Corruption, Crime and Compliance - “The New FCPA”: Sanctions and Export Control Enforcement and Compliance
Giving Compliance Advice
Corruption, Crime, & Compliance - Five Steps to Enhance Your Sanctions Compliance Program
Corruption, Crime and Compliance - Deep Dive Into Wells Fargo’s $30 Million OFAC Settlement
FINCast Ep. 36 – Regulators’ Roundtable to Forecast 2023
Guidepost in Motion EP25: State of Compliance with Alixandra Smith Part 2
FCPA Compliance Report - Matt Silverman on Potential Sanctions Against Russia
Argentina: A Look at the Case of Lázaro Báez - Laundering the Proceeds of Corruption and Tax Fraud
Nota Bene Podcast Episode 131: U.S. Sanctions Against Russia: Valid or Ineffective Economic Policy? with Fatema Merchant and Mario Torrico
Compliance into the Weeds - SAP Trade Sanctions Enforcement Action
What to Expect from the Biden Administration
A Look Ahead at the Biden Administration’s Regulatory and Enforcement Priorities
Compliance Perspectives: The German Corporate Sanctions Act
Episode 153 -- The Mighty Amazon Falls to OFAC Enforcement Sword
Navigating an Increasingly Complex Sanctions Landscape: New Exposures for Corporations and Shipping
Episode 120: Interview of NAVEX Global Third-Party Risk Officials: Chris Bailey and Stephen Gooding
U.S. policy reversal allows suits in U.S. courts and visa denials, for “trafficking” in confiscated property in Cuba
Jones Day Presents: Considerations in Implementing Blockchain Technology
This Week in FCPA-Episode 80, The Last Jedi Edition
The Perils of Compliance with the Russia Sanctions Program
The world’s response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine dominated the first quarter of 2022, as the US and its international partners coordinated efforts to impose unprecedented sanctions designed to isolate the Russian...more
In December 2021, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the CJEU) published a judgment interpreting the European Union's Blocking Regulation....more
Court of Justice of the European Union sets Binding Rules on the Contractual Impact of the EU Blocking Regulation The EU Blocking Regulation (the “Regulation”)1 prohibits compliance by EU persons with certain U.S....more
During the past month, the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) has issued three separate rounds of Specially Designated Nationals & Blocked Persons List (“SDN List”) designations in order...more
Internet businesses are easily able to reach customers around the world. That worldwide reach, however, only increases a company’s risk of violating U.S. economic sanctions that the company might have not even realized...more
Hong Kong Updates and Alerts - New Restrictions on Exports to Hong Kong – License Exceptions for Hong Kong Suspended - On June 29, 2020, the State Department announced that the U.S. will end the export of U.S.-origin...more
In an increasingly integrated global economy, and as businesses shift to online sales and a broader client base, it is important to have a clear understanding of, among other things, the U.S. sanctions in place, and the...more
Elliott Abrams, the U.S. Special Representative for Venezuela, announced a plan to lift sanctions on Venezuela should the Maduro regime step aside to permit a transitional government to be elected until full elections can...more
On 21 October 2019 the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) issued a final rule amending Cuba-related provisions in the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). The new rule further restricts exports and reexports of...more
Title III of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (Helms-Burton) allows U.S. persons to bring an action in U.S. federal court to seek damages for “trafficking” in property confiscated by the...more
• The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Securities (BIS) announced changes to the Cuban Assets Control Regulations (CACR)...more
In a June 4 announcement, the Trump administration further ratcheted up U.S. sanctions and export controls against Cuba by prohibiting group “people-to-people” travel to Cuba and the use of noncommercial aircraft and...more
In April 2019, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the U.S. government would allow a private right of action, created by Title III of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (Libertad) Act of 1996 (also known as...more
For the first time in my memory, the Congress passed a joint resolution to disapprove a final regulation of a federal agency—in this case the CFPB and the rule was related to arbitration clauses in contracts for consumer...more
In our last post, we made a few cocky predictions about the new Trump Administration’s Cuba policy. We correctly asserted that the President would try to chart a narrow course between the Scylla of conservative Cuban-American...more
On Friday, 16 June 2017, President Trump made his first major foray into U.S. - Cuban relations since assuming office. While it was a radical departure in tone from his predecessor, the changes he announced appear to leave...more
Changes to unwind will not take effect until new regulations are issued. On June 16, US President Donald Trump announced his decision to revoke some—but not all—of the relaxations in Cuba sanctions initiated under former...more
On Friday, June 16, President Trump announced policy changes towards Cuba while speaking in Miami. Trump’s new policy directive reverses many of the Obama administration’s policies with Cuba. ...more
Questions continue to swirl around the future of U.S.-Cuba policy as recent reports of a Trump Administration plan to strengthen Cuba sanctions surfaced over the weekend. These reports should be assessed against the backdrop...more
Sanctions: Will the Trump Administration Stay the Course? President Trump made many statements during the campaign regarding actions he plans to take to reverse Obama administration sanctions policies. These included...more
New Administration’s Cuba Policy Plans - Prior to President Trump’s inauguration, and in an effort to continue normalizing U.S.-Cuba relations, President Obama ended the "wet-foot, dry-foot" policy which since 1995 has...more
As much of the world now knows, beginning in January 2015, the Obama Administration began easing some of the sanctions that have been imposed on Cuba for generations. Since that easing, there has been a great deal of interest...more
The election of Donald J. Trump as President of the United States took many by surprise. Of additional import to the industry, the Republican Party has maintained control of the House of Representatives and the Senate,...more
How easily can the Trump administration change the status quo? The International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), 50 U.S.C §§1701-1707 enacted October 28, 1977, authorizes the US president to broadly regulate...more
SHINING LIGHT INTO THE HEART OF DARKNESS:An Update on the Cuban Embargo - I. Executive Summary - Sixty years after the imposition of the Cuban Embargo, the orthodoxy and ideology that caused it to persist are no...more