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Jenner & Block Japan Newsletter - May 2024

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Welcome to the May 2024 edition of the Jenner & Block Japan Newsletter, a publication containing updates about legal developments in the United States that may be noteworthy to our clients and other leaders in the Japanese...more

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EU Institutions Reach Political Agreements On Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Package

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On January 17, 2024, the Council of the European Union (Council) and the European Parliament (Parliament) announced that a political agreement had been reached on (i) a new Regulation setting forth a single anti-money...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Welcome to 2024: CWT’s European Fund Finance Market Insights January 2024 - Cayman Moves Closer to a List-Free Summer!

The Cayman Islands recently received an early Holiday gift when the EU Commission published a regulation in mid-December paving the way to remove Cayman from its list of ‘high-risk’ countries for AML/CFT purposes. The...more

K&L Gates LLP

Criminalizing the "Quo:" The New Foreign Extortion Prevention Act Targets the Demand Side of Bribery

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INTRODUCTION - On 22 December 2023, President Biden signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the annual defense spending bill for 2024. Buried hundreds of pages into the NDAA is the new Foreign Extortion...more

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Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Enforcement Update: Q1 2022

There have been a relatively limited number of U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement actions in recent years. Nonetheless, two recent announcements (one resolution, one declination) by U.S. regulators...more

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What to Know About the DOJ’s National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team

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In early October, U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced the creation of the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team (“NCET”).  The NCET will handle the Department’s investigations...more

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4 Key Questions Answered in OFAC’s Guidance for the Virtual Currency Industry

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On October 15, 2021, the US Department of the Treasury’s (Treasury) Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued guidance to help the virtual currency industry navigate and comply with OFAC sanctions. The guidance improves...more

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Gratification control on financial services sector

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In the implementing of one of its duties to prevent corruption from happening in Indonesia, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) as Indonesian Corruption Watchdog issued Circular Letter No. 19 of 2021 regarding...more

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Biden Administration Identifies Global Corruption as a National Security Issue

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In a move long expected by this firm and other experts in this area, on 3 June 2021, the Biden administration issued a policy statement tethering global anti-corruption efforts as vital to the country’s national security...more

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EU committee calls on Commission to set out common blockchain approach

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An advisory committee to EU institutions has issued an opinion on blockchain and the EU single market, advising the European Commission on potential next steps, including launching a "comprehensive" blockchain initiative,...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

What is Next after BSA turns 50?

On 2/6/2020, the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the 2020 National Strategy for Combating Terrorist and Other Illicit Financing (2020 Strategy).  The purpose of the 2020 Strategy is to...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Top SEC Enforcement Actions from 2019

Yesterday, I considered five Department of Justice (DOJ) Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement actions. Today, I want to look at key FCPA enforcement actions by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)....more

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Banking Regulators Ease SAR Reporting Requirements Applied to Hemp-Related Businesses

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On December 3, 2019, four federal agencies – the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”), the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”), and the Office of the...more

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What the Basel AML Index Reveals About Global Money Laundering Risks

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Established in 2003, the Basel Institute is a not-for-profit Swiss foundation dedicated to working with public and private partners around the world to prevent and combat corruption, and is an Associated Institute of the...more

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French Anticorruption Agency's Enforcement Committee Hands Down First-Ever Decision

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The Enforcement Committee of the French Anticorruption Agency ("FAA") handed down its first decision on July 4, 2019. The decision follows the Agency's three-month audit (October to December 2017) of the involved company's...more

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Government select committee considers beneficial ownership register

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We blogged on 26 July 2018 about the government’s plans to publish a register of beneficial ownership of UK registered land. ...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Four LATAM Countries will work as a TEAM to TACKLE TAX EVASION, Corruption and Other Financial Crimes

The Global Forum and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) oversee the internationally agreed standards of tax transparency and exchange of information via the Common Reporting Standard (CRS). ...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

It’s the Great Pumpkin: Lessons in Process Validation and Oversight

In the compliance world, process validation comes through oversight. Two of the seven compliance elements in the 1992 US Sentencing Guidelines call for companies to monitor, audit and respond quickly to allegations of...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Focus sull'aggiornamento delle Linee Guida ANAC n. 4 in materia di affidamenti "sotto soglia"

Con delibera del Consiglio n. 206 del 1° marzo 2018, l'Autorità Nazionale Anticorruzione ("ANAC") ha definitivamente approvato l'aggiornamento delle Linee Guida n. 4 recanti "Procedure per l'affidamento dei contratti pubblici...more

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Update: public register of beneficial ownership of UK property by overseas entities

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The government has published its response to the April 2017 call for evidence on proposals for a register showing who owns and controls overseas entities that own UK property or participate in UK government procurement. ...more

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Sapin II and French Anti-Corruption Enforcement

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As more countries enter into the anti-corruption enforcement world, companies face exponential risks of detection and enforcement. Recently, Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein has commented on the need to avoid unfair...more

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When will register of beneficial ownership by overseas companies be introduced?

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The government has confirmed to parliament its timetable for the introduction of a public register of beneficial ownership of UK property by overseas entities. This follows on from the government’s consultation in April 2017...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Signs, Signs, Everywhere a Sign: Changes in Store for SEC Enforcement under the Trump Administration

Even before President Trump’s nomination of Jay Clayton as the next Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”), signs have been appearing that changes are afoot within the Division of...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

New French Anticorruption Legislation Affecting Large French and Foreign Groups of Companies and Their Top Management

On December 9th, 2016, France officially enacted the Law on transparency, anti-corruption and economic modernization (so-called "Sapin II bill") which introduces the following key changes...more

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