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Sanctions
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North Carolina Business Litigation Report
Business Court Sanctions Parties For Disobeying Discovery Order
When you think of sanctions, your mind probably goes to Rule 11 of the Rules of Civil Procedure. But what about Rule 37(b)(2)? It says that: if a party .…
Global Trade Law Blog
U.S. Sanctions Target Russian Corruption, Human Rights Violations
By sheppard mullin, Sheppard Mullin
By: Thad McBride Asserting that “the protection of human rights … is not left exclusively to the internal affairs of [any one] country,” in December 2012 the United States enacted…
Global Trade Law Blog
OFAC Gets Hot, Bothered on Iran and Cuba: How Economic Sanctions Work Today
By: Scott Maberry and Mark Jensen People who practice U.S. economic sanctions law like to talk about how sanctions are policy-oriented, or an engine of U.S. foreign policy. Whereas some…
International Law Prof Blog
Freedom Day in South Africa
April 27 is a public holiday in South Africa known as Freedom Day. It commemorates the country's first democratic elections in 1994 following the end of apartheid. These were the…
Chicago IP Litigation
Rule 11 Sanctions for Failing to Purchase the Accused Product
Smart Options, LLC c. Jump Rope, Inc., No. 12 C 2498, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Feb. 11, 2013) (St. Eve, J.). Judge St. Eve granted defendant Jump Rope’s Fed. R.…
Subject to Inquiry
As Companies Wind Down in Iran, the President Must Roll Up his Investigative Sleeves
By Government Investigations Group
As we know, the recently enacted Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (ITRSHRA) expands the reach of the U.S. sanctions program and imposes new SEC disclosure…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
A Pox on Both Houses in a Legal Malpractice Setting
This must have been a highly contentious legal malpractice case, with the Court showing its displeasure to both attorneys. A sanction of $10,000 on defendant pro-se attorney is unusual; a…
Arbitration Nation
Seventh Circuit Is Sick Of Arbitration Appeals; Threatens "High Risk of Sanctions"
By Liz Kramer
In an opinion released yesterday, the Seventh Circuit schooled appellant's counsel first on the application of the New York Convention and Panama Convention, then on the high standard of review…
InsureReinsure
New Search Tool Available for Checking the Names of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons Subject to U.S. Sanctions
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury recently launched a new version of SDN Search, the search tool for searching its Specially Designated…
Focus on Regulation
Iran sanctions developments
By Jeanne Archibald, Anthony Capobianco, Lourdes Catrain, Aleksandar Dukic, Ajay Kuntamukkala, Robert Kyle, Beth Peters, Stephen Propst, T. Weymouth
This alert provides an update regarding U.S. sanctions against Iran. As noted in our numerous prior updates, the United States continues to expand U.S. sanctions against Iran. Read: "Iran sanctions…