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Sanctions
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San Antonio Employment Law Blog
Fifth Circuit: Lawyers can be Sanctioned, Not Law Firms
Lawyers can be sanctioned by the court for "unreasonably and vexatiously" multiplying a lawsuit. That means the lawyer can be sanctioned for creating unnecessary work. In the lawsuit Vaughan v.…
Government Contracts Navigator
Russia Sanctions: 5 Key Points for Companies
Anthony Rapa ● The United States, the European Union, and the United Kingdom recently imposed new sanctions on Russia to coincide with the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a…
GT London Law Blog
New UK Sanctions Package Would Target Russia’s Arms Exports, Front-Line Resources
By Annabel Thomas, Gavin Costelloe, Bethany Histed, Tina Kang
The UK announced a further round of sanctions and trade measures on 24 February 2023 to coincide with the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The new measures would…
Paul W. Mollica Federal Courts Blog
Fifth Circuit Holds Lawyer Could Be Sanctioned Under 28 U.S.C. § 1927 For “Irrelevant Lines of Questioning” in Depositions
In Vaughan v. Lewisville Independent School Dist., No. 22-40057 (5th Cir. Mar. 9, 2023), the Fifth Circuit held that a plaintiff’s lawyer who asked four deponents about subject areas far…
The HB Blog
IPBA Dubai 2023 – Day 2
After a three year Covid-19 induced break, the Inter-Pacific Bar Association (“IPBA”) kicked off its (31st) Annual Meeting and Conference in Dubai yesterday. The first day’s keynote session focused on…
International Trade Law
The United States Imposes New Sanctions and Export Controls Targeting Russia and Belarus, Issues Joint Compliance Guidance, and Announces Corporate Compliance with Sanctions and Export Controls as an Enforcement Priority
By Caroline Brown, Weronika Bukowski, Carlton Greene, Anand Sithian, Dj Wolff
On February 24, 2023, the United States and other G7 nations announced a number of new sanctions and export control measures coinciding with the one-year mark of Russia’s military invasion…
China Law Insight
美国新一轮对俄制裁，会对中国企业产生哪些影响？
By King & Wood
作者：楼仙英 戴梦皓 2023年2月24日，在俄乌战争爆发一周年之际，美国商务部、国务院、财政部和贸易代表办公室分别从出口管制和禁运、经济制裁以及惩罚性关税等多个维度设置了全新一轮对俄菜单式贸易禁运和投资限制措施。虽然与去年的相关制裁措施相比，本轮美国对俄罗斯的制裁没有实质性突破，但从白宫关于本轮制裁的情况说明和具体措施来看，包括中国在内的第三国与俄罗斯的相关交易将成为美国后续禁运和制裁的重点。对于目前计划或正在开展涉俄业务的中国企业而言，其所面临的境外监管风险将更加严峻。在此，我们特将本轮美国对俄罗斯的主要制裁措施中与中国企业密切相关的内容进行梳理，希望能够对大家有所帮助。 阅读更多
Manufacturing Law Blog
New Round of Sanctions Relevant to Manufacturers Are Launched on the First Anniversary of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
By Jeffrey White, Guest Contributor, Kevin Daly
This week's post was co-authored with Edward Heath. Attorneys Heath and Daly are members of Robinson+Cole’s Manufacturing Law industry team and regularly counsel clients on trade compliance, anti-corruption compliance, and other corporate compliance issues.…
For Purpose Law Group Blog
Big News Recently for International Aid Organizations
The world’s aid organizations face enormous challenges. Among the most difficult in recent years has been coping with the complex sanctions regimes, imposed by the United Nations and its member…
eDiscovery Bytes
Episode 99: Use of the Court’s Inherent Power to Grant Sanctions Following Bad Faith Actions in Discovery
In Episode 99 of Case of the Week, eDiscovery Assistant’s Kelly Twigger dives deep into the case of In re Facebook, Inc. Consumer Privacy User Profile Litigation, where Judge Chhabria…