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Shipping insurer settles with OFAC under Iranian, Cuban and Sudanese sanctions

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • Cuba, Iran, Sudan, USA
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  • May 15 2013

On May 9, 2013, the Office of Foreign Asset Control ("OFAC") announced a settlement with the American Steamship Owners Mutual Protection and

Federal Appeals Court deals blow to Florida’s so-called “Cuba amendment”

  • Duane Morris LLP
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  • Cuba, USA
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  • May 9 2013

The case involves a Florida law, known as the "Cuba Amendment," 2002 Fla. Laws 196, 2, that broadly prohibits any company that does business in

OFAC gets hot, bothered on Iran and Cuba: how economic sanctions work today

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
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  • Cuba, Iran, USA
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  • May 7 2013

People who practice U.S. economic sanctions law like to talk about how sanctions are policy-oriented, or an engine of U.S. foreign policy. Whereas

U.S. may be considering dropping Cuba from terrorist country list

  • Bryan Cave LLP
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  • Cuba, USA
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  • February 21 2013

It appears that the Department of State may be considering removing Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism. The immediate impact of this

Virginia on cutting edge of Cuba agriculture exports

  • Akerman Senterfitt
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  • Cuba, USA
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  • February 7 2013

Farm products are the one major category of exports that are largely exempt from the U.S. embargo. In fact, total agriculture exports, which began in

Analysis: White House cabinet changes

  • Akerman Senterfitt
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  • Cuba, USA
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  • February 7 2013

President Obama's selections of John Kerry as Secretary of State and Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense may impact Cuba policy decisions. Kerry and

Amendments to Cuban Assets Control Regulations

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
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  • Cuba, USA
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  • December 10 2012

On December 3rd, the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control published amendments to the Cuban Assets Control Regulations to authorize the processing of funds transfers for the operating expenses or other official business of third-country diplomatic or consular missions in Cuba

Webcast - 2012 mid-year OFAC update

  • Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
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  • Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Iran, Ivory Coast, Myanmar, Sudan, Syria, USA, Yemen
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  • July 10 2012

This webcast briefing provides an update on the developments during first six months of 2012 with respect to the United States economic and trade sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") within the United States Department of the Treasury, with particular emphasis on recent developments and emerging issues that affect in-house counsel, compliance personnel, directors and senior executives

Historic civil penalties in U.S. sanctions case offer a warning to companies involved in international trade

  • Locke Lord LLP
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  • Cuba, USA
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  • June 14 2012

The U.S. Department of Treasury’s recent settlement agreement with Dutch-based ING Bank, N.V. (“ING”) wherein ING agreed to pay $619 million in civil penalties for its role in alleged violations of U.S. sanctions is the largest Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) settlement of any kind in history

State of Florida bans companies that do business with Cuba from government contracts

  • King & Spalding LLP
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  • Cuba, Syria, USA
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  • May 8 2012

In an interesting mix of economics, politics, and foreign policy, Republican Governor Rick Scott recently signed into law a bill that prohibits the State of Florida from entering into contracts with companies that do business with Cuba or Syria