Two former Supervisory Board members of PJSC Otkritie Financial Institution have been removed from the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (the SDN List)
Partners Farhad Alavi and Sam Amir Toossi authored a chapter in the 2023 Global Investigations Review (GIR) Guide to Sanctions, reflecting new developments and insights gained in the past year
We are proud to announce that Akrivis has been ranked by Chambers in White Collar in Florida, noting partner Walter Norkin (Miami) has also been ranked in this category.
We are proud to announce that Akrivis client Mushko Electronics (Pvt) Ltd. (Mushko), a leading PC sales and service distributor in Pakistan has been officially removed from the U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry & Security’s (BIS) Entity List.
August 13, 2014. Akrivis Law Group, PLLC Partner Teresa Taylor appeared on Voice of America’s Persian News Network (PNN) discussing U.S. sexual harassment laws. The clip (dubbed in Persian/Farsi) can be viewed by clicking this link.
Akrivis Law Group, PLLC wishes its clients, colleagues, and friends a very happy and peaceful Eid holiday.
July 21, 2014. Akrivis Law Group, PLLC is pleased to release its latest Client Alert, titled New Enforcement Provisions of HIPAA HITECH Mandate Stronger Compliance. This alert was written by Teresa Taylor, a partner of the firm. It discusses key hot topics in compliance for…
June 28, 2014. Akrivis Law Group, PLLC wishes its clients and friends observing the holiday a very healthy and happy Ramadan.
June 24, 2014. Akrivis Law Group, PLLC is pleased to issue its latest Client Alert on the U.S. Internal Revenue Service’s revised policies that were issued last week for self-disclosure of previously unreported overseas assets and accounts. This is particularly important for those entities having holdings…
April 24, 2014. Akrivis Law Group, PLLC Managing Partner Farhad Alavi was a panelist on the Ofogh news show on Voice of America’s Persian-language service. The program topic was U.S. sanctions on Iran’s civilian aviation industry and the impact of the Gevena P5+1 negotiation with…
April 14, 2014. Akrivis Law Group, PLLC Managing Partner Farhad Alavi was quoted in an article in The New York Times regarding the impact of sanctions relief on business with Iran. This article, titled Sanctions Are Eased; Iran Sees Little Relief, addresses changes in the…
April 6, 2014. Akrivis Law Group, PLLC and Managing Partner Farhad Alavi were mentioned in an article in the Wall Street Journal. The article, titled “Iran Can’t Withdraw Much Oil Revenue Under Interim Nuclear Deal” details the challenges Iran faces following implementation of the Joint…
March 24, 2014. Akrivis Law Group, PLLC is pleased to release a Client Alert on the United States’ expanding response to the growing crisis in Ukraine.
March 7, 2014. Akrivis Law Group, PLLC is pleased to release a Client Alert on the United States’ response to the growing crisis in Ukraine. This short brief outlines the summary points of the actions the White House and the U.S. Department of the Treasury…