My dog Maisie shamelessly plugging the historic Cubs victory in the 2016 World Series This blog previously reported on the recent changes to the encryption rules. One less-than-carefully drafted provision in those amendments has been causing some confusion relating…
Last week, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) issued guidance which expands the scope of the various general licenses, embodied in its rules, relating to publishing activities with nationals of sanctioned countries. OFAC has always taken the dubious position that…
As the U.S. considers more sanctions on Russia, given its cybershenanigans and its involvement in Syria on behalf of Bashar al-Assad, it is running into some unexpected difficulties. The quote of the week, from this article, explains part of the…
A lawyer at another DC firm is having a conniption fit over the part of the new Cuba regulations that authorizes U.S. persons to enter into executory contracts in Cuba that are contingent upon OFAC approval. He apparently thinks that…
ABOVE: Reza Zarrab I often joke about the number of foreigners who arrive in the United States with their families hoping to see Mickey Mouse but who wind up seeing Elliot Ness and a jail cell instead. Controversial Turkish businessman…