Jacques Semmelman
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Jacques Semmelman Featured Guest On Dateline NBC Podcast (opens the original)
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Commercial Litigation Partner Jacques Semmelman recently appeared on the Dateline NBC podcast, Dateline: True Crime Weekly, where he shared his insights on international extradition with host Lester Holt. Jacques, a former Assistant US Attorney with extensive extradition experience, offered listeners an accessible overview of how the extradition process works into and out of the United States, an issue that has surfaced in several recent high-profile criminal cases. During the conversation, Jacq
United States Reverses Course On Iran: From General License X To Operation Economic Outcast In Two Months (opens the original)
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In yet another abrupt reversal of course with respect to Iran, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, at the direction of President Trump, has launched Operation Economic Outcast, which it describes as “an unprecedented, whole-of-government, economic campaign against the Islamic Republic of Iran and its enablers.” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has commented that “America is no longer managing the Iranian threat. We are ending it.” Just two months ago, on June 17, 2026, the U.S. and Iran entered
The United States Removes Syria From The State Sponsors Of Terrorism List (opens the original)
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On August 24, 2026, the United States removed the designation of the Syrian Arab Republic (“Syria”) as a State Sponsor of Terrorism. The removal follows a warming of relations between the two countries that began in mid-2025, following the ouster of the al-Assad regime and its replacement by the al-Sharaa government. The United States designated Syria as a State Sponsor of Terrorism in 1979. Although the countries cooperated to some degree on regional issues between 1990 and 2001, relations agai
OFAC Issues General License X1, Withdrawing General License X's Grant Of Broad Sanctions Relief On Iran's Oil And Petroleum Sector (opens the original)
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The temporary trade opportunity created on June 22, 2026 by issuance of Iran General License X (GLX) by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has vanished as abruptly as it appeared. On July 7, 2026, OFAC issued General License X1 (GLX1), which revokes and supersedes GLX. By its terms, GLX would have been in effect through August 21, 2026. GLX, issued during a transient amelioration of the relations between the United States and Iran, authorized certain transacti
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