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
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
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
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
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
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
On February 22, 2023, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) released a new voluntary self-disclosure (“VSD”) policy (available here) that applies to all United States Attorney’s Offices (“USAO”). The policy details the...more
As noted in our prior alerts (concerning OFAC’s September 9, 2022 preliminary guidance, an October 31, 2022 follow-on FAQ clarifying the applicability of the price cap policy, and the December 5, 2022 effective date of the...more
On December 20, 2022, the Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) announced that it was amending its regulations in multiple sanctions programs to reflect that the property and interests in property...more