DOJ sets out new enforcement priorities for corporate and white-collar crime and emphasizes “focus, fairness and efficiency.”...more
As the world prepares for the change of administration in January, current government officials and industry experts convened at the New York Forum on Economic Sanctions to reflect on enforcement trends in 2024, and to...more
12/10/2024
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Banks ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Export Controls ,
National Security ,
Nuclear Weapons ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Russia ,
Self-Disclosure Requirements ,
Technology ,
Voluntary Disclosure
In recent years, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has rolled out a significant and increasing number of carrots and sticks aimed at deterring and punishing white collar crime. Speaking at the American Bar Association White...more
3/13/2024
/ CFTC ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Employee Misconduct ,
FinCEN ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Incentives ,
IRS ,
Qui Tam ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Self-Disclosure Requirements ,
Voluntary Disclosure ,
Whistleblowers ,
White Collar Crimes
As lawyers, corporate executives and federal law enforcement officials prepare to gather this week in San Francisco for the ABA’s 39th National Institute on White Collar Crime, we offer our takeaways from January’s Houston...more
3/5/2024
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Cannabis Products ,
Compliance ,
Corruption ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Incentives ,
Investment ,
Market Manipulation ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
San Francisco ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Self-Disclosure Requirements ,
Voluntary Disclosure ,
Whistleblowers ,
White Collar Crimes ,
Wire Fraud
2023 was a banner year in the sanctions space and regulators seem primed to continue that performance in 2024. In December 2023, numerous government officials and industry experts convened at the New York Forum on Economic...more
1/12/2024
/ Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
CFTC ,
Compliance ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Enforcement ,
European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
FinCEN ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
National Security ,
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Popular ,
Self-Disclosure Requirements ,
Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) ,
Voluntary Disclosure ,
Whistleblowers
The past few months have seen numerous high-profile enforcement actions highlighting an increasing trend, what Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco called “the biggest shift in corporate criminal enforcement that I’ve seen...more
12/5/2023
/ Acquisitions ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Bank Secrecy Act ,
Corporate Crimes ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Investigations ,
Mergers ,
National Security ,
Recidivism ,
Remediation ,
Sanction Violations ,
Self-Disclosure Requirements ,
Terrorist Financing ,
Voluntary Disclosure ,
Whistleblowers
Late last year, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced material changes to the way it intended to investigate, prosecute, and resolve corporate cases. The changes were aggressive, leading us to title our update “DOJ’s...more
9/22/2022
/ Audits ,
Compliance Monitoring ,
Corporate Crimes ,
Corporate Culture ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Individual Accountability ,
New Guidance ,
Risk Assessment ,
Self-Disclosure Requirements