Category: News & Media

The Winter 2012 issue of The PT Cable is now available for download!

In this edition, we cover immigration policy reform, pending claims against the government of Iraq, Indian Country sovereignty, and much more including federal enforcement highlights in export controls, economic sanctions, and FCPA.

The “Ask” section focuses on a few of the more commonly asked questions we received the past few weeks related to the enforcement of U.S. sanctions by the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Controls (OFAC).

If you have any questions about the content of the newsletter, please call us.

You can download the latest edition of the PT Cable here.

On Wednesday, January 11, 2012, Jason Poblete was a guest on the Ralph Bailey Show, a public affairs radio program broadcast daily from Bakersfield, California on KNZR-AM. 

Hosted this week by former Washington, DC and senior Congressional aide Cathy Abernathy, during the 5:00PM (PST) drive time Poblete discussed recent political developments throughout the country that could impact the upcoming Congressional session.

KNZR (1560 AM) is a news/talk radio station based in Bakersfield, California. The station broadcasts at 25 thousand watts of power and can be heard in most of California and other Western states every night.

Jason Poblete will be a guest today on CNN Directo USA.

Poblete will be discussing the current federal budget negotiations underway before the U.S. Congress Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, also known as the Special Committee, and how it could impact policymaking and the U.S. economy for the balance of 2011.

Directo USA, CNN’s Spanish-language public affairs program, is broadcast daily at 6:00 p.m. (EST) in the United States, Latin America, and Spain.

Washington, DC — On Tuesday, November 1, 2011, Poblete Tamargo’s Jason Poblete served as a panelist at an event sponsored by the ABA Section for International Law at the Howard University School of Law (HU): “Pathways to Employment in International Law”. The panel was co-sponsored by the HU International Law Society.

The “Pathways to Employment in International Law” program is a unique forum that brings law students and new lawyers together with experienced legal practitioners to explore opportunities for employment in international law.

Poblete was joined on the panel by Ms. Susan Notar, Esq., Deputy Director, Political-Military Affairs, Office of Iraq, U.S. Department of State; and Ms. Mélida Hodgson, Counsel, International Litigation and Arbitration Group, Foley & Hoag, LLP.

For the 2011-2012 ABA term, Poblete is serving as a Vice-Chair of the National Security Committee of the ABA Section of International Law. For more information about the Pathways program please visit this ABA website.

Attached please find a link for the Autumn 2011 edition of Poblete Tamargo’s newsletter, The PT Cable. In this edition of the PT Cable, you’ll find news items on the following:

1. Congressional Oversight, Foreign Companies & Export Controls

2. U.S. Taxpayers Need an Iraq Claims Program

3. Federal Agency Regulatory Enforcement Highlights

4. Worksite Enforcement & Immigration Compliance

5. Congressional Committee Approves Bill Mandating Use of E-Verify

… and much more.

As always, if you have any issues that you would like us to write about, or would like to ask one of our Attorneys a specific question for inclusion in the forthcoming edition of the PT Cable, please e-mail us at info@pobletetamargo.com.

The firm’s newsletter, The PT Cable, is now available for download. Please follow this link.