Day: September 27, 2021

US: REMOTE ONLINE NOTARISING

On 27 September, an article from Flaster Greenberg PC said that, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, many US states implemented temporary measures allowing public notaries to perform notarial acts virtually.  Over a year and a half after the initial states of emergency were instituted, some states have allowed these temporary measures to lapse, while others have codified them into law.  The article looks at how New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Florida have addressed the usage of remote online notarisation (RON) as these emergency permissions have expired.

https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/the-state-of-remote-online-notarization-2590567/

OFAC SETTLEMENT WITH CAMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION AND SCHLUMBERGER ROD LIFT INC

On 27 September, OFAC announced a $1,423,766 settlement with Cameron International Corporation, a Texas-based supplier of goods and services for the oil and gas industries and a subsidiary of Schlumberger Limited.  It supplied goods between July 2015 and November 2016 via its subsidiary, Cameron Romania S.R.L. to Gazprom-Neft Shelf, a Russian energy company and for an Artci offshore project.  Separately, a settlement was also announced with Schlumberger Rod Lift Inc (now Lufkin Rod Lift.), a subsidiary of Schlumberger Lift Solutions LLC, which itself was a US subsidiary of Schlumberger Limited of Frisco, Texas, has agreed to settle its potential civil liability for an apparent violation of OFAC’s now-repealed Sudanese Sanctions Regulations. 

https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USTREAS/bulletins/2f4d0f3

https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/recent-actions/20210927

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US MEAT MARKETS ENCOURAGE ILLEGAL DEFORESTATION IN THE AMAZON

On 27 September, OCCRP reported that a UK-based NGO had claimed that the US beef industry must be wary of who they import from lest they encourage the destruction of the Amazon rainforest.  According to Earthsight, several Brazilian meat producers which have been approved to sell in the US by American inspectors, are located in Amazon states and may be beneficiaries of illegal deforestation.  The NGO is also calling for support for a recent Bill brought before US legislators that would require greater state-regulation of imports from the Amazon region. 

https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/15226-ngo-us-meat-markets-encourage-illegal-deforestation-in-the-amazon

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