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Sanctions
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SmarTrade
OFAC Extends Authorizations Under Russia General License 13 for Payment of Various Fees
By Francesca M.S. Guerrero, Samir D. Varma, Scott E. Diamond**
On September 8, 2022, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued a revised Russia-related General License (GL) 13B, “Authorizing Certain Administrative Transactions Prohibited by Directive…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
The War on Business
By Tom C.W. Lin
Nations and businesses often compete and clash. But the war on business has escalated in recent years as nation-states and non-state actors target specific businesses with sanctions and recriminations and…
Canadian Lawyer Mag
Aird & Berlis associate Dasha Peregoudova takes on new role
Director of Sanctions and Outcomes combines her legal acumen and background in professional sports
International Trade Law
Sanctions/Export Highlights [As of September 1, 2022]
By Jeffrey L. Snyder, Carlton Greene, Anand Sithian, Rachel Schumacher, Laurel Saito
Russia Sanctions: This week the European Union designated three additional individuals. Two of the individuals are members of the Duma who undermined the territorial integrity, sovereignty, and independence of Ukraine…
eDiscovery Bytes
#CaseoftheWeek Episode 78: When Sanctions are Available for Failure to Conduct a Responsiveness Review Prior to Production
Episode 78 is Part I of another two-part case law series. In this Case of the Week, Kelly Twigger discusses whether a party is subject to sanctions under FRCP 37(b)…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
The Law and Economics of Blacklisting
By Nizan Geslevich Packin, Hadar Y. Jabotinsky
The crackdown on Tornado Cash, a crypto mixing service, continues a recent trend of regulators using blacklisting as a key enforcement tool. Tornado Cash was blacklisted by the Treasury Department…
Virtual Currency Report
OFAC Takes Action Against Virtual Currency Tornado Cash in Novel Application of Sanctions Authorities
By Steven D. Merriman, Will Conley, Jamie Schafer, Richard Oehler, Ann M. Nagele, Andrew Caridas, Perkins Coie
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), on August 8, 2022, sanctioned virtual currency mixer Tornado Cash. OFAC alleged that it had been “used to…
International Trade Law
Sanctions/Export Highlights [As of August 25, 2022]
By Jeffrey L. Snyder, Carlton Greene, Anand Sithian, Laurel Saito
UK Sanctions Removal and Other Amendments: On August 23, 2022, the UK delisted Mikhail Vladimirovich Razvozhayev, the Governor of Sevastopol, who had been subject to a UK asset freeze since…
The Trade Practitioner
A New Look at US Sanctions and Practical Guidelines for Compliance – September 26, 2022
Join us in person at the Schar School of Policy and Government at the George Mason University Arlington Campus on September 26 to hear from this select panel of high-level…
Southern California Appellate News
4/3's got sanctions on its mind
Two appellate sanctions cases from 4/3 yesterday, sort of.First the court imposes $2500 in appellate sanctions here on a pro per attorney:In this appeal, Albert has filed a 6,000-page appendix,…