New Sanctions Against Iran: President Obama Signs the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012
Jamie L. Boucher,Jeffrey D. Gerrish,Soo-Mi Rhee,Sean M. Thornton, August 16, 2012
On August 10, 2012, President Obama signed into law the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012, H.R. 1905 (the Act). The Act is the U.S. government’s latest response to Iran’s illegal nuclear program and the situation in Syria, and it reflects an intensified effort to...

U.S. Conditionally Suspends Two Key Economic Sanctions against Burma
Jamie L. Boucher,Jeffrey D. Gerrish,Autumn M. Hunter,Soo-Mi Rhee,Sean M. Thornton, July 21, 2012
On July 11, 2012, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued general licenses - General License Nos. 16 and 17 - that substantially lift two key features of the U.S. economic sanctions against Burma (Myanmar): the ban on new investment in Burma by...

United Technologies Corporation and Subsidiaries Agree to a $75 Million-Plus Settlement of Export Control Violations
Jeffrey D. Gerrish,Soo-Mi Rhee, July 21, 2012
United Technologies Corporation (UTC), its U.S. subsidiary Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation (HSC) and its Canadian subsidiary Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. (PWC) have agreed to pay more than $75 million as part of a “global settlement” with the U.S. Departments of State and Justice to...