTRACTS
In late November 2013, negotiators reached agreement on a temporary accord under which Iran would halt much of its nuclear program and roll back some existing elements of it, and …
Ship Law Log
Sanctions Update: December 2013
On 24 November 2013, a joint commission of the United Kingdom ("UK"), the United States, Germany, France, Russia and China (collectively known as the "P5+1", "E3/EU+3" or "E3+3") reached agreement…
Technology's Legal Edge
EASING THE IRAN SANCTIONS
By Mike Conradi
By Aline Doussin, DLA Piper London On Sunday 24 November, the Islamic Republic of Iran and the member-states of the Group 5+1 (the five permanent UN Security Council members plus Germany) struck an historic deal providing Iran…
Global Regulatory Enforcement Law Blog
Smoke with No Fire: Despite Agreement in Geneva, U.S. Sanctions Continue To Prohibit Most Iran Transactions
By Michael Grant, Michael Lowell, Leigh T. Hansson
On November 23, 2013, the White House issued a Press Release (“the Announcement”) outlining the first of a two-step negotiation process between Iran and the United States, the United Kingdom,…
Offshore Winds
Designated Entity Clauses — No Substitute for Knowing Who You Are Dealing With
With increasing frequency, parties to charters and other maritime contracts are including so-called Designated Entity Clauses or “OFAC” provisions. These clauses have the aim of complying with sanction programs such…
New York City Real Estate Litigator
Foreclosing lender and its counsel ordered to a sanctions hearing
By Howard Koh
JP Morgan Chase Bank v. Butler, Kings County Supreme Court, Index No. 1686/2010. Justice Arthur Schack has once again dropped the hammer on a lender and its counsel. The case…
Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog
Sixth Circuit Vacates Sanctions Against Assistant Public Defender
By Lauren Kuley
Last week in United States of America v. Gabriel Llanez-Garcia, the Sixth Circuit vacated sanctions imposed against an assistant federal public defender and dismissed the sanctions proceedings against her. In…
Capital Thinking
Secretary of State John Kerry Joins the P5+1 Talks in Geneva, Switzerland
Executive and Legislative Branch Activity Iran Secretary of State John Kerry joined the P5+1 Talks last Friday in Geneva, Switzerland. The Talks failed to reach an agreement this past weekend and…
Global Regulatory Enforcement Law Blog
It’s 2013: Do You Know Where Your TSRA License Is?
By Michael Lowell, Leigh T. Hansson
When your work involves export controls, it’s good to remember that reform – especially in the form of decontrol – seldom has an immediate impact. It’s been just over a…