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Compliance Flash: OFAC Announces New Reporting Requirement for Financial Institutions Under the REPO for Ukrainians Act

The supplemental appropriations legislation signed into law on April 24, 2024 enacted numerous high-profile provisions addressing aspects of U.S. foreign policy and national security, including provisions that broaden and...more

OFAC Issues New Wave of Russia Sanctions Expanding Secondary Sanctions Risk for Foreign Financial Institutions

On June 12, 2024, the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), in coordination with the U.S. Department of State, announced a new wave of Russia sanctions that significantly expand...more

Full Steam Ahead on Russia Sanctions

2024 has already been a busy year for sanctions on Russia, with the implementation of new sanctions and intensifying enforcement of existing sanctions authorities, with no signs of slowing down....more

OFAC Announces New Price Cap Sanctions and Publishes Coalition Enforcement Alert

On February 8, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced the imposition of sanctions against a network of foreign entities and a vessel involved in an asserted price cap...more

OFAC Sanctions UAE-Based Shipping Company and Eighteen of its Vessels in Connection with Violations of the Russian Price Cap...

On January 18, 2024, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced the imposition of sanctions against a United Arab Emirates-based shipping company, Hennesea Holdings Limited (“Hennesea”)...more

“Quint-Seal” Compliance Note Highlights Intensifying U.S. Government Enforcement of Sanctions and Export Control Laws in the...

On December 12, 2023, the Department of Justice (DOJ), Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Department of Homeland Security’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Department of State’s...more

OFAC Sanctions Three Vessels and their Designated Owners for Violations of the Russian Price Cap Policy

On December 1, 2023, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets control (OFAC) announced the imposition of sanctions on three entities and identified as blocked property three vessels that used Price Cap...more

CEO of Publicly Traded Health Care Company Charged with Insider Trading For Misusing Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plans

On March 1, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) unsealed an indictment charging Terren S. Peizer, the CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ontrak Inc., a publicly traded health care company, with engaging in...more

OFAC Expands Russia Sanctions and Issues New General Licenses

On February 24, 2023, the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) announced the imposition of additional sanctions targeting multiple...more

Importance of Timely Sanctions Screening and Due Diligence

The United States sanctions regime is a complex and ever-changing regulatory space. The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) maintains sanctions lists which are updated in real-time—not on...more

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