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Aug 14, 2023 ChatGPT: Artificial Intelligence Tool Generates “Fake Opinions” By Sharon Ann Doherty Mata v. Avianca, Inc., No. 22-cv-1461 (PKC), 2023 BL 213626 (S.D.N.Y. June 22, 2023) made national headlines when the artificial...
Aug 04, 2023 STS of Russian Oil in EU Waters By Ray-Shio Ho On 2 August 2023, the EU Commission released new FAQs on STS activity relating to Russian oil in EU territorial waters. A key point made...
Jul 31, 2023 UK legal advice on Russian matters - interim developments By Ray-Shio Ho If you did not attend the UK Government's webinar of 18 July 2023, or need a snapshot of the current position on the EU, UK and U.S....
Jul 24, 2023 EU clarifies port ban measures By Ray-Shio Ho On 24 July 2023, the EU published further FAQs on the application of the port bans under Articles 3eb and 3ec, which the EU's 11th...
Jun 30, 2023 UK lawyers to note new restrictions on advising on Russian related transactions By Ray-Shio Ho On 29 June 2023, the UK government released the 3rd amendment of 2023 to the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (as amended)....
Jun 29, 2023 Tomorrow’s supply chain – EU's 11th Sanctions Package By Ray-Shio Ho On 23 June 2023, the EU published its latest sanctions package, dubbed the “11th sanctions package”. At the heart of this latest package...
Jun 27, 2023 Discovery Defaults Lead to Sanctions By Sharon Ann Doherty In Boshears v. Polaris Eng’g, Inc., No. 3:22-cv-00053 (S.D. Tex. Mar. 20, 2023), District Judge Andrew M. Edison awarded $5,082.75 in...
Jun 20, 2023 Tomorrow's supply chain - The SHIP Act: U.S. Takes Aim at Iran's Oil Trade and China's Role in the Middle East By Leigh Hansson Tan Albayrak While it has been the “year of Russia” when it comes to sanctions, the collapse of the nuclear talks (JCPOA) as well as the social...
Jun 12, 2023 Tomorrow's supply chain - EU's new sanctions package addresses high-tech item diversion from Russia By Leigh Hansson Tan Albayrak After a long process of deliberation, the EU is set to release its 11th sanctions package against Russia. Over the past year, as the...
Apr 18, 2023 OFAC issues alert on possible evasion of Russian oil price cap By Michael Lowell Manasi Venkatesh Leigh Hansson Alexander Brandt Lizbeth Rodriguez-Johnson Justin Angotti +3 more... Show less On April 17, the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued an alert warning about possible evasion of the price cap on...
Apr 05, 2023 OFAC settles investigation into crypto platform for sanctions violations By Mark Bini Michael Lowell Joanna Howe Kaela Dahan Ariya Serbest +2 more... Show less On March 31, 2023, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) announced that it had reached a settlement...
Mar 08, 2023 Compounded E-Discovery Mistakes Result in Seven Figure Sanctions By Eric Chir The e-discovery community has been monitoring DR Distribs., LLC v. 21 Century Smoking, Inc., (N.D. Ill. Oct. 6, 2022) with interest,...
Mar 03, 2023 U.S. government releases new guidance on detecting sanctions evasion By Michael Lowell Manasi Venkatesh Lizbeth Rodriguez-Johnson Justin Angotti Kirsten Lowell +2 more... Show less The Department of Commerce, Department of Treasury, and Department of Justice released a Tri-Seal Compliance Note (“Note”) to assist...
Feb 24, 2023 Bald Allegations of Prejudice Insufficient to Warrant Sanctions in Hair Products Case By David Cohen In EBIN N.Y., Inc. v. SIC Enter., Inc., No. 19-CV-1017 (PKC) (TAM) (E.D.N.Y. Sept. 23, 2022), the plaintiff alleged that the defendant...
Nov 22, 2022 Spoliation Sanctions Highlight the Importance of Automated Deletion Awareness By David Cohen In Meta Platforms, Inc. v. Brandtotal Ltd., No. 20-cv-07182-JCS (N.D. Cal. May 27, 2022), a Magistrate Judge granted the plaintiff’s...
Oct 31, 2022 Deliberate Data Deletion Leads to Default Judgment By David Cohen In Atalian US New England, LLC v. Navarro, No. C.A. No. 20-00133-JJM (D.R.I. July 12, 2022), a Magistrate Judge recommended default...