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Category : Erich Ferrari
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://sanctionlaw.com/having-your-cake-and-eating-too-the-fokker-iran-sanctions-saga/"></div>Last week, the parties in U.S. v. Fokker Services, B.V. filed their appeals of the United States District Court’s February 5, 2015 Order denying the parties’ joint consent motion to exclude time under the Speedy Trial Act pursuant to a deferred prosecution agreement. Readers of this blog will know that the judge presiding over the […]<!-- 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/its-2015-do-you-know-where-your-understanding-of-russia-sectoral-sanctions-is-at/"></div>Last spring, when the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) announced that the President had issued Executive Order 13662 under the Ukraine-Related Sanctions program (sometimes called Russia sanctions) and that there were a new type of sanctions known as Sectoral Sanctions, a lot practitioners, compliance personnel, and those who […]<!-- 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/u-s-to-offer-renewed-car-audio-trade-in-exchange-for-iranian-concessions-on-nuclear-program-terrorist-financing/"></div>Yes, the title of this post is a joke. And no, you’re not reading a post from the Onion right now. This tongue in cheek moment was brought to you by a rereading of the Motion for Summary Judgment filed on behalf of the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control […]<!-- 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/watch-your-602-ofac-administrative-subpoenas-and-non-u-s-persons/"></div>If you have any experience dealing with OFAC, the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, you have probably heard of an OFAC Administrative Subpoena or the dreaded “602”. The reason an OFAC administrative subpoena is called a “602” is because OFAC’s authority to issue an administrative subpoena comes from 31 […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://sanctionlaw.com/ofac-stays-flexible-on-the-itsr-inventory-exception/"></div>Several months ago, I was sitting in the hallowed halls of Big Law Firm XYZ talking to a few of my fellow OFAC lawyers about the Epsilon Electronics (“Epsilon”) litigation pending in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. That case involves a challenge to an OFAC civil penalty for violations of […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_
<div class="at-above-post-cat-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://sanctionlaw.com/houston-we-have-a-problem-broad-iran-sanctions-criminal-indictment-misses-frequently/"></div>Before we get started, this post is in no way intended to slam Houston, TX or the United States Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of Texas. Quite the contrary, I love Houston. It was the location where I did my first trial (obtained a mistrial), and I found their prosecutors to be really top […]<!-- 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-finally-receives-a-challenge-to-an-enforcement-action-the-case-of-epsilon-electronics/"></div>Every few months we hear the news reports about the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control(“OFAC”) imposing heavy fines, or coming to massive settlements, for violations of the economic sanctions programs they administer. Typically, these are settlements of investigations that have been ongoing for years and for which the parties […]<!-- 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/the-new-sanctions-noone-is-talking-about-the-industrial-espionage-in-cyberspace-sanctions/"></div>On December 19, 2014, the President issued a new executive order imposing sanctions on the geographic region of the Crimea as part of the Ukraine-related sanctions program. Earlier that week, the President announced a policy change towards Cuba that will lead to major relaxation of Cuba sanctions. Pretty busy week for sanctions, right? You may […]<!-- 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/ofac-targets-alleged-supplier-to-the-sinaloa-cartel/"></div>Earlier this week, the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) announced the designation of four individuals under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (“Kingpin Act”). The four individuals targeted–Cesar Gastelum Serrano, Alfredo Gastelum Serrano, Jaime Gastelum Serrano, and Guadalupe Candelario Gastelum Serrano–are alleged to be involved in the trafficking […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter