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Iranian sanctions update: enforcement jurisdiction of Office of Foreign Assets Control and status of pending Iran sanctions legislation

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • Iran, USA
  • -
  • May 22 2012

This client advisory summarizes two recent developments concerning the ever-changing picture of U.S. sanctions on Iran: a recent penalty case issued by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), which appears to break new jurisdictional grounds and the status of significant new sanctions legislation currently pending in Congress

Senate commerce committee holds privacy hearing

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 9 2012

Today the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a hearing entitled “The Need for Privacy Protections: Perspectives from the Administration and the Federal Trade Commission”

President issues two new Executive Orders tightening sanctions on Iran and Syria

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • Iran, Syria, USA
  • -
  • May 3 2012

President Obama has issued two new Executive Orders that impose significant new extraterritorial sanctions on persons who do business with Iran or Syria

Congress readies additional Iran sanctions that would close the foreign subsidiary loophole

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • Iran, USA
  • -
  • February 21 2012

On February 13, 2012, the Senate Banking Committee placed on the Senate legislative calendar the “Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Human Rights Act of 2012” (S. 2101) (the “Bill”), which it had approved on February 2, 2012

United States freezes government of Iran assets; chart summarizing recent U.S. sanctions on Iran

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • Iran, USA
  • -
  • February 15 2012

United States Freezes Government of Iran Assets; Chart Summarizing Recent U.S. Sanctions on Iran Effective February 6, 2012, the Obama Administration issued Executive Order No. 13599 (“E.O. 13599”), which requires United States persons to block all property and property interests of the government of Iran and all Iranian financial institutions (including, specifically, the Central Bank of Iran) that is subject to U.S. jurisdiction

DDTC publishes long-awaited proposed revisions to ITAR Part 129 regarding “brokers” of defense articles and services

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 27 2011

On December 19, 2011, the Department of State’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) published in the Federal Register ( its proposed revisions to the brokering regulations set forth in Part 129 of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR

Congress finalizes new sanctions legislation aimed at foreign banks over Iran trade

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • Iran, USA
  • -
  • December 16 2011

On December 15, 2011, the United States Congress approved the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (H.R. 1540) (the “Act”), which contains, at Section 1245, new sanctions on Iran that potentially could bar a wide variety of nonU.S. financial institutions from access to the U.S. banking system

Obama administration imposes new round of sanctions on Iran

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • Iran, USA
  • -
  • November 22 2011

On November 21, 2011, the Obama Administration released a package of new sanctions on Iran

CBP offers opportunity to comment on expanding the use of transaction value for sales subject to post-importation adjustments

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 4 2011

On September 23, 2011, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) posted to its website a request for advance public comments about a proposed revocation of CBP’s ruling HQ 547654 (Nov. 8, 2001

The USML-to-CCL rule: export control reform takes shape

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 28 2011

On July 15, in advance of its 2011 update conference and amid creeping skepticism of export control reform’s chances of success, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security, issued an important proposed rule explaining how BIS intends to classify and control items that no longer warrant listing on the United States Munitions List

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