On July 15, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) announced a settlement agreement with Interactive Brokers LLC (“Interactive Brokers”) violations of multiple U.S. sanctions programs. OFAC identified 12,367 apparent...
Trade Compliance
Revocation of Syrian Sanctions: Opportunities, Risks, and Changes under Executive Order 14312
President Trump continued his flurry of sanctions actions with the recent revocation of the Syrian sanctions program. On June 30, 2025, President Donald Trump issued Executive Order (“EO”) 14312 “Providing for the Revocation of Syria Sanctions” marking a significant...
Unicat’s $3.88M Sanctions Settlement: the Importance of Voluntary Self-Disclosures Under the DOJ’s M&A Policy
On June 16, 2025, the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) entered into a settlement agreement with Unicat Catalyst Technologies, LLC (“Unicat”), for violations of both the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations (“ITSR”) and...
Trump’s First 100 Days of Trade Compliance: Implications for Compliance Professionals (Part II of II)
In the first part of this series—available here—I provided a background on the changes and underlying motivations of President Trumps actions regarding sanctions and export controls during his first 100 days in office. This second part will provide further information...
Trump’s First 100 Days of Trade Compliance: Key Sanctions Updates and Looking Ahead for Compliance Professionals (Part I of II)
With the first 100 days of the Trump Administration in the books, it’s abundantly clear that trade compliance—whether involving economic sanctions, export controls, or tariffs—will remain a cornerstone of the country’s foreign policy strategy. As such, sanctions...
Quarterly Trade Compliance Update – April 2025
Each quarter, we send many of our clients a quarterly trade compliance update, highlighting important developments over the last few months and summarizing key points for important sanctions programs. Click here to download the quarterly update for April. Below is a...