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New legislation would expand Iran Sanctions Act of 1996

  • Alston & Bird LLP
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  • Iran, Libya, USA
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  • March 22 2007

The House Foreign Affairs Committee approved a bill in mid-February that would expand the Iran and Libya Sanctions Act of 1996 by extending sanctions to a broader range of companies

The United States imposes economic sanctions on Qadhafi and the government of Libya

  • Alston & Bird LLP
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  • Libya, USA
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  • February 28 2011

On Friday, February 25, 2011, President Obama signed an Executive Order blocking property and prohibiting certain transactions relating to Libya, including some transactions previously licensed by the Department of State

United States imposes new economic sanctions against Libya

  • Sidley Austin LLP
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  • Libya, USA
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  • February 28 2011

In response to the growing violence in Libya, the U.S. imposed economic sanctions against Libya on Friday, February 25, 2011

New sanctions against Libya

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • Global, Libya, USA
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  • March 1 2011

In light of the recent events in Libya, the UN Security Council and various governments including the United States, the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom have imposed new sanctions

United States imposes sanctions on Qadhafi family and the Libyan government and its entities

  • Holland & Knight LLP
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  • Global, Libya, USA
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  • March 1 2011

On the evening of February 25, 2011, President Obama issued an Executive Order requiring U.S. persons (e.g., U.S. banks, companies and individual citizens) to block the assets of Muammar Qadhafi and four of his family members

U.S., U.N. impose sanctions on Libya and Qadhafi Family

  • Greenberg Traurig LLP
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  • Libya, USA
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  • February 28 2011

On February 25, the Obama administration imposed economic sanctions on the Qadhafi regime, freezing the assets of the Libyan government, as well as the personal assets of Muammar Qadhafi and his family

Obama bans transactions with Libyan government and its controlled entities

  • Venable LLP
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  • Global, Libya, USA
  • -
  • March 2 2011

The noose on conducting commercial transactions with Libya is tightening as a result of actions taken by President Obama this past Friday, February 25, followed soon thereafter by similar actions taken by the United Nations ("U.N.") and the European Union ("E.U."

President Obama imposes sanctions on Libya

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • Libya, USA
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  • March 2 2011

In response to country-wide turmoil and civil unrest and growing reports of deadly attacks by the Libyan government upon protesters, on February 25, 2011, President Barack Obama by Executive Order imposed broad economic sanctions against Muammar Qadhafi and his sons, senior officials of the Libyan government, persons involved in human rights abuses in Libya, persons providing financial or other support to Colonel Qadhafi, his family, the Libyan government or those violating human rights, persons owned or controlled by or acting on behalf of any of such persons and the families of any of such persons ("Blocked Libyan Person(s)"

OFAC issues guidance and General License No. 4 concerning investment funds involving entities or persons subject to US sanctions against Libya

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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  • Libya, USA
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  • April 12 2011

On April 8, 2011, the US Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), issued guidance and a General License No.4 regarding US sanctions against Libya

United States imposes new sanctions against Syria and licenses some trade in hydrocarbons exported from Libya

  • Sidley Austin LLP
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  • Libya, Syria, USA
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  • May 2 2011

In response to changing geopolitical conditions, the United States recently imposed additional sanctions against Syria and licensed certain transactions related to oil, gas and petroleum exported from Libya