Buzzfeed Doth Protest Too Much, Methinks
Last week, Buzzfeed published an expose describing how Reed Business Information (“RBI”), which publishes the widely used Banker’s Almanac,…
New OFAC Designations: One Meaningless, One Interesting
Yesterday, the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) announced the implementation of sanctions against…
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…
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…
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…
Even More Syria Clarifications
It’s no wonder everything is so delayed over at the Treasury Annex building these days, it seems that the The…
OFAC Issues Syria General Licenses 13 and 14
The trend of general licenses being issued by the United States Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control…
More Syrian General Licenses Issued
Last Friday, the United States Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued another series of general…
OFAC Targets Top Syrian Officials
Today the United States Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) designated three (3) Syrian Government Officials…