On May 12, 2025, the Criminal Division of the US Department of Justice (DOJ) issued new guidance on white-collar enforcement priorities and revised its policies on corporate voluntary self-disclosure (VSD), the selection of...more
On April 11, 2025, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced additional guidance regarding the implementation of the Final Rule (the “Rule”), Provisions Pertaining to Preventing Access to U.S. Sensitive Personal Data and...more
On Wednesday, February 5, 2025, the newly confirmed Attorney General (AG) Pam Bondi issued fourteen memoranda to all Department of Justice (DOJ or the “Department”) employees regarding a wide range of new policies and...more
2/19/2025
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Bribery ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Enforcement Priorities ,
Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Money Laundering ,
National Security ,
White Collar Crimes
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On January 16, 2025, President Biden issued an Executive Order (EO) on Strengthening and Promoting Innovation in the Nation’s Cybersecurity, to further address increasing threats from nation-state actors...more
On December 27, 2024, the Department of Justice (DOJ) released a Final Rule, Provisions Pertaining to Preventing Access to U.S. Sensitive Personal Data and Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern or Covered Persons....more
1/7/2025
/ Cybersecurity ,
Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) ,
Data Brokers ,
Data Management ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Due Diligence ,
Exports ,
Final Rules ,
National Security ,
Personal Data ,
Sensitive Personal Information
As global economic and geopolitical environments enter a new era, companies need to continuously develop and adjust their coherent global business strategies to secure and further expand business opportunities in all markets...more
1/2/2025
/ Acquisitions ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Business Opportunities ,
Business Strategies ,
CFIUS ,
China ,
Compliance ,
Covered Transactions ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Entity List ,
Exports ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Transactions ,
Forced Labor ,
Foreign Investment ,
Importers ,
Imports ,
Investment ,
Joint Venture ,
National Security ,
NPRM ,
Prohibited Transactions ,
Real Estate Transactions ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Semiconductors ,
Sensitive Personal Information ,
Supply Chain ,
Trade Relations ,
Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA)
On December 20, 2024, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a long-awaited notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to revise regulations under FARA, three years after an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking sought input on...more
1/2/2025
/ Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Foreign Agents ,
Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Foreign Governments ,
Foreign Nationals ,
National Security ,
NPRM ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Registration Requirement ,
Reporting Requirements
After yet another banner year for the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA)—including high-profile prosecutions, an all-time high in registrations, a record number of inspections, and a key DC Circuit decision—US Department...more
On October 21, 2024, the Department of Justice (DOJ) released an unpublished Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), Provisions Pertaining to Preventing Access to U.S. Sensitive Personal Data and Government-Related Data by...more
10/24/2024
/ Data-Sharing ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
International Data Transfers ,
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) ,
National Security ,
NPRM ,
Personal Data ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Sensitive Personal Information
As predicted earlier this year in our January update, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) has continued to ramp up enforcement of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) and related political laws through criminal...more
On August 1, 2024, the US Department of Justice (“DOJ” or “Department”) released highly anticipated details of its new Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program (“Pilot Program”), with Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney...more
8/6/2024
/ CFTC ,
Corporate Crimes ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Corruption ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Federal Pilot Programs ,
Financial Crimes ,
Money Laundering ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Whistleblower Awards ,
Whistleblowers
On April 15, 2024 the Criminal Division of the US Department of Justice (“DOJ”) launched a pilot program to encourage voluntary self-disclosures by offering mandatory non-prosecution agreements (“NPAs”) to individuals who...more
On March 7, 2024, the US Department of Justice’s National Security Division (NSD) released a revised Voluntary Self-Disclosure (VSD) Policy (the “VSD Policy”). The VSD Policy substantially tracks the language of the previous...more
On March 6, 2024, the US Departments of Commerce (“Commerce”), Treasury (“Treasury”), and Justice (“DOJ”) released their latest Tri-Seal Compliance Note (“Note”), which focuses on the “Obligations of foreign-based persons to...more
3/14/2024
/ Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Export Controls ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
Foreign Relations ,
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Self-Disclosure Requirements ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
U.S. Treasury ,
US Trade Policies
On March 7, 2024, the Deputy Attorney General of the US Department of Justice (“DOJ” or “Department”) announced a pilot program to encourage whistleblowers to report evidence of high-priority white collar crimes with the...more
3/12/2024
/ CFTC ,
Corruption ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Pilot Programs ,
FinCEN ,
IRS ,
Qui Tam ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Voluntary Disclosure ,
Whistleblower Awards ,
Whistleblowers ,
White Collar Crimes
On February 28, 2024, President Joe Biden issued Executive Order (“EO”) 14117, empowering the Department of Justice (DOJ) to regulate the export of certain consumer data, in order to prevent certain countries’ governments...more
3/6/2024
/ Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) ,
Biden Administration ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Executive Orders ,
International Data Transfers ,
Personal Data ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Regulatory Requirements
The FTC and DOJ’s Antitrust Division recently announced that they are updating their guidance regarding how parties in enforcement and investigative matters must preserve electronically stored information (“ESI”) from...more
With recent high-profile prosecutions continuing to draw attention to the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) and related political laws, and a number of notable announcements by Department of Justice (DOJ) officials at a...more
On December 12, 2023, the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued guidelines for companies to follow in requesting that the Attorney General authorize delays of cyber incident disclosures required by the U.S. Securities and...more
12/13/2023
/ Corporate Governance ,
Cyber Incident Reporting ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
FBI ,
Form 8-K ,
New Guidance ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation