Daily Compliance News: May 1, 2025, The 100 Days of Corruption Edition
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending April 26, 2025
Daily Compliance News: April 21, 2025, The Tribute to Pope Francis Edition
Daily Compliance News: April 15, 2025, The Redefining Corruption Edition
Daily Compliance News: April 14, 2025, The Cascade of Corruption Edition
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending April 12, 2025
Daily Compliance News: April 10, 2025, The Dark Money Corruption Edition
Daily Compliance News: April 9, 2025, The Corruption at the DOJ Edition
Daily Compliance News: April 8, 2025, The End of Monitors Edition
Daily Compliance News: April 7, 2025, The Whistleblowers Awarded Edition
Daily Compliance News: April 2, 2025, The All WSJ Edition
Daily Compliance News: March 26, 2025, The Missile Strike on Boeing Edition
Daily Compliance News: March 24, 2025, The ABC Task Force Edition
Episode 360 -- Natalie Druckman from Certa on AI-Enhanced Third-Party Risk Management
Daily Compliance News: February 26, 2025, The Corrupt World Edition
Episode 357 -- Updating Your Risks Under the New Trump Administration
False Claims Act Insights - Some FCA Whistles Are Louder Than Others
Episode 356 -- Trump Administration Hits Pause on FCPA Enforcement
Episode 354 -- The New Era of Compliance: Generative AI, Data and Innovation
Episode 350 -- Deep Dive into McKinsey FCPA Case
Join hosts Tatiana Sainati and Diana Shaw as they delve into the gripping story of General Sani Abacha, the Nigerian dictator who embezzled billions of dollars and ruled with an iron fist from 1993 to 1998. Known for his...more
The Justice Department has repeated on several occasions that it intends to aggressively prosecute corporations for sanctions and export controls violations. The “New FCPA” is how the Justice Department characterizes its...more
As DOJ, OFAC and BIS ramp up sanctions and export controls enforcement, they have continued to provide important compliance guidance. You have to give the enforcement agencies credit — on the one hand, they regularly warn of...more
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
If companies operated with perfect governance mechanisms and controls, they would all be ready for the coming sanctions enforcement storm. However, that is not the corporate reality. Even after several companies are the...more
There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm. Willa Cather I know I sound like a broken record. The Justice Department’s white collar criminal enforcement has been trending down over the last few...more
Let’s move beyond the headline – trade compliance is the new FCPA. We get it. The next step is to do something about it. The Justice Department has repeated this refrain – it is one of its greatest hits. In addition, DOJ,...more
Microsoft’s remedial steps provide important best-practices for companies facing similar risk factors in the global economy, especially for global software companies that rely on Internet-based operations....more
OFAC announced only one settlement in the first three months of 2023. Given its ongoing role in the implementation and enforcement of Russia Sanctions, OFAC’s enforcement record so far is completely understandable. The...more
Designed for busy in-house counsel, compliance professionals, and anti-corruption lawyers, this newsletter summarizes some of the most important international anti-corruption law and case developments from the past month,...more
The Office of Foreign Asset Control’s designation of an entity as a Specially Designated National (SDN) is the “kiss of death.” Such designation not only has a direct impact on an SDN’s ability to engage in business but has...more
The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (“OFAC”) has been a steady performer in this challenging pandemic environment. Since the pandemic, OFAC has maintained a strong profile, while managing a difficult...more
Over the past few blog posts, I have been discussing the Statement issued last week by President Biden equating the international scourge of corruption as a national security threat to the United States and President Biden’s...more
The Justice Department’s National Security Division used the SAP comprehensive settlement of export control and sanctions violations to send a message – a loud and clear one....more
When reviewing factual reports of global corporate failures – be it FCPA, sanctions, export controls, or anti-money laundering schemes and systemic misconduct schemes – the story appears to follow a familiar pattern....more
Here is another profound grasp of the obvious (for which I have a knack for delivering) – compliance and legal professionals can learn a number of lessons from individual enforcement actions. In many cases, however, there is...more
ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS - New Guilty Plea in College Admissions Scandal - On April 21, 2020, Jorge Salcedo, a former tennis coach at a prominent California university, entered into a plea agreement related to his...more
IN THIS ISSUE - • Anticorruption Developments • Export Control Sanctions and Customs Enforcement • Export Control and Sanctions Developments • Global Investigations Resources • Writing and Speaking Engagements ...more
OFAC continues to aggressively enforce its sanctions programs. In its latest enforcement action, OFAC agreed with Société Internationale de Télécommunications Aéronautiques SCRL (“SITA”), a Swiss telecom company, to an...more
IN THIS ISSUE • Anticorruption Developments • Export Control Sanctions and Customs Enforcement • Export Control and Sanctions Developments • Global Investigations Resources • Writing and Speaking Engagements ...more
While DOJ had its biggest year in FCPA enforcement, OFAC quietly had a record year in enforcement. OFAC collected approximately $1.28 billion (yes, with a B) in 26 separate enforcement actions. That is quite an increase...more
2019 has been a very significant year for every compliance practitioner and compliance program. There were three significant releases of information by the federal government which directly impacted compliance professionals...more
El perfil de riesgo de la OFAC de una Institución Financiera se determina basado sus productos, servicios, clientes y ubicaciones geográficas. Se requiere que un programa de cumplimiento OFAC de una Institución Financiera...more
A Financial Institution’s OFAC risk profile is determined based on its products, services, customers and geographic locations. A Financial Institution’s OFAC compliance program is required to...more
Even the mighty can fall – Apple agreed to pay OFAC $467k for violations of the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Sanctions regulations. In 2008, Apple entered into an applications development agreement with SIS, a Slovenian...more