Clif Burns

Clif Burns

Goof of the Day

This “Correction and Amplification” appearing in today’s Wall Street Journal and relating to this article is emblematic of the declining standards at the once venerable newspaper. A front-page article Tuesday on the issue of Iranian influence in Iraq incorrectly reported…

Well, That Didn’t Take Long, Did It?

Only a few nanoseconds after JPMorgan Chase Bank agreed to pay $88.3 million dollars to the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) to settle charges that the bank violated the agency’s sanctions on Cuba, Iran and other countries, the Louisiana…

Annoying OFAC Can Be Costly

By now you’ve probably read the JPMorgan Chase Bank (“JPMC”) agreed to pay to the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) the whopping amount of $88.3 million to settle charges that it violated just about every sanctions program on OFAC’s…