Trade Groups Sue Federal Government A long-simmering dispute between academic publishers and the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) over restrictions on publishing work originating from countries under economic sanctions (including Iran, Cuba and Sudan) has risen to a new level. The Professional and Scholarly Division of the Association of American Publishers, the Association of American University Presses, the PEN American Center and Arcade Publishing have jointly filed suit against the Treasury Department in a New York federal court. The parties are asking the court to strike down regulations that require publishers and authors to acquire a government […]