Paying lawyers to fight sanctions just got easier for sanctioned people

The US Treasury Department has made it easier for people under sanctions to pay for legal services. They no longer have to report these payments to the government, only keep records of them.

The US government uses sanctions to isolate individuals and entities from the global financial system. This change means that sanctioned parties can more easily access legal representation to challenge those sanctions or navigate compliance. It shifts the burden from active reporting to passive record-keeping, making it harder for the government to track these specific financial flows in real-time.