Akrivis Law Group is proud to announce that its client Mushko Electronics (Pvt) Ltd. (Mushko) has been officially removed from the U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry & Security’s (BIS) Entity List. The change took effect on June 28 and will be published in…
The U.S. Departments of State, Treasury, Commerce, and Labor on May 23 issued an advisory for US businesses operating in Sudan, highlighting the growing risk to US businesses and individuals associated with conducting business with Sudanese State-Owned Enterprises (SOE), which are entirely controlled by Sudan’s…
Sam Amir Toossi, Partner, New York Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the United States quickly imposed sweeping sanctions on Russian entities and individuals, which the Biden Administration immediately began to take steps to aggressively enforce. The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the formation of the…
The U.S. Departments of the Treasury and State and the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) yesterday issued a joint advisory (the “Advisory”) on North Korean information technology (IT) workers informing the business community of the sanctions risks associated with recruiting and hiring individuals such as freelance…
Akrivis Partners Farhad Alavi (Washington) and Sam Amir Toossi (New York) led a Continuing Legal Education (CLE) webinar hosted by the Practising Law Institute (PLI) on Russia sanctions issue, an ever important area in the international trade compliance field. The one-hour webinar, titled Overview of…
Akrivis Law Group Partner Sam Amir Toossi was interviewed by Law360 regarding the DOJ’s case against Bijan Rafiekian, a former business partner of Michael Flynn, for alleged FARA violations. After trial in 2019, the court set aside the jury’s guilty verdict, a decision that subsequently overturned…
As a potential invasion of Ukraine by Russia appears increasingly likely, many are speculating about the potential for U.S. sanctions. Our Client Alert, written by Akrivis Law Group partners Farhad Alavi (Washington) and Sam Amir Toossi (New York), provides some key insights as to what…
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry & Security yesterday added 34 entities (43 entries in total) to its Entity List, placing those parties under a near blanket ban on U.S. origin goods and technologies. Our Client Alert, which summarizes the decision and provides…
