Brian Egan
Steptoe & Johnson LLP
Articles
OFAC’s New Afghanistan-Related Humanitarian Licenses: Opportunities and Challenges
Afghanistan, USA - September 28 2021 On September 24, 2021, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued General License 14 (GL-14) and General…
Ali Burney, Jack R. Hayes, Peter Edward Jeydel, Edward J. Krauland, Meredith Rathbone, Nicholas Turner
Biden Administration Revokes TikTok and WeChat Executive Orders, Revises Framework on Security Threats from Foreign Apps
USA - June 10 2021 On June 9, 2021, the White House issued a new Executive Order (EO) that revokes three Executive Orders issued in 2020 and early 2021 that were aimed…
Ed Krauland, Meredith Rathbone, David M. Stetson, Nicholas Turner, Wendy Wysong
White House Issues Amended Executive Order on Chinese Military-Industrial Securities
China, USA - June 4 2021 On June 3, 2021, the White House issued an Executive Order (EO) amending EO 13959 of November 12, 2020, which imposed restrictions on US persons…
Ed Krauland, Ali Burney, Meredith Rathbone, David M. Stetson, Nicholas Turner, Wendy Wysong
OFAC Extends General License for “Close Name Matches” under Executive Order 13959 as Biden Administration Reviews Communist Chinese Military Company Sanctions
USA - May 20 2021 On March 18, 2021, the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued an updated General License under Executive Order (EO)…
Richard J. Battaglia, Christopher Forsgren, Jack R. Hayes, Edward J. Krauland, Nicholas Turner, Wendy Wysong, Bo Yue
OFAC Reactivates Sanctions against Belarussian Companies and Provides 45-day Wind Down Period
Belarus, USA - April 20 2021 On April 19, 2021, OFAC effectively reactivated longstanding sanctions against nine Belarussian companies and their subsidiaries, revoking a general…
