R a b i n o w i t z, B o u d i n, S t a n d a r d, K r i n s k y & L i e b e r m a n, P . C.
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UNITED STATES ECONOMIC SANCTIONS PROGRAMS
The Firm assists numerous U.S. and third-country clients - corporations, foundations, universities, associations and individuals - in coping with U.S. restrictions on transactions with targeted countries.
The Firm litigated the case that established an exemption for art from the U.S.'s embargo programs (Ashton v. Newcomb). The Firm drafted the 1994 Congressional legislation that exempted the Internet, television broadcasts and other electronic transmissions of informational material from the U.S.'s embargo programs. It represents the oldest U.S. charter and travel company specializing in travel to Cuba.
After establishing the constitutional status of the right to travel abroad (Kent v. Dulles), the Firm litigated each of the Supreme Court challenges to the U.S.'s prohibitions on travel to Cuba (United States v. Laub; Zemel v. Rusk; Regan v. Wald), as well as the major post-Cold War challenge (Freedom to Travel Campaign v. Newcomb).
Michael Krinsky, one of the Firm's principals, authored, with another of the Firm's lawyers, UNITED STATES ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AGAINST CUBA: PROCEEDINGS IN THE UNITED NATIONS AND INTERNATIONAL LAW ISSUES (Michael Krinsky & David Golove eds., Alethia Press 1993), based in part on the Firm's work for Cuba on the first General Assembly resolution condemning the U.S. embargo. Supported by a grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the book was praised by both the American Journal of International Law and Foreign Affairs .
