Yesterday, my colleague George Murphy posted an analysis on the potential impact (or lack thereof) of the Russia/Ukraine sanctions on a series of concerts by U.S. artists such as Justin Timberlake at Hartwall Arena in Helsinki, Finland. The post noted…
Armed with over 30 million Twitter followers and a shelf-full of Grammy and Emmy awards, Justin Timberlake may be staring down U.S. sanctions better than Putin himself. Reuters reported last week that JT’s sold-out show next month at Helsinki’s Hartwall…
OFAC announced last week that it issued additional Frequently Asked Questions and respective answers relating to what remain of U.S. sanctions against Burma. None of the additional questions or answers is surprising or resolves an issue that is not otherwise answered…
About the only thing the current partisanly-split Congress can agree on is sanctions legislation: first Iran and now Russia. So the Ukraine Aid bill passed yesterday contains the obligatory sanctions provisions. The problem is, however, that even though both sides…
Last week, this blog reported that the effect of the Russia sanctions was, at least in certain instance, the imposition of sanctions on certain parties not named in the designation lists. This would occur due to OFAC’s rule that treats…