Erich Ferrari December 28, 2014 OFAC Targets Alleged Supplier to the Sinaloa Cartel Earlier this week, the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) announced the designation of…
Samuel Cutler December 25, 2014 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…
Erich Ferrari November 26, 2014 A Family Affair: OFAC SDN Designations And Familial Relationships As an attorney who represents parties seeking to be delisted from the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of…
Samuel Cutler November 16, 2014 Mo’ Yanni, Mo’ Problems According to the BBC, Greek pianist Yanni (yes that Yanni) is scheduled to perform shows in Tehran and vacation destination…
Erich Ferrari November 12, 2014 U.S. Persons Assisting Iran’s Tech Startup Community: OFAC Or NOFAC? Over the last several months there has been a lot of buzz around Iran’s technology start-up community and their potential…
Erich Ferrari November 6, 2014 OFAC’s Not Always To Blame (Or Credit) As we enter the final days of the existence of the Joint Plan of Action (“JPOA”)–the interim agreement between the…
Samuel Cutler November 6, 2014 Sanctions Are Hard: OFAC Corrects Their Own FAQ Mistake If sanctions were easy, we’d be out of a job and there would be no need for this blog. So…
Erich Ferrari October 17, 2014 Deutsche Forfait Is Delisted In An Unusual Way Yesterday, DF Deutsche Forfait AG (“Deutsche Forfait”), a German trade finance firm, issued a press release regarding their recent delisting…
Erich Ferrari June 5, 2013 A Sanction for (Almost) Every Reason: President Obama’s New Executive Order I suppose the President has gotten tired of Congress getting all of the attention when it comes to imposing new…
Erich Ferrari February 15, 2012 2nd Annual OFAC International Trade Symposium Wrap Up Yesterday, the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) held it’s second annual international trade…