ABOVE: Igor Sechint Yesterday the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) announced that it was fining ExxonMobil $2 million in connection with contracts signed by ExxonMobil with Rosneft in violation of the Ukraine Related Sanctions Regulations. The basis for the…
On June 20, a federal jury awarded a $60 million damage verdict against mammoth credit reporting agency Transunion arising from the company’s misuse of the Office of Foreign Assets Control’s List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (the “SDN…
I love Delaware. I’ve spent many days on the Delaware beaches. Even so, recent legislation proposed in the Delaware House deserves ridicule and I’m willing to do that, even if that means I’m banned from ever having another slice of…
The Office of Foreign Assets Control today issued FAQs on the process whereby OFAC removes people from its List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons. Sadly, the answers to those FAQs don’t really tell the whole story. You might…
ABOVE: Kassim Tajideen Prosecutors love to add cute little nicknames to indictments. In their view, United States v. John Jones aka Vicious Johnny the Kneecapper sounds much, much better than plain old vanilla United States v. John Jones. So,…