The last several months brought forth major reforms to Brazil’s anti-corruption regulations and enforcement environment, including in the way that Brazilian companies are expected to enhance their compliance programs....more
3/12/2025
/ Accounting Controls ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Corruption ,
Due Diligence ,
Enforcement ,
Ethics ,
Fraud ,
Government Agencies ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Third-Party ,
Whistleblowers
As the interplay between export controls, trade sanctions, and anticorruption enforcement continues to intensify, multinational companies must remain vigilant in ensuring that their compliance programs address the many...more
9/25/2024
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Boycotts ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Compliance ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Enforcement ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
FinCEN ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Fraud ,
Multinationals ,
National Security ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Penalties ,
Popular ,
Russia ,
Sanction Violations ,
Self-Disclosure Requirements ,
Supply Chain ,
Ukraine ,
Voluntary Disclosure
Multi-jurisdictional civil fraud matters often present multiple challenges that make the tracing and recovery of assets a complex, costly, and time-consuming investigative process. Making a fraud victim whole again requires...more
8/21/2024
/ Asset Recovery ,
Asset Tracing ,
Cross-Border ,
Data Collection ,
Data Protection ,
Dispute Resolution ,
Divorce ,
Enforcement ,
Financial Transactions ,
Forensic Accounting ,
Fraud ,
Injunctions ,
Investigations ,
Multi-Jurisdictional Litigation ,
Offshore Banks ,
Ponzi Scheme ,
Popular ,
Securities Fraud ,
Shell Corporations ,
Theft ,
Trusts ,
Venue ,
Witness
For years, Department of Justice officials have stressed how important chief compliance officers are as the first line of defense in fighting corporate crimes. While that’s true, compliance programs now have a competitor in...more
6/7/2024
/ Bribery ,
CFTC ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Crimes ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement ,
Federal Pilot Programs ,
Financial Crimes ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Fraud ,
Investigations ,
Jurisdiction ,
Kickbacks ,
Money Laundering ,
Non-Prosecution Agreements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Self-Disclosure Requirements ,
Voluntary Disclosure ,
Whistleblower Awards ,
Whistleblowers ,
White Collar Crimes
Over the last several months, companies have become entangled in an increasingly complex web of new and expanded sanctions and export control restrictions related to Russia in response to its war on Ukraine. The current...more
11/14/2023
/ Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
China ,
Compliance ,
Construction Industry ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Divestment ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Enforcement ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
Financial Institutions ,
FinCEN ,
Foreign Direct Product Rule ,
Information Technology ,
Manufacturers ,
National Security ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Popular ,
Russia ,
Sanction Violations ,
SDN List ,
Self-Disclosure Requirements ,
Trade Restrictions ,
Ukraine ,
White Collar Crimes
For more than two years now, heads of the U.S. Department of Justice have maintained a steady drumbeat that they expect companies today to have in place a sound data analytics compliance program to proactively mitigate risks....more
3/2/2023
/ Analytics ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
CFTC ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Crimes ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Data Collection ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement ,
Ethics ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Machine Learning ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)