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During the first quarter of 2024, there were significant developments in the U.S. sanctions framework. This report summarizes the key developments and provides links to the relevant...

The U.S. Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") last week issued updated guidance for various U.S. sanctions programs.

Probation is a long-standing feature of the criminal justice system and is found in every state. Unfortunately, however, probation has not been as successful as its original proponents hoped that it would be: Approximately one-third of offenders placed on probation wind up in prison or abscond.

The United States, primarily through Presidential action under the statutory authority of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (“IEEPA”), has empowered the U.S. Department of...

There simply is no reason for states to implement online voter registration.

Anyone inclined to downplay the risks involved in states allowing online, Internet-based voter registration, take note: Last week, the Justice Department unsealed a federal indictment of two Iranian hackers that shows how the system provides cyber-criminals–and foreign governments–a vulnerable pathway into state databases and our election systems.

Anyone inclined to downplay the risks involved in states allowing online, Internet-based voter registration, take note.

Anyone inclined to downplay the risks involved in states allowing online, Internet-based voter registration, take note.

Dont show me this message again✕ The Pentagon has ordered a halt to briefings for the transition team of president-elect Joe Biden, according to reports. Quoting senior administration officials, Axios reported that acting defence secretary Chris Miller ordered the Pentagon-wide pause on cooperation with the incoming Biden administration in a move that has stunned leadership. Mr Miller, who was appointed to replace former defence secretary Mark Esper in the immediate aftermath of the election,...