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Discrimination claims are rising against employers accused of favoring foreign national workers over US workers, and several federal agencies are also joining in this new enforcement trend that should cause you to review your...more
The indictment this week of the owners of a Texas bakery on harboring charges is proof that the Trump administration has made immigration enforcement a top priority, targeting both unauthorized foreign nationals and the...more
If there is one enforcement shift to expect in the next year or so, it is an uptick in federal law enforcement moves designed to overwhelm the targets. This means more search warrants (or “raids”) at businesses, especially...more
On January 29, 2025, President Trump signed the first bill of his second presidential term into law. The legislation, named the Laken Riley Act, gives substantial power to state attorneys general (and other authorized state...more
On Monday, January 20, the first day of the new presidential term, President Donald Trump issued a flurry of new executive orders related to immigration action items. Many of these orders address humanitarian and southern...more
This Order authorizes increased vetting and screening of those seeking admission to the United States, and those already in the United States. Agencies are directed to establish a uniform baseline for screening and vetting...more
On December 20, 2024, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a long-awaited notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to revise regulations under FARA, three years after an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking sought input on...more
For the first time in nearly 30 years, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) proposes to materially revise the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). On December 19, 2024, DOJ issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)...more
In a significant development, the Department of Justice (DOJ) indicted 14 North Korean nationals on December 11, 2024 for their involvement in a sophisticated scheme to defraud U.S. companies and violate international...more
President-Elect Donald Trump is promising sweeping changes to the U.S. immigration system, with a focus on ramping up enforcement and the removal of undocumented immigrants. We can look to his first term, along with his...more
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently filed a petition in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit for a rehearing en banc in the Steve Wynn case, asking the D.C. Circuit to reconsider U.S. v....more
Last week the D.C. Circuit released its long-anticipated opinion in the Attorney General v. Wynn, holding that the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) could not compel Steve Wynn to retroactively register under the Foreign Agents...more
It is common for a US taxpayer to ask “what happens if you don’t file an FBAR or a Form 8938, Statement of Specified Foreign Assets with the IRS? Why do I have to worry about filing an FBAR in San Diego or anywhere in the US,...more
Aggressive enforcement of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) continued last year, and that trend shows no signs of receding in 2024. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in 2023 filed its first affirmative civil...more
With recent high-profile prosecutions continuing to draw attention to the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) and related political laws, and a number of notable announcements by Department of Justice (DOJ) officials at a...more
Receiving a document subpoena from the DOJ, the SEC, or any other US regulatory authority is a stressful and unpleasant situation. Things may seem even more stressful and complicated if you are a foreign national or company...more
The executive order on artificial intelligence issued by the White House yesterday is the federal government’s most ambitious attempt to date to corral this burgeoning technology – and contains numerous items of interest for...more
On October 3, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) FARA Unit published a number of new advisory opinions (AOs) offering guidance and further insight on the Department’s interpretation of certain FARA registration triggers and...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 enforcement developments from the past...more
There has been a legal shakeup this summer in the world of “FBARs”—Reports of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts. New developments have been popping up nearly every week, whether from a court decision, as a result of a...more
July saw two noteworthy Russia enforcement actions. A Russian national was arrested in Estonia and extradited to the United States after being charged with conspiring to procure U.S.-origin technologies and ammunition on...more
On July 11, 2023, Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.) introduced the Retroactive Foreign Agents Registration Act (RFARA) in a continuing effort to bolster the transparency and accountability of foreign...more
U.S. employers may find it confusing that hiring for certain roles can involve what seem to be competing compliance obligations. On one hand, the Immigration and Nationality Act makes it illegal for employers to make hiring...more
When can an employer use the “national security exception” under U.S. anti-discrimination law to make a hiring decision based on the national origin of the candidate? An often overlooked area of compliance is how to comply...more
Today’s post is the final in our series on the most recent Annual Report of the Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s Files (CCF). The focus of this post will be on the critical factor of admissibility....more