Rob O’Brien

2 months ago | rob-obrien.medium.com | Rob O’Brien |Rob O'Brien

At his home in Lansing, his family shared the remarkable bond they forged with the Dutch who adopted his grave. Rob O’Brien·Follow10 min read·--At the end of Ferguson Street in Lansing, Michigan, there is no way through for cars, but a small pathway leads down to an open field, where a football scoreboard stands alone in front of a row of houses. It’s a good place to grow up, and a beautiful place to come home to if you live elsewhere.

Sep 13, 2024 | rob-obrien.medium.com | Rob O’Brien |Rob O'Brien

It was summer, 2021. We were slowly emerging from the pandemic when I visited my in-laws in Sweikhuizen, a tiny village in Limburg, the southernmost province of the Netherlands. It’s a peaceful bolt hole from the city of Amsterdam, where I live with my family. One morning, my mother-in-law, Gerda, walked into the garden and picked some fresh flowers. “We gaan naar het kerkhof, Rob,” she announced.

Jul 29, 2024 | lexology.com | Bart M. McMillan |Eunkyung Shin |Rob O’Brien

On July 22, 2024, the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) issued guidance relating to OFAC’s implementation of the 21st Century Peace Through Strength Act (“Act”), included in H.R. 815 and signed into law on April 24, 2024, which extended the statute of limitations for civil and criminal violations of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (“IEEPA”) and the Trading with the Enemy Act (“TWEA”) from five to 10 years.

Jun 25, 2024 | lexology.com | Janet Kim |Sylwia A. Lis |Rob O’Brien

On June 21, 2024, the US Treasury Department (“Treasury“) issued a much-awaited Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM“)—pursuant to Executive Order (“EO“) 14105 of August 9, 2023, “Addressing United States Investments in Certain National Security Technologies and Products in Countries of Concern”—regarding the upcoming outbound investment review regime, which prohibits or, alternatively, requires notification of certain investments into entities linked to China and engaged in subsets of three...

May 13, 2024 | rob-obrien.medium.com | Rob O’Brien

I remember putting my feet into his enormous shoes as a little boy and sliding them over the red tiles of our kitchen in Oswestry. They were such big shoes. He wanted his family to be a part of his revolution, and he took us on the ride. Eileen became an expert in hosting medics, and toured the world with him. She described herself as the world's best non-practising spinal surgeon. We did ward rounds with him; we'd go to church, stop off at the mess for crisps and a fizzy drink.