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…
Cuban Cigars Makers Stand Up in USPTO Ruling
Last month the Trade Trial Appeal Board (TTAB) of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) rejected a motion…
The Cuba Telecommunications General License
Unbeknownst to a large number of U.S. businesses entering into the burgeoning telecommunications space is that it may be very…
New OFAC Cuba Guidelines Encourage Private Business
As I wrote last week, The United States Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has been…
OFAC Issues Updated Guidance on Cuba Travel Requirements
Although on the website of the United States Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) for sometime,…
OFAC’s Cuba Sanctions Program Continues to Become Less Restrictive
Last Friday the United States Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced changes to the Cuban…
OFAC Updates Cuba Authorized Travel Services Providers List…….Again
It feels like it’s becoming a monthly occurrence, but the United States Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets…
Bienvenidos a Election Season: Cuba Sanctions May Play a Role in California Gubernatorial Race
California State Attorney General Jerry Brown is currently facing a scandal over alleged prohibited trips taken to Cuba in 2000.…
OFAC Continues To Authorize More Cuba Service Providers
The United States Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) has approved 42 new travel and remittance…