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Recent sanctions developments concerning Myanmar (Burma), North Korea, Syria and Libya

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • European Union, Libya, Myanmar, North Korea, Syria
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  • April 26 2013

European Union (“EU“) foreign ministers have voted to lift the majority of its restrictive measures against Myanmar (Burma). Despite its significant

EU lifts sanctions against BurmaMyanmar, eases measures against Syria and Libya, and tightens sanctions against North Korea

  • White & Case LLP
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  • European Union, Libya, Myanmar, North Korea, Syria
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  • April 24 2013

The EU has updated its sanctions measures against BurmaMyanmar, Syria, North Korea and Libya. For BurmaMyanmar, the Council has decided to lift all

Eased sanctions present new opportunities and risks

  • Foley & Lardner LLP
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  • Libya, Myanmar, USA, Yemen
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  • April 1 2013

The past two years have witnessed substantial changes in the scope and effect of U.S. economic sanctions. In most instances, such as Iran and Syria

Will the Arab Spring turn to economic summer?

  • Stephenson Harwood LLP
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  • Egypt, Libya, Tunisia
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  • October 10 2012

At the start of the year, The Economist Intelligence Unit predicted that Libya would grow faster than any other country in 2012 although since the September killing of the US Ambassador in Benghazi, security fears are once again to the fore

Study claims ocean acidification could lead to seafood shortages

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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  • Indonesia, Iran, Kuwait, Libya, Maldives, Singapore, United Arab Emirates
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  • October 5 2012

The advocacy group Oceana has released a study claiming that climate change induced acidification of oceans will have the most impact on 10 countries in Asia and Africa

Libyan American Oil Co. (“LIAMCO”) v. Libya, 17 I.L.M. 3 (1978), 4 Y.B. COM. ARB. 177 (1979)

  • King & Spalding LLP
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  • Libya
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  • October 3 2012

The LIAMCO case was one of a trio of arbitral decisions arising from Libya’s nationalization of its oil sector in 1973

OIC Investment Treaty investor protection in the Islamic world

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
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  • Libya, Middle East, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom
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  • September 28 2012

One of the key considerations when looking at overseas investment, particularly in the emerging markets, is the protection that the foreign investor will have from state expropriation of the investor’s assets and from other interference in the investment

Time machine used to export ammo to Libya

  • Bryan Cave LLP
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  • Libya, United Kingdom
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  • September 19 2012

Exports of defense articles to repressive Arab regimes by the United Kingdom have re-ignited a debate as to whether Parliament should have the right to approve certain defense or should I say “defence”? exports utilizing a process similar to the Congressional notification procedure required by the U.S. Arms Export Control Act

After the fall

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • Libya
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  • June 15 2012

Libya has long been a country of enormous, yet unrealised, potential

NLRB’s newest report scrutinizes social media policies and provides a sample lawful policy

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • Libya, USA
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  • June 13 2012

Acknowledging that “(e)mployee use of social media as it relates to the workplace continues to increase, raising various concerns by employers,” on 30 May 2012, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Acting General Counsel Lafe E. Solomon issued his third and latest report on social media cases