Erich Ferrari October 20, 2016 Seventh Circuit Makes Quick Work of Defendant’s “Willfulness” Jury Instruction in US v. Turner Anyone that knows me can tell you that I get really disappointed by the way courts have handled the definition…
Erich Ferrari September 20, 2016 Kingpin Act Reporting Requirements: Quarterly or Annual? This post is primarily directed to the members of the criminal defense bar that may be representing defendants who have…
Erich Ferrari September 17, 2016 Flower Power: Does OFAC’s Recent Enforcement Announcement Highlight Common Misunderstanding? This week, the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) announced that it had settled…
Erich Ferrari August 1, 2016 PIJIC Blocked, But Not Identified As subscribers to the paid portion of SanctionLaw already know, we’ve obtained a lot of information pursuant to Freedom of…
Erich Ferrari July 27, 2016 Government Gets Critical Ruling in Iran Sanctions Criminal Case When the United States Government wants to criminally prosecute someone for a violation of the Iran primary trade embargo–the Iranian…
Erich Ferrari June 22, 2016 Three Tips for Responding to OFAC Administrative Subpoenas It’s been a long time since I’ve written a “how to” piece on SanctionLaw–or anywhere else for that matter. However,…
Erich Ferrari June 14, 2016 The Duality of SDN Designations…..You Know the OFAC Thing If you’re on the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control’s (OFAC) email subscription list, then…
Erich Ferrari May 5, 2016 Oh No, Is OFAC Going After Attorneys??? Last week I was speaking with a friend of mine who serves as inside counsel on sanctions at a major…
Erich Ferrari February 19, 2016 Paradoxes of the JCPOA Sanctions Relief It’s only been a few weeks since the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”)…
Erich Ferrari January 13, 2016 Shipping to Afghanistan? How is your OFAC Compliance Program Looking? Over the past year or so, we've seen the United States Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control…