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Libya sanctions update

  • Dentons
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  • Libya, USA
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  • March 4 2011

Recent civil unrest in Libya and the ongoing conflict between the government of Colonel Muammar Qadhafi and protestors and opponents to his 42-year rule have generated a substantial international response from the United States, the United Nations, and the European Union

Obama bans transactions with Libyan government and its controlled entities

  • Venable LLP
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  • Global, Libya, USA
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  • March 2 2011

The noose on conducting commercial transactions with Libya is tightening as a result of actions taken by President Obama this past Friday, February 25, followed soon thereafter by similar actions taken by the United Nations ("U.N.") and the European Union ("E.U."

New sanctions against Libya

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • Global, Libya, USA
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  • March 1 2011

In light of the recent events in Libya, the UN Security Council and various governments including the United States, the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom have imposed new sanctions

United States imposes sanctions on Qadhafi family and the Libyan government and its entities

  • Holland & Knight LLP
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  • Global, Libya, USA
  • -
  • March 1 2011

On the evening of February 25, 2011, President Obama issued an Executive Order requiring U.S. persons (e.g., U.S. banks, companies and individual citizens) to block the assets of Muammar Qadhafi and four of his family members

US government freezes assets of Libyan government, including Muammar Qadhafi and members of his family

  • Arent Fox LLP
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  • Libya, USA
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  • February 28 2011

On February 25, 2011, citing the extreme measures taken by Colonel Muammar Qadhafi, his government and close allies to repress the rebellion in Libya and the risk that Qadhafi and allies would misappropriate Libyan state assets, President Obama issued an Executive Order that, among other things, blocks all transactions involving property or property interests of the following persons