VOL. XXXVI

NO. 19

8-FEBRUARY-1993

LIBYA

US Bans American Law Firms from Offering Services to Libya

President Bush's administration, in one of its last acts in implementing the1986 US sanctions against Libya, has banned US law firms or their foreignbranches from offering legal services to the Libyan Government or its agencies.The ruling was issued on 13 January by the Department of the Treasury, Office ofForeign Assets Control (OFAC). Several Libyan public agencies have hiredAmerican law firms in...