As we know, the recently enacted Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (ITRSHRA) expands the reach of the U.S. sanctions program and imposes new SEC disclosure requirements on issuers if they or their affiliates do business with Iran (although, their affiliates may not have violated U.S. law in any way, because… Continue Reading
Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke continued the administration’s push to boost U.S. exports 100% by 2015 in accordance with President Obama’s 3/11/10 executive order establishing the National Export Initiative (“NEI”). Last week, Secretary Locke addressed the 2010 International District Export Council (“DEC”) at a conference in Detroit, noting recent economic successes as a result of the NEI… Continue Reading
In recent years, the U.S. government has vigorously pursued financial institutions that knowingly violated sanctions targeting rogue regimes. Since January 2009, the Department of Justice and the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Controls (“OFAC”) have brought a series of actions against European banks for violating U.S. financial sanctions. Four banks have paid criminal penalties totaling… Continue Reading
It’s been more than several weeks since the Administration indicated that a decision on whether Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will be tried in a federal court or military commission was weeks away. Of course, this will be the second decision on the issue – Attorney General Eric Holder first announced that KSM and his 9/11 co-conspirators would… Continue Reading
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