You Are Now Free to Move Around the Embargo: The Travel Exemption Under IEEPA
I’m not sure what’s been going on lately, but we have been getting a lot of questions about whether sanctions…
The 800 lb. Gorilla in the Room: OFAC and Facilitation
There is one word that makes practitioners before the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control…
OFAC Issues Circular 2012, Provides More Guidance on Cuba TSP Program
The United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) is becoming more and more generous with…
OFAC and Cuba Travel: All Roads Still Run Through the Treasury Annex Building
I frequently get calls regarding Cuba sanctions administered by the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets…
OFAC Updates Cuba Guidelines on Licensing for Cuba Travel for Educational Activities
On Friday the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) updated its Comprehensive Guidelines for…
Advertising for OFAC Licensed Travel to Cuba
Ok, so you or your company has obtained a license to facilitate travel arrangements to Cuba for people to people…
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…
Cuba People to People Exchanges Begin This Week
This week “people-to-people” trips to Cuba, banned since 2003, will resume pursuant to changes in the Cuba sanctions program made…
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…
Cuba Travel Service Providers: What OFAC Needs From You
Due to a recent influx of calls on the subject and what seems to be a general sense of confusion…