President Trump’s “America First Trade Policy” is creating new sanctions compliance risk for financial services institutions and companies in an area that historically has not received as much enforcement attention: drug...more
3/27/2025
/ Compliance ,
Cuba ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Financial Institutions ,
Mexico ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Risk Management ,
SDN List ,
Trump Administration ,
Venezuela
U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement activity may be at a temporary standstill, but that should not mean much for the day-to-day operations of global anti-corruption compliance programs. If the Department of...more
2/13/2025
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Bribery ,
Compliance ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Due Diligence ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Executive Orders ,
FEPA ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Money Laundering ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Freeze ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Risk Management ,
Smuggling ,
Supply Chain ,
Trump Administration ,
White Collar Crimes
Now that the European Union’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act has entered into force, the real work begins putting its obligations into practice. This article explores five compliance steps to take now to operationalize the...more
“Net zero” is a topic as hot as the climate these days. With so much regulatory attention being placed on it, companies that do not communicate their net zero efforts appropriately or, worse, intentionally make false and...more
7/18/2024
/ Climate Change ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Social Responsibility ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Greenwashing ,
Net Zero ,
Paris Agreement ,
Popular ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation ,
Sustainability ,
UK
The various and elusive tactics used by Russia to evade global sanctions and export controls have grown increasingly sophisticated over the last several months, putting the onus on multinational entities to become equally...more
3/4/2024
/ Belarus ,
Beneficial Owner ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Compliance ,
Distributors ,
Due Diligence ,
Economic Sanctions ,
European Commission ,
Evasion ,
Export Controls ,
Foreign Trade Regulations ,
G7 ,
Globally Harmonized System ,
Infrastructure ,
Military Conflict ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Offshore Companies ,
Risk Management ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Russia ,
SDN List ,
Shell Corporations ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs ,
Ukraine ,
US State Departments ,
White Collar Crimes
In recent years, U.S. enforcement agencies have signaled that a data-analytics driven compliance program is more than a nice to have, it’s a must-have if companies are going to get more adept at demonstrating the...more