<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://sanctionlaw.com/materialsupport-is-hamas-twitter-account-a-problem/"></div>There was an interesting article in The Daily Beast this week written by renown Georgetown Law Professor David Cole. Professor Cole, in addition to being one of the nation’s foremost constitutional law and national security experts, was also counsel for Humanitarian Law Project, whose case ended in the Supreme Court’s determination that coordinating advocacy with […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on
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<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://sanctionlaw.com/attack-of-the-zones-what-the-new-iran-sanctions-legislation-could-look-like/"></div>This time last year there was a debate in Washington about how severe a new round of sanctions sanctions targeting Iran should be. Led by the efforts of Sens. Mark Kirk and Robert Mendenez, this debate culminated in the passing of section 1245 of the National Defense Appropriations and Authorization Act (“NDAA”). The sanctions imposed […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://sanctionlaw.com/new-waiver-and-general-license-eases-u-s-sanctions-on-burma/"></div>Yesterday, the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) announced the issuance of a waiver and a general license authorization which eased sanctions on Burma and now allows for the importation of Burmese origin goods to the United States. This move brings the law into line with the representations made […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://sanctionlaw.com/2933/"></div>When is an exemption no longer an exemption? Apparently, when you are a U.S. depository institution attempting to comply with U.S. economic sanctions regulations administered by the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”). What prompts me to say this? Well I have received a couple of calls last week, […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://sanctionlaw.com/ofac-revises-31-cfr-part-560-as-the-iranian-transactions-and-sanctions-regulations-itsr/"></div>Yesterday, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued a significant revision of 31 CFR Part 560, the Iranian Transactions Regulations (ITR) in order to implement Executive Order 13599 and subsections 1245 (c) and (d)(1)(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012(NDAA). To reflect these changes, the ITR have […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://sanctionlaw.com/are-u-s-sanctions-targeting-iran-working/"></div>The big news of this weekend was that Iran has stated it is willing to engage in direct talks with the United States regarding their highly disputed nuclear program. Proponents of U.S. economic sanctions are hailing this as a major victory in the fight to show that sanctions work. While the development surely seems like […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://sanctionlaw.com/ofac-updates-tco-designations/"></div>Today, the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) announced the designation of two individuals and one entity to the List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (“SDN List”). Those designated by today’s actions include members of the Japanese criminal organization Yakuza and an organization that is believed to […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://sanctionlaw.com/back-to-back-designation-days-for-ofac/"></div>In the past two days, the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) has designated parties pursuant to various economic sanctions programs and has listed their names on the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (“SDN List”). The designations have come under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (“Kingpin […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://sanctionlaw.com/you-are-now-free-to-move-around-the-embargo-the-travel-exemption-under-ieepa/"></div>I’m not sure what’s been going on lately, but we have been getting a lot of questions about whether sanctions preclude travel to countries subject to U.S. economic sanctions administered by the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”). In particular there have been a number of questions about traveling […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://sanctionlaw.com/ofac-designates-aircraft-belonging-to-iran-air-mahan-air-and-yas-air/"></div>A few days ago, the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced a series of designations to their Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (SDN) List under Executive Order (E.O) 13382 and the Non-Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction Sanctions Regulations (NPWMDSR) and the Syria Sanctions program. As is […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_