21 April, 2025 Summer Concert (Seizure) Season By Matthew Messina David Halberstadter The summer concert season is almost here. As the weather warms, artists and fans alike are gearing up for highly anticipated tours, like...
21 April, 2025 OFAC Issues Updated Guidance to Shipping and Maritime Sector Regarding Evasion of Iranian Oil Sanctions By Jacques Semmelman On April 16, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued an update to its Sept. 2019...
21 February, 2025 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....
18 February, 2025 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...
18 February, 2025 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"...
11 February, 2025 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...
10 February, 2025 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...
16 January, 2025 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...
08 January, 2025 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...
25 November, 2024 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...
13 November, 2024 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...
05 November, 2024 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...
29 October, 2024 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...
24 October, 2024 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. ...
16 August, 2024 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...
24 July, 2024 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...