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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

OFAC Reimposes Venezuela Oil and Gas Sector Sanctions but Leaves Door Open for Possible Specific Licensing

Key Points - On April 17, 2024, based on a determination by the U.S. government that Nicolás Maduro and his representatives “have not fully met the commitments made” with respect to upcoming Venezuelan elections, the U.S....more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Non-U.S. Companies on Alert: U.S. Government Issues Tri-Seal Compliance Note on Global Enforcement

New Tri-Seal Compliance Note highlights sanctions and export control compliance expectations for non-U.S. persons. Three agencies overseeing U.S. trade law compliance provided an overview of where U.S. sanctions and export...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

OFAC Announces a Civil Settlement Agreement For Multiple Sanctions Violations Related To Digital Currency Transactions

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On February 18, 2021, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) announced a half-million dollar settlement with BitPay, Inc. (“BitPay”), a U.S. company that processes digital currency...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Update: Öffnungsklausel für Unternehmen – DOJ berücksichtigt ausländisches Recht bei der Bewertung von Compliance-Programmen

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Das US-Recht unterwirft sich bekanntermaßen nur selten anderen Rechtsordnungen. Umso bemerkenswerter ist die im Juni veröffentliche Aktualisierung des Leitfadens des US-Justizministeriums (DOJ) zur Bewertung von...more

Jones Day

The French Anti-Corruption Agency Publishes Its 2019 Annual Activity Report

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The French Anti-Corruption Agency ("FAA") report details key statistics relating to the controls the FAA carried out in 2019 and lessons to be drawn from this activity. On 9 July 2020, the FAA published its 2019 annual...more

NAVEX

Tame the Data Monster with a Prioritized Threat List - June 2019

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The more things change, the more things stay the same. As compliance matures as an industry, we sometimes forget the foundational best-practices that our programs are built upon. Every last Friday of the month, we revisit...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Skadden's 2019 Insights: Compliance Investigations in China Take On New Urgency

The ongoing trade tensions between the U.S. and China have caused some U.S. companies to become increasingly concerned that the Chinese authorities may subject their local operations to closer scrutiny, leading these...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

SEC Pay Ratio Rules — A Recipe for Compliance and Model Disclosure

The SEC recently adopted its final pay ratio disclosure rules. Commencing in early 2018, public companies[1] will have to disclose (i) their CEO's total annual compensation, (ii) the median total annual compensation of all...more

The Volkov Law Group

Recent FCPA Enforcement Actions: The Layne Christensen Case and SBM Offshore

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The Fourth Quarter of 2014 has been a busy one for DOJ and SEC in the FCPA arena. We are all praying that DOJ and SEC resolve the Avon case soon so that we do not have to include the case on our lists for predictions for...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

CFTC Grants Substituted Swaps Compliance for Six Foreign Jurisdictions

In 2013, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) adopted final guidance describing the circumstances in which the Dodd-Frank Act requirements will apply to cross-border swap activities (Guidance). In conjunction with...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

The World in US Courts: Decisions Discussed in This Issue: Fall 2013

Orrick is pleased to announce the third issue of The World in US Courts: Orrick’s Quarterly Review of Decisions Applying US Law To Global Business and Cross-Border Activities. This issue discusses 33 new decisions that...more

BakerHostetler

The FCPA on Steroids: Brazil Ups the Ante in Fighting Corporate Corruption

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Recently, in the wake of massive protests throughout Brazil concerning corruption and other issues, Brazilian President Dilma Vana Rousseff dramatically increased anti-corruption prohibitions in Brazil by signing into law the...more

Akerman LLP

Brazilian FCPA-Equivalent Signed Into Law

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On August 1, 2013, amid mounting pressure from disgruntled sectors of the Brazilian society and unrelenting street demonstrations across the country's largest cities – not to mention historic low approval ratings – President...more

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