Fallout From New OFAC SDN Designation May Uncover Details on Syria-ISIS Oil Trade Theory
Last week, the United States Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") designated four individuals and six…
Unless You’re the Former Attorney General, Don’t Try This at Home: An Unusual OFAC License is Granted
I came across an interesting opinion from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia the other day…
How Should Foreign Financial Institutions Treat Executive Order 13608 Designees
Sometimes forgotten in the long and growing list of Executive Orders directing sanctions to be imposed against various alleged bad…
OFAC Designations as Strategic Communications
Last week the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan…
Syria Sanctions Having an Impact Despite Numerous General License
Reports are coming out today that a year after the imposition of broad economic sanctions on Syria, consumer prices are…
U.S. Sanctions Week: August 1-8 2012
Last Wednesday, I stepped into a courtroom to handle a very short trial. When I came out of the daze…
OFAC Provides More Clarity on Syria Sanctions
Yesterday, the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) issued further guidance concerning a few…
The Foreign Sanctions Evaders Sanctions a/k/a “The President and OFAC Are Not Messing Around” Sanctions
I didn’t see this coming at all, but yesterday President Obama signed an executive order which will prohibit certain activities…
OFAC Follows the Lead of the Department of Commerce; Issues Syria General License 4A
Today the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued Syria General License 4A. This…
Syrian Sanctions Hurting Ordinary Citizens and Syrian-Americans
There have been a number of recent news articles describing the impact sanctions against Syria are having both on ordinary…