Each year, the Department of Justice ("DOJ"), the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), and in recent years, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") dedicate substantial resources to investigating and...more
On December 23, 2021, President Biden signed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act ("UFLPA" or the "Act") into law. The Act creates a rebuttable presumption that "any goods, wares, articles, and merchandise mined, produced,...more
4/28/2022
/ China ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Forced Labor ,
Human Rights ,
Importers ,
Imports ,
Rebuttable Presumptions ,
Supply Chain ,
US Trade Policies ,
Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA)
On June 3, 2021, President Biden issued a memorandum declaring anticorruption efforts to be "a core United States national security interest" and announcing a plan to "significantly bolster" anticorruption enforcement. While...more
6/22/2021
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Biden Administration ,
Corruption ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Enforcement Guidance ,
Financial Crimes ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Interagency Guidance ,
Money Laundering ,
National Security ,
Strategic Planning ,
White Collar Crimes
CFTC Commissioner asserts that Decentralized Finance ("DeFi") likely violates the Commodity Exchange Act ("CEA") and that the regulator should respond accordingly.
DeFi is an umbrella term encompassing a range of...more
The risk of detention or seizure of products imported into the United States warrants renewed attention to responsible business practices on forced labor risk in global supply chains.
United States Customs and Border...more
The Situation: The United States federal government—including Congress, the Department of Labor, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of the Treasury—continues to ramp up efforts to address reports of...more
An uptick in fraud prosecutions and litigation has historically followed federal crisis relief programs. In addition to this historical trend, the attention fraud related to the novel coronavirus ("COVID-19") has garnered...more
10/12/2020
/ Borrowers ,
CARES Act ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Fraud ,
Government Investigations ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
SBA ,
TARP