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Sanctions
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International Trade Law
The Maximum Pressure Campaign Escalates: OFAC Designates a Chinese Refiner of Iranian Crude
By Dj Wolff, Erik Woodhouse, Jeremy Iloulian, Andrew J. Schlegel
On March 20, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) designated the “teapot” Chinese oil refinery Shandong Shouguang Luqing Petrochemical Co., Ltd. (“Luqing Petrochemical”),…
PrawfsBlawg
Legislative Immunity?
Main Wednesday, March 12, 2025Legislative Immunity?How is this suit by a Maine legislator alleging she was stripped of her voting rights in retaliation for her anti-trans statements not barred by…
SmarTrade
OFAC Once Again Extends Venezuela General License Delaying PdVSA 2020 8.5% Bond-Related Authorizations
By Scott E. Diamond**, Francesca M.S. Guerrero, Samir D. Varma, Aaron C. Mandelbaum
On March 6, 2025, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued General License (GL) 5R, “Authorizing Certain Transactions Related to the Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. 2020…
Discerning Data
The Wallet Inspectors: The DPRK’s Sophisticated Campaign to Steal Cryptocurrency and How to Protect Yourself
By Peter Baldwin, Craig R. Heeren
On February 21, 2025, Bybit, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, suffered a cyberattack resulting in the theft of approximately $1.5 billion in Ethereum tokens. This attack marked a…
SmarTrade
Reversing the Biden Administration, OFAC Announces the Wind Down of Venezuela General License 41
By Samir D. Varma, Francesca M.S. Guerrero, Aaron C. Mandelbaum, Scott E. Diamond**
On March 4, 2025, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued General License 41A within its Venezuela-Related Sanctions Program: “Authorizing the Wind Down of Certain…
eDiscovery Today Blog
Disposal of Hard Drive Does Not Lead to Adverse Inference Sanctions: eDiscovery Case Law
By Doug Austin
In Clayton Int'l, Inc. v. Neb. Armes Aviation, LLC, Nebraska Magistrate Judge Ryan C. Carson granted in part plaintiff’s motion for sanctions for defendant Tracy Ogle’s disposal of the hard…
International Trade Law
Client Alert: Coalition of the Willing: EU and UK, but Not the US, Impose New Russia Sanctions
By Vassilis Akritidis, Nicola Phillips, Dj Wolff, Carlton Greene, Sophie Davis
As they have on each previous anniversary, the EU and UK released new sanctions against Russia on February 24, 2025, to mark the three-year anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of…
Transportation Law: Moving Forward
New Russia Sanctions Imposed by EU and UK, but Not the US
By Sophie Davis, Vassilis Akritidis, Nicola Phillips, Dj Wolff, Carlton Greene
The EU and UK released new sanctions against Russia on February 24, 2025, including related to the maritime, trade, infrastructure, and financial services sectors, to mark the three-year anniversary of…
Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider
Lawyers Sanctioned for Citing AI Generated Fake Cases
In another “hard lesson learned” case, on Monday, February 24, 2025, a federal district court sanctioned three lawyers from the national law firm Morgan & Morgan for citing artificial intelligence…
The Trade Practitioner
The EU Suspends Certain Sanctions on Syria to Support Economic Stabilisation, Political Transition and Reconstruction
To help the Syrian people achieve a peaceful and inclusive political transition, to aid the swift economic recovery and reconstruction of the country and to facilitate its eventual reincorporation into…