New Amendments to the Cuban Assets Control Regulations
Today, the United States Department of the Treasury announced amendments to the Cuban Assets Controls Regulations (“CACR”) and the Export…
Anchors Away: OFAC Issues Cuba Travel Guidance, Authorizes Ferries
Practitioners are generally not shy about expressing their frustration with the opacity surrounding OFAC’s operations. Getting straight answers from the…
Parsing the New Cuba FAQs
Yesterday, OFAC issued an update to the Frequently Asked Questions (“FAQs”) on the Cuban Assets Control Regulations (“CACR”) and in…
Adios El Bloqueo? U.S. Announces Major Changes To Cuba Embargo
Last week, over five decades of U.S. sanctions policy came crashing down with the announcement that the Obama administration would…
99 Problems But OFAC Ain’t One
In April 2013, the words “Office of Foreign Assets Control” appeared on the E! News website. While initially this strange…