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OFAC issues new Iranian financial sanctions regulations

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • -
  • Iran, USA
  • -
  • August 26 2010

On August 16, 2010, the US Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), published as a final rule the Iran Financial Sanctions Regulations (IFSR), 75 Fed. Reg. 49,836, which impose new conditions and prohibitions targeting non-US financial institutions that conduct business or transactions with the Government of Iran (GOI

BAE Systems plc agreement raises ITAR Part 130 compliance issues for international defensearms trade

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 10 2010

As we previously described on February 22, 2010, BAE Systems plc ("BAES") of the United Kingdom entered into an agreement with the US Department of Justice ("DoJ") to plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to make false statements to the US Government

OFAC issues Libyan sanctions regulations (July 1, 2011)

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 1 2011

On July 1, 2011, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) published a final rule imposing sanctions against Libya

DDTC’s guidance on the final rule concerning dual and third country nationals

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 5 2011

On July 28, 2011, DDTC posted guidance on its website regarding the interpretation and implementation of the new exemption under 22 CFR 126.18 of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR

CBP indicates commitment to growing the number of Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism mutual recognition arrangements

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 7 2011

The Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) is a voluntary public-private supply chain security initiative

State Department sanctions three entities under Iran Sanctions Act, including first Chinese company

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • -
  • China, Iran, USA
  • -
  • January 17 2012

On January 12, 2012, the US State Department imposed sanctions on three foreign energy companies under the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 (ISA), as amended by the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act (CISADA), for their involvement in providing refined petroleum products to Iran

OFAC amends ITSR to implement ITRA and executive order 13622

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 7 2013

On December 26, 2012, the US Treasury Department, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued amendments to the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions

Standard Chartered Bank settles sanctions allegations with New York regulators

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 24 2012

On August 14, 2012, Standard Chartered Bank (SCB), a wholly owned subsidiary of Standard Chartered plc, a British Bank, announced that it had reached a $340 million settlement with the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS

OFAC authorizes all petroleum-related transactions with South Sudan, loosens restrictions on Sudan

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • -
  • Sudan, USA
  • -
  • December 19 2011

On December 8, 2011, the Office of Foreign Assets Control, US Department of the Treasury (OFAC) issued a final rule adding two new general licenses to the Sudanese Sanctions Regulations (SSR), 31 C.F.R. Part 538

BAE Systems settles civil charges of ITAR violations for $79 million

  • Steptoe & Johnson LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 24 2011

On May 16, 2011, BAE Systems plc (BAES UK), a multinational defense contractor headquartered in the United Kingdom, entered into a Consent Agreement (Agreement) with the US Department of State, Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC