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Sanctions
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FCPA Professor
A French Company That Was Acquired By A Swiss Company Paid Foreign Terrorist Organizations In Connection With A Cement Plant In Syria And U.S. Collects $778 Million
By Mike Koehler
That is a rather odd headline when you think about. Regardless of the underlying conduct, is there actually a U.S. interest in such an enforcement action particularly since French law…
International Trade Law
Sanctions/Export Highlights [As of October 13, 2022]
By Edward Goetz, Jeffrey L. Snyder, Caroline Brown, Anand Sithian, Rachel Schumacher, Kelsey Clinton
EU Updates FAQS to Address Energy Security: On October 7, 2022, the EU updated two FAQs clarifying the impact of Council Regulation 833/2014 on the import, purchase and transfer of…
SmarTrade
Commerce, Treasury and State Departments Issue Joint Alert on Russia Sanctions and Export Controls
By Scott E. Diamond**, Samir D. Varma, Francesca M.S. Guerrero
On October 14, 2022, the Departments of Commerce, Treasury and State issued a joint alert regarding the Impact of Sanctions and Export Controls on Russia’s Military-Industrial Complex. The alert provides…
Global Policy Watch
The United States Imposes Additional Sanctions and Export Controls Against Russia and Belarus
By Peter Flanagan, Kimberly Strosnider, Peter Lichtenbaum, Stephen Rademaker, Corinne Goldstein, Stephen Bartenstein, Joshua Williams, William McClure
In recent weeks, the U.S. Department of the Treasury has further expanded the scope of sanctions targeting Russia in response to its ongoing invasion of Ukraine and its purported annexation…
eDiscovery Bytes
#CaseoftheWeek Episode 84: Court Awards $2.4 million in Sanctions Against Client and Counsel
We’ve taken a break from the Twitter and Elon Musk drama to focus on another ongoing saga involving DR Distributors. Last year, we covered a previous decision during a two…
GT Amsterdam Law Blog
EU Sanctions Russia with Eighth Package of Restrictive Measures
On Oct. 6, 2022, the Council of the European Union (EU) adopted a new, eighth package of measures (Package) primarily intended to reinforce pressure on the government of the Russian Federation (Russia)…
International Trade Law
Sanctions/Export Highlights [As of October 6, 2022]
By Jeffrey L. Snyder, Carlton Greene, Anand Sithian, Laurel Saito
New U.S., UK, and EU Designations: On September 30, 2022, the U.S. designated 295 individuals and entities. The new designations included 14 persons in Russia’s military industrial complex, including Sinno…
UK Human Rights Blog
The Weekly Round-up: Legal advice sanctions, cannabis under consideration, and evacuation biometrics
Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-makes-14-additions-russia-sanctions-list-2022-03-31/ In the news Law firms in the UK will be banned from providing ‘transactional legal advisory services’ to Russians, as part of an effort to increase sanctions. The…
Trade and Manufacturing Monitor
European Union Adopts Eighth Package of Sanctions Against Russia
Yesterday, the European Union implemented its eighth round of sanctions on Russia in response to Russia’s claimed annexation of Ukrainian territory. This latest package includes expanded import and export restrictions,…
GT London Law Blog
Incoming UK Sanctions on Professional Services
By Annabel Thomas, Bethany Histed, Gavin Costelloe, Tina Kang
On 30 September the UK announced a series of significant additional sanctions in response to Russia’s illegal annexations in Ukraine following internationally condemned sham referendums. The latest sanctions will prohibit…