With the Trump administration having put in place the largest export controls penalty of all time, the second-largest economic sanctions/OFAC penalty, and five of the ten largest FCPA penalties, international regulatory risk...more
6/13/2019
/ Chief Compliance Officers ,
Compliance ,
Due Diligence ,
Enforcement ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
International Trade ,
Multinationals ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Risk Management ,
Supply Chain
This white paper lays out a twelve-step program for dealing with the Trump administration trade war, both for importers who are dealing with special tariffs and the sharp increase in antidumping and countervailing duty...more
6/13/2019
/ Aluminum Sales ,
Anti-Dumping Duty ,
China ,
Countervailing Duties ,
Exclusions ,
Exports ,
Free Trade Agreements ,
Imports ,
Risk Management ,
Section 232 ,
Section 301 ,
Steel Industry ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Policy ,
Trade Relations ,
Trade Wars ,
Trump Administration ,
US Trade Policies
We are now two years into the current presidential administration and regulators have imposed three of the ten largest Foreign Corrupt Practices Act penalties in history and the largest export controls penalty of all time....more
2/26/2019
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Audits ,
Automotive Industry ,
Compliance ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Export Controls ,
Exports ,
FBI ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Internal Controls ,
Multinationals ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Management ,
Supply Chain
Regulators within the Trump administration have sent a loud message that should concern all multinational automotive companies: laws governing international activities continue to be the subject of intense enforcement...more
5/25/2018
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Automotive Industry ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
ITAR ,
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Management ,
SDN List ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Supply Chain ,
Trade Policy ,
Trump Administration
Over the last month, regulators with the Trump administration sent a loud message to companies subject to U.S. jurisdiction: Enforcement of laws governing international activities is alive and well and the laws will continue...more
5/14/2018
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Antiboycott Requirements ,
Bribery ,
CEOs ,
CFIUS ,
Chief Compliance Officers ,
Code of Conduct ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Export Controls ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Foreign Subsidiaries ,
Internal Audit Functions ,
Internal Controls ,
ITAR ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Management ,
SDN List ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Trump Administration
Enforcement activity under the Obama administration often made headlines for the eye-popping level of fines, with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regulations, and economic sanctions...more
2/11/2017
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Attorney General ,
Bribery ,
CFIUS ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Crimes ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Criminal Penalties ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Cybersecurity ,
Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) ,
Deferred Prosecution Agreements ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Dual Use Goods ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Employee Training ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
FBI ,
Financial Fraud ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Internal Audit Functions ,
Internal Controls ,
ITAR ,
Multinationals ,
NAFTA ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Political Appointments ,
Risk Management ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Terrorist Financing Regulations ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
Whistleblower Awards ,
White Collar Crimes ,
Yates Memorandum