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Iran sanctions enforcement not keeping pace with rhetoric

  • Chadbourne & Parke LLP
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  • Iran, USA
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  • April 11 2013

A critical look at the US record of enforcement of sanctions against Iran reveals that prosecutions and penalties are not keeping pace with

Office of Foreign Assets Control issues final rule implementing National Defense Authorization Act sanctions on Iran

  • Alston & Bird LLP
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  • Iran, USA
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  • February 27 2012

Effective February 27, 2012, the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued a final rule (the “Rule”) implementing Section 1245(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (NDAA), which requires the imposition of sanctions on the Central Bank of Iran and designated Iranian financial institutions

US issues new executive order authorizing additional Iran sanctions and sanctions new entities pursuant to CISADA; Congress approves new Iran sanctions legislation

  • White & Case LLP
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  • Iran, USA
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  • August 3 2012

On July 31, 2012, President Obama issued Executive Order 13622 (the “Order”) to strengthen the Iran sanctions framework by further targeting Iran’s oil and petrochemical sectors as well as its shipping trade

Standard Chartered Bank accused of prohibited dealings with Iran

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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  • Iran, USA
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  • August 9 2012

Standard Chartered Bank (SCB), a wholly owned subsidiary of Standard Chartered plc, a British bank, faces the possible loss of its New York banking license following accusations by the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) that the bank hid 60,000 transactions involving Iran over the course of almost a decade

Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • Iran, USA
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  • July 1 2010

The Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (CISADA or "the Bill") was passed by Congress on June 24, 2010, with a vote of 99-0 in the Senate and 408-8 in the House of Representatives

U.S. Congress enacts additional sanctions targeting Iran

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Iran, USA
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  • January 31 2013

On January 2, 2013, President Obama signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013, which includes the “Iran Freedom and

New Iran Threat Reduction and Syria human rights disclosure requirements become effective

  • Ropes & Gray LLP
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  • Iran, Syria, USA
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  • March 22 2013

Effective with reports required to be filed on or after February 6, 2013, registered investment companies (including open- and closed-end funds as

EU expanded sanctions against Iran and Belarus, and conclusions in relation to Libya and Syria, update on U.S. sanctions on Iran

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • Belarus, European Union, Iran, Libya, Syria, USA
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  • October 12 2011

Today, the EU has added 29 persons to the list of those targeted by an asset freeze and a visa ban because of their involvement in human rights violations in Iran

Companies doing business with Iran and other US-sanctioned countries face expanding risks of government investigations and enforcement

  • Latham & Watkins LLP
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  • Iran, USA
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  • March 12 2010

For decades, the US Government has maintained broad trade and economic sanctions designed to isolate and penalize certain governments, entities and individuals

Lloyd's Market drafts exclusion to ensure compliance with Iran sanctions

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • Iran, USA
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  • August 23 2010

As previously reported in this blog, President Obama signed into law the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability and Divestment Act of 2010 (the "Iran Sanctions Act") in July, following the less stringent sanctions passed earlier by the U.N