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11 Jun 2018, 2:44 am by Kevin LaCroix
  Even when a law firm becomes satisfied by the process, the law firm must establish rigid internal controls so that the cryptocurrency is not somehow stolen or wrongfully depleted by hackers or insiders. [read post]
21 May 2018, 9:30 pm by Charlie Rosenthal
These programs generally consist of four parts: internal controls; training; a compliance officer; and independent oversight. [read post]
17 May 2018, 1:26 pm by Madeline Henshaw-Greene
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated Valiollah Seif, the governor of Iran’s Central Bank, as well as the bank’s assistant director of the international department, Ali Tarzali, and subjected them to sanctions that prohibit them from “opening or maintaining in the United States of a correspondent account…by a foreign financial institution” that is known to serve as a vessel for… [read post]
17 May 2018, 1:26 pm by Madeline Henshaw-Greene
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated Valiollah Seif, the governor of Iran’s Central Bank, as well as the bank’s assistant director of the international department, Ali Tarzali, and subjected them to sanctions that prohibit them from “opening or maintaining in the United States of a correspondent account…by a foreign financial institution” that is known to serve as a vessel for… [read post]
8 May 2018, 4:30 pm by Elena Chachko
The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) maintains all of these lists. [read post]
23 Apr 2018, 11:51 am by Robert E. Braun
In many cases, ICOs have launched outside of the United States specifically to avoid scrutiny by federal and state regulators. [read post]
16 Apr 2018, 4:48 pm by Kevin LaCroix
 In a critical sentence, the SEC noted: “[e]ven if an investor’s efforts help to make an enterprise profitable, those efforts do not necessarily equate with a promoter’s significant managerial efforts or control over the enterprise. [read post]
12 Apr 2018, 6:00 am by Ed Stein
The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) notes that it has issued licenses designed to allow persons doing business with designated entities like EN+ a limited amount of time to wind down their operations or divest assets. [read post]
  On April 6, 2018, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), in consultation with the State Department, designated 7 Russian oligarchs, 12 companies that they own or control, 17 senior Russian government officials, and 1 state-owned Russian weapons trading company and its subsidiary, a Russian bank. [read post]
24 Mar 2018, 9:14 am by Chris Mirasola
On March 15, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned five Russian entities and nineteen individuals for “malign” cyber activity, “including their attempted interference in U.S. elections, destructive cyber-attacks, and intrusions targeting critical infrastructure. [read post]
18 Mar 2018, 3:09 pm by Bruce Zagaris
Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated five entities and 19 individuals under the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) as well as Executive Order (E.O.) 13694, “Blocking the Property of Certain Persons Engaging in Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities,” as amended, and codified pursuant to CAATSA. [read post]
18 Mar 2018, 3:09 pm by Bruce Zagaris
Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated five entities and 19 individuals under the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) as well as Executive Order (E.O.) 13694, “Blocking the Property of Certain Persons Engaging in Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities,” as amended, and codified pursuant to CAATSA. [read post]
15 Mar 2018, 5:30 am by Andrew J. Grotto
Such a release, even if it occurs solely in the United States, constitutes a controlled “export” under EAR §734.13. [read post]
8 Mar 2018, 4:58 am by Colby Pastre
In the case of TCJA, the full expensing provision applies to most short-life investments, not to longer-lived assets like buildings.[14] The effect of the provision is to lower the cost of investing in the United States. [read post]
18 Jan 2018, 11:00 am by Yishai Schwartz
Justice and Treasury Department officials, urged the placement of the Lebanese Canadian Bank on a Treasury Department blacklist. [read post]
14 Nov 2017, 3:27 am by Kevin LaCroix
  As former Chief of the SEC’s Office of Internet Enforcement (and, per my older brother, as a direct descendant of House Stark), my take is that the federal and state regulatory onslaught in store for the purveyors of ICOs is imminent and will ensnare a broad range of ICO market participants. [read post]
10 Nov 2017, 9:30 am by James Stanley
As a result, U.S. individuals and companies are now generally free to engage in transactions involving Sudan, the Government of Sudan or many formerly sanctioned Sudanese persons without a license from the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). [read post]
9 Nov 2017, 3:44 pm
Department of the Treasury Treasury, Commerce, and State Implement Changes to the CubaSanctions RulesAmendments Implement President Trump’s June 2017 National Security Presidential Memorandum (NSPM) Strengthening the Policy of the United States Toward Cuba WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the… [read post]
On November 8, 2017, the Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) and the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) announced amendments to the Cuban Assets Control Regulations (“CACR”) and Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”). [read post]