Law360 Canada ( September 15, 2021, 5:29 AM EDT) -- Appeal by Portnov from a Federal Court decision dismissing his application to quash an order extending the 2014 Freezing Assets of Corrupt Foreign Officials (Ukraine) Regulations that designated 18 individuals, including the appellant, restricting and prohibiting their dealings with certain property for up to five years. According to the Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement for the 2014 Regulations, Ukraine’s former president, his senior officials, close associates, and family members misappropriated state funds, or obtained property inappropriately from their public offices or family, business or personal connections. The 2014 Regulations were extended by the 2019 Regulations. The appellant argued that extending the 2014 regulation under s. 6 of the Freezing Assets of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act required the same steps to be taken as making the regulation in the first place under s. 4 of the Act. He also argued that the application of the Regulations to him was unreasonable....