2/21/2025 11:36:50 PM D.C. Court Finds A Piggyback Statute Of Limitations In Segway-Crash Case By Joseph Fiorill According to court filings, on October 11, 2019, a Segway struck Marilyn Kubichek and Dorothy Baldwin as they strolled along a D.C....
2/18/2025 8:02:46 PM Condo Association’s Foreclosure On More Than Six Months’ Worth Of Assessments Will Leave Lender's Lien In Place Under D.C. Amendments By Joseph Fiorill Courts have long interpreted the D.C. Condominium Act as creating a super-priority lien on a condo unit, in favor of the condo...
2/18/2025 7:23:19 PM President Trump Imposes Sanctions on the International Criminal Court By Alex San Martin On February 6, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order titled "Imposing Sanctions on the International Criminal Court"...
2/11/2025 7:23:47 PM President Trump Pauses FCPA Enforcement By Jacques Semmelman On February 10, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order titled "Pausing Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Enforcement to...
2/10/2025 8:30:51 PM U.S. Attorney General Issues Memorandum Redirecting FCPA Enforcement Away From U.S. Businesses By Jacques Semmelman In a memorandum dated Feb. 5, 2025, U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi has instituted a novel approach to enforcing the Foreign Sovereign...
1/16/2025 6:51:34 PM OFAC Sanctions Russia's Energy Sector By Jacques Semmelman In an effort to reduce Russian energy revenues being used to fund the war against Ukraine, on January 10, 2025, the United States...
1/8/2025 10:02:41 PM U.S. Eases Economic Sanctions on Syria By Jacques Semmelman In the aftermath of the overthrow of the Assad government on December 8, 2024, the United States has eased (but has not lifted) its...
11/25/2024 4:50:18 PM OFAC Warns Foreign Financial Institutions Against Joining Russian Financial Messaging Center By Jacques Semmelman On November 21, 2024, the United States Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") issued an alert cautioning...
11/13/2024 6:16:10 PM OFAC Publishes Sanctions Guidance for the Maritime Shipping Industry By Jacques Semmelman On Oct. 31, 2024, The Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") of the U.S. Department of the Treasury published a “Sanctions Guidance...
11/5/2024 9:27:29 PM Hydrochloric Acid, Sewage Backup, and the Use of Independent Contractors By Joseph Fiorill A federal court in West Virginia has ruled – in case you had any doubts – that using an independent contractor to transport your product...
10/29/2024 5:52:23 PM In Settlement, Don't Promise What You Can't Control (and Beware of Limited-Choice Forms) By Joseph Fiorill Filling out a form with limited-choice options that do not correspond to the answers you would like to provide is a frustrating...
10/24/2024 6:57:49 PM Answer Your Lawyer's Emails By Joseph Fiorill A recent opinion of the D.C. Court of Appeals is, on the surface, about procedural doctrines on service of process and court notices. ...
8/16/2024 7:58:59 PM SEC Scrutiny into Cash Sweep Programs: What Investment Advisers Need to Know By Michael Diver Susan Light Wayne Aaron Lindsey Smith David Luger David Goldberg +3 more... Show less In recent years, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has initiated several probes into how advisory firms manage their cash...
7/24/2024 7:15:50 PM OFAC Announces Forthcoming Expanded Recordkeeping Rule By Jacques Semmelman On July 22, 2024, the Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") of the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued a Guidance on Extension of...
9/21/2023 9:41:54 PM Humanitarian Channel in Qatar to Administer $6 Billion in Funds Transferred Under Deal Releasing U.S. Citizens Wrongfully Held in Iran By Jacques Semmelman In connection with the recently negotiated deal releasing five U.S. citizens wrongfully imprisoned by the government of Iran, on...
8/14/2023 4:35:16 PM President Biden Issues Executive Order Targeting Certain Investments in China By Jacques Semmelman On August 9, President Biden issued an Executive Order on Addressing United States Investments in Certain National Security Technologies...