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Triggering Parent Company Liability Under United States Sanctions Regimes: The Troubling Implications Of Prohibiting Approval And Facilitation, Terence Lau
Terence Lau
This article examines three issues surrounding the liability of U.S.-based companies with foreign subsidiaries or affiliates incorporated in countries where trade with U.S.-sanctioned countries is permissible. First, the article examines the statutory bases for economic trade sanctions and the OFAC-issued implementing regulations, namely the Trading with the Enemy Act (TWEA) and the International Emergency Economic Powers ACT (IEEPA) and how these statutes grant extraterritorial authority to OFAC. Second, the article explores regulations promulgated by OFAC that prohibit parent company "approval" or "facilitation" of transactions by such affiliates or subsidiaries, and how such regulations indirectly extend the reach of U.S. sanctions …
A Preliminary Inquiry Into The Attitudes Toward Work That Should Be Fostered By Socially Responsible Employers, Terence Lau, William Wines
A Preliminary Inquiry Into The Attitudes Toward Work That Should Be Fostered By Socially Responsible Employers, Terence Lau, William Wines
Terence Lau
Part I of this paper traces the evolution of modern attitudes toward work. Part II traces the jurisprudence of attitudes towards work as reflected in the common and statutory law. Finally, Part III attempts to sketch the outlines of an attitude toward work that should be embraced beneficially by socially responsible employers.