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

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • Cuba, Iran, Sudan, USA
  • -
  • 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

OFAC eases restrictions on transactions in Libya

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • Libya, USA
  • -
  • November 18 2011

In September, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (the “OFAC”), part of the United States Treasury Department, eased restrictions on trade with Libya through two revised general licenses that were published under the Libyan sanctions program

New search tool available for checking the names of specially designated nationals and blocked persons subject to U.S. sanctions

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 14 2013

The Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") of the U.S. Department of the Treasury recently launched a new version of SDN Search, the search tool

U.S. export laws and related trade sanctions

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 25 2012

Most U.S. companies are aware at least generally that U.S. export laws regulate activities such as the shipment of tangible products out of the country and that certain countries are subject to strict economic sanctions

Insurance of ships using bunker oil produced from Iranian crude may not violate sanctions

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • European Union, Iran, USA
  • -
  • February 4 2013

On January 29, 2013, the International Group of P&I Clubs (IGP&IC) released Frequently Asked Questions relating to Council Regulation (EU) No

Congress approves trade pacts with Columbia, Korea and Panama

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • Colombia, Panama, South Korea, USA
  • -
  • October 20 2011

Congress voted for three long-stalled trade deals with Colombia, Panama and South Korea on Wednesday

Nature’s Sunshine Products, Inc., ("NSP") and two of NSP's officers settle FCPA enforcement action

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 17 2009

On July 31, 2009, the SEC filed a civil enforcement action against NSP, NSP’s CEO Douglas Faggioli, and NSP’s former CFO, Craig D. Huff, arising out of alleged bribes that NSP made to Brazilian customs officials in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

CA insurance commissioner improperly restricted insurers with Iran investments

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 19 2010

California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner took the initiative in 2009 to compel insurance companies doing business in his state to limit their investments in companies that do business with the nuclear, energy and defense sectors of the Iranian economy

Recent government enforcement actions regarding the Iranian embargo highlights the hidden risks of international trade

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • Iran, USA
  • -
  • March 18 2011

A criminal indictment recently unsealed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia against an Iranian businessman who allegedly conspired to violate the U.S. embargo of Iran by funneling U.S.-origin goods to Iran through front companies in Turkey, highlights one of the biggest risks faced by U.S. exporters: You never know where your goods or technology will end up

Section 271(e)(1) safe harbor applies to cases on imported products made by patented processes

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 13 2008

After a patentee appealed the decision of the International Trade Commission (ITC), the Federal Circuit held that the ITC properly applied the infringement safe harbor under 35 U.S.C. 271(e)(1) in a proceeding against the allegedly unlawful importation of products made by a patented process

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