On April 16, 2025, the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) re-issued and updated its Advisory for Shipping and Maritime Stakeholders on Detecting and Mitigating Iranian Oil Sanctions Evasion (“the Advisory”), originally issued in September 2019. The updated Advisory is part of OFAC’s implementation of the February 4, 2025 National Security Presidential Memorandum (NSPM-2), which directs the Treasury Department to enact “maximum pressure” on Iran. The Advisory expands on the red flags…
On April 11, 2025, the US Department of Justice National Security Division (“DOJ”) took steps to implement its December 2024 Final Rule on Protecting Americans’ Sensitive Data from Foreign Adversaries (“Final Rule”). Specifically, the DOJ issued answers to more than 100 Frequently Asked Questions (“FAQs”), published a Compliance Guide, and issued a Limited Enforcement Policy for the first 90 days of the Final Rule. This Baker McKenzie Client Alert outlines key points regarding the FAQs,…
Our clients across every industry are asking us what we expect to happen with the Russia sanctions under the Trump Administration. Will President Trump relax the Russia sanctions, and if so, when? All or only some of them? Or will President Trump ramp up the Russia sanctions to put pressure on Russia to agree to a peace deal with Ukraine? Will Congress get involved, and how? We will be tackling these questions and more in…
On 11 February 2025, we saw the first public multi-jurisdictional coordinated sanctions action under the Trump Administration when the United States, Australia, and the UK announced joint sanctions against alleged key members of a Russian cybercrime supply chain. This action was taken by the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and the UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (“UK FCDO”). See the US…