CLIENT ALERT: U.S. ISSUES DETAILED GUIDANCE TO MARITIME INDUSTRY TO ADDRESS ILLICIT SHIPPING & SANCTIONS EVASION PRACTICES
On May 15, 2020, the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the U.S. Coast Guard
CLIENT ALERT: U.S. TURNS UP THE SANCTIONS AGAINST VENEZUELA – ISSUES AN AMENDED, AND MORE RESTRICTIVE, GENERAL LICENSE 8F
April 22, 2020 On April 21, 2020, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued amended General License 8F authorizing transactions involving PdVSA necessary for
FREEHILL WINS IN 2ND CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEAL – DISMISSAL OF $2.7M CLAIM AFFIRMED
On March 24, 2020, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a district court decision dismissing a $2.7M claim by the Long Island Lighting Company
CHAMBERS & PARTNERS AGAIN RECOGNIZES FREEHILL PARTNER GUTOWSKI
ChambersGlobal for 2020 was issued on March 9, 2020 and Freehill partner Peter Gutowski was again named as one of the leading global lawyers in
FREEHILL PREVAILS IN SECOND CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS IN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION CASE
On March 5, 2020, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
NEW YORK SUPER LAWYERS RECOGNIZES FREEHILL PARTNER GINA VENEZIA AS TOP WOMEN ATTORNEY – MARCH 2020
New York Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters publication, has named the Top Women attorneys in New York for 2020 in a magazine distributed with the
FREEHILL OBTAINS CONFIRMATION OF CONTESTED ARBITRATION AWARD
On Mach 3, 2020 Judge Gregory Woods of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York issued an Opinion and Order confirming
COVID-19: MESSAGE FROM THE PARTNERS
Dear Clients & Friends, As the COVID-19 outbreak continues, its impact on business and trade is not yet fully known. It is clear that businesses
CLIENT ALERT: U.S. SANCTIONS ANOTHER ROSNEFT-RELATED ENTITY – TNK TRADING INTERNATIONAL S.A. NAMED TO SDN & SSI LISTS
Today (March 12, 2020), OFAC designated TNK Trading International S.A. (“TTI”) to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list under E.O. 13850 for operating in the
FREEHILL OBTAINS DEFENSE VERDICT IN DEFENSE BASE ACT OF POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER AND TOXIC EXPOSURE
On February 13, 2020, Department of Labor Administrative Law Judge Angela Donaldson issued a complete defense verdict in a DBA case which was tried by