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First set of Final Rules make Export Control Reform an imminent reality; initial USML and CCL revisions affect aircraft and associated equipment

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 29 2013

On October 15, 2013, the first of many Final Rules required to advance the Obama Administration’s Export Control Reform (ECR) initiative will take

Office of Foreign Assets Control amends its Iranian transactions and sanctions regulations to authorize wind-down transactions and extension of section 218 deadline under Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • Iran, Syria, USA
  • -
  • December 28 2012

On December 26, 2012, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued its long-anticipated "guidance" on Section 218 of the Iran Threat Reduction and

Congress passes new legislation tightening sanctions on Iran

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 21 2012

On December 19, 2012, House and Senate conferees reached agreement on the final language of the Menendez Amendment (SA 3232) (the "Amendment") to the

SEC clarifies reporting requirements for certain activities relating to Iran and specially designated nationals; DOD, GSA and NASA issue interim procurement rule to implement Iranian sanctions

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 20 2012

On August 10, 2012, President Obama signed the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (the “Act”), which includes a wide array of amendments to the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (ISA), the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability and Divestment Act of 2010 (CISADA), and other measures designed to prohibit transactions with Iran and persons or entities listed on the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control’s Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDNs

New sanctions legislation mandates public disclosure and investigation of certain activities involving Iran, SDNs

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • Iran, USA
  • -
  • November 19 2012

On August 10, 2012, President Obama signed the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (the “Act”), which includes a wide array of amendments to the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (ISA), the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability and Divestment Act of 2010 (CISADA) and other measures designed to prohibit transactions with Iran and persons or entities listed on the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control’s Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDNs

2012 post-election advisory

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

On January 2, 2013, $1.2 trillion in automatic, across-the-board spending cuts to defense and domestic programsknown as “sequestration”are set to begin as mandated by the Budget Control Act of 2011

OFAC issues final rule implementing “Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations” including prohibitions now applicable to U.S. persons and their controlled foreign subsidiaries and new general licenses for medicine and medical supplies

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • Iran, USA
  • -
  • October 25 2012

On October 22, 2012, OFAC published a final rule that amends substantial portions of the Iranian Transactions Regulations (31 CFR Part 560) (ITR) and renames those regulations the “Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations” (ITSR

Urgent: President issues executive order implementing Section 218 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 eliminating immediately the “foreign subsidiary loophole” to u.s. iran sanctions

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • Iran, Syria, USA
  • -
  • October 10 2012

On October 9, 2012, the President issued an Executive Order implementing a number of provisions under various Iran-related statutes, including Section 218 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012, which for the first time applies Office of Foreign Assets Control Iran sanctions to U.S.-controlled offshore subsidiaries

Congress finalizes further Iran sanctions legislation; Obama administration issues new Iran executive order and designations

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • Iran, USA
  • -
  • August 1 2012

On July 30, 2012, House and Senate conferees reached agreement on the final language of a new package of sanctions on Iran, the “Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (the “Act”

Obama Administration eases sanctions on Burma (Myanmar)

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • Myanmar, USA
  • -
  • July 12 2012

On July 11, 2012, the White House issued a triad of regulatory steps consisting of two General Licenses and an Executive Order that, taken together, liberalize current U.S. sanctions on Burma in several important respects, effective as of their issuance

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