Michael V. Dobson
Morrison & Foerster LLP
Articles
Digging Into DASKA: Key Takeaways from the Latest Russia Sanctions Bill
Russia, USA - February 20 2019 Last Wednesday, February 13, a bipartisan group of Senators sent Presidents Trump and Putin a Valentine's Eve present by reintroducing a revised…
Panagiotis C. Bayz, John P. Carlin, Marc-Alain Galeazzi, David A. Newman, John E. Smith
For Russia, Sanctions Are Coming
European Union, Germany, Russia, USA - June 3 2019 Back in February, we told you about the Defending American Security from Kremlin Aggression Act, or “DASKA,” a bipartisan effort to impose new…
Saqib Alam, Panagiotis C. Bayz, John P. Carlin, Felix Helmstädter, David A. Newman, Kristofer G. Readling, John E. Smith, Jennifer S. Talbert
Back to the Future: Helms-Burton Versus the Blocking Statutes. Who Will Prevail?
Cuba, European Union, USA - August 20 2019 Nearly a quarter century after its passage, the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (Libertad) Act of 1996 - commonly known as Helms-Burton…
Saqib Alam, John P. Carlin, Felix Helmstädter, David A. Newman, Kristofer G. Readling, John E. Smith, Nicholas J. Spiliotes, Jennifer S. Talbert
OFAC Has Been Talking About Compliance Through Enforcement
USA - February 5 2019 Last Thursday, January 31, the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued its first enforcement action of 2019, a…
Panagiotis C. Bayz, John P. Carlin, John E. Smith, Nicholas J. Spiliotes
INSTEX and Europe’s “Legitimate Trade” with Iran
European Union, Iran, USA - February 21 2019 Three weeks ago, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom (the “E3”) created INSTEX SAS (Instrument for Supporting Trade Exchanges, INSTEX), an entity…
Shruti Chandhok, Felix Helmstädter, Kevin Roberts, John E. Smith
