The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit dealt a blow to the U.S. government’s extraterritorial enforcement power on Friday, August 24, 2018, in prosecuting alleged violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices...more
8/31/2018
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Criminal Conspiracy ,
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Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Non U.S. Person ,
Physical Presence Test ,
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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
U.S. District Court Judge Richard M. Berman denied a motion to dismiss the indictment in the closely followed criminal prosecution of Reza Zarrab, a Turkish/Iranian businessman charged with conspiring to evade U.S. economic...more
10/20/2016
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Blocked Entities ,
Criminal Conspiracy ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Evasion ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
Financial Transactions ,
Foreign Relations ,
Fraud ,
General Licenses ,
Indictments ,
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) ,
International Litigation ,
Iran Sanctions ,
ITSR ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Popular ,
Turkey