EMBARGOED! Episode 40: Fresh New Topics and Old Favorites
Before turning to some old favorites, Brian and Tim cover some fresh new topics, including the first designations under, and tailored aims of, the new Ethiopia-related sanctions program and the Cambodia Business Advisory on High-Risk Investments and Interactions....EMBARGOED! Episode 39: A Heaping Helping of China with a Side of Turkey
Brian and Tim give thanks for having no shortage of China topics to cover (ever), which include BIS’s new interim final rule establishing controls on certain items that can be used for malicious cyber activities, authorized (and possibly unauthorized) exports to...EMBARGOED! Episode 38: Dawn of a New Era for U.S. Sanctions?
Brian and Tim kick things off by dissecting the results of The Treasury 2021 Sanctions Review, which charts a (somewhat) new path for OFAC-administered sanctions. We debate what it all means and where things could be headed in the future. Next, we focus on OFAC’s...EMBARGOED! Episode 37: On Ransoms, Virtual and Diplomatic
Brian and Tim are back to discuss ransoms of all shapes and sizes. First, they tackle OFAC’s new ransomware guidance and contemplate what it means for the risk faced by victims and others within the ransomware payment ecosystem. Next, Brian and Tim discuss...EMBARGOED! Episode 36: All Lightning Round, End-of-Summer Edition
On this all Lightning Round episode, Brian and Tim check in on JCPOA 2.0, the latest on Afghanistan, more sanctions targeting Russia, a new Belarus E.O., CFIUS’s continued focus on China and semiconductors, a recent OFAC enforcement action highlighting risks for...EMBARGOED! Episode 35: GIR’s Enforcement Action Survey and What’s Next in Afghanistan
Back from summer vacation, Brian and Tim welcome guest Michael Griffiths of Global Investigations Review (GIR) to discuss his recent survey of U.S. trade practitioners, who were asked to identify the most influential OFAC and BIS enforcement actions of the past few...EMBARGOED! Episode 34: Around the World in 60 Minutes: Hong Kong, Cuba, Russia, Iran (and China)
Brian and Tim check in on a wide range of topics, including the newly issued Hong Kong Business Advisory, the U.S. response to the crackdown in Cuba, the fate of Nord Stream 2, and the (possibly dimming?) prospects for JCPOA 2.0. Then, in the Lightning Round, we spend...EMBARGOED! Episode 33: A Deep Dive on Forced Labor
Brian and Tim are joined by their Miller & Chevalier colleagues, Richard Mojica and Nate Lankford, to dive deep on the problem of forced labor and the ways multinational companies are reckoning with this human rights crisis (in Xinjiang and beyond). Specifically,...EMBARGOED! Episode 32: Is JCPOA 2.0 Going Down In Flames?
Brian and Tim try to decipher recent signals that JCPOA 2.0 may be in trouble and share their thoughts on what to look for during the coming weeks. We next turn to the new multilateral sanctions recently imposed on Belarus before checking in on China to discuss the...Support Pawtastic Friends
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