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Three Tips for Responding to OFAC Administrative Subpoenas

<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://sanctionlaw.com/three-tips-for-responding-to-ofac-administrative-subpoenas/"></div>It’s been a long time since I’ve written a “how to” piece on SanctionLaw–or anywhere else for that matter. However, having just filed a response to an administrative subpoena issued by the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), I’m feeling nostalgic. In my practice I often find that many […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below

The Duality of SDN Designations…..You Know the OFAC Thing

<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://sanctionlaw.com/ofac_designations_delisting/"></div>If you’re on the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control’s (OFAC) email subscription list, then you’ve probably seen all of the recent general licenses that have been issued authorizing certain transactions with parties that are otherwise blocked in Panama as a result of the designation of the Waked Money Laundering […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings

Oh No, Is OFAC Going After Attorneys???

<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://sanctionlaw.com/oh-no-is-ofac-going-after-attorneys/"></div>Last week I was speaking with a friend of mine who serves as inside counsel on sanctions at a major multi-national company. He expressed his concern over recent guidance from the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) concerning prohibited facilitation (See 31 C.F.R. §560.208) by U.S. counsel providing advice […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on

OFAC Targets UK Businesses, Businessmen for Support to Mahan Air

<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://sanctionlaw.com/ofac-targets-uk-businesses-businessmen-for-support-to-mahan-air/"></div>Lost in the all of the excitement last week over General License I issued by the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) was the fact that there were a number of designations targeting parties under Executive Order 13382 for alleged ties to Iran’s ballistic missile program, and under Executive […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_

And Still Undefeated Heavyweight Champion of the World….. OFAC K.O.’s

<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://sanctionlaw.com/and-still-undefeated-heavyweight-champion-of-the-world-ofac-k-o-s-epsilon-lawsuit/"></div>My apologies for the title, I just finished watching Creed. Yesterday, the Honorable Reggie B. Walton of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia issued a Memorandum Opinion granting the defendant, The United States Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC")...<!-- AddThis

Paradoxes of the JCPOA Sanctions Relief

<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://sanctionlaw.com/paradoxes-of-the-jcpoa-sanctions-relief/"></div>It’s only been a few weeks since the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) published their Guidance Relating to the Lifting of Certain Sanctions Pursuant to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on Implementation Day, Frequently Asked Questions Relating to the Lifting of Certain U.S. Sanctions Under the Joint […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter

OFAC General License H: The H is for Hold Your

<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://sanctionlaw.com/ofac-general-license-h-the-h-is-for-hold-your-horses/"></div>Unless you've been living under a rock since last Friday, you have probably heard that Implementation Day--the day in which the sanctions relief promised under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action reached between Iran and P5+1 last summer begins to come into effect-occurred over the weekend. <!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic

Shipping to Afghanistan? How is your OFAC Compliance Program Looking?

<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://sanctionlaw.com/shipping-to-afghanistan-how-is-your-ofac-compliance-program-looking/"></div>Over the past year or so, we've seen the United States Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") issue an increasing number of OFAC administrative subpoenas to shippers and freight forwarders related to shipments to Afghanistan. But why? Aside from those parties designated pursuant...<!--

Because OFAC Says So

<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://sanctionlaw.com/because-ofac-says-so/"></div>There is a perception common amongst those practicing in the field of U.S. economic sanctions, that the United States Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC")--the primary agency responsible for administrating and enforcing U.S. sanctions--can do whatever it wants<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings

For Whom OFAC Tolls

<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://sanctionlaw.com/for-whom-ofac-tolls/"></div>As almost all people reading this blog know, the United States Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) enforces violations of U.S. economic sanctions. And as many people reading this blog know, the hallmark of any OFAC investigation is the administrative subpoena. <!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic

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