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Compliance measures to address sanctions enforcement: ‘the new FCPA’

In line with the Biden administration’s declaration last year that anticorruption is a “core United States national security interest,” sanctions evasion enforcement rapidly has become a core priority for the Department of...more

Snell & Wilmer

New Year, New Laws – Congress Passes Major Anti-Money Laundering Act

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On January 1, 2021, Congress passed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, an omnibus bill that includes the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (“AMLA”). The AMLA bans the use of anonymous shell companies...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

The United States Updates Sanctions to Combat Terrorism with New Focus on Non-U.S. Banks

As it targets terrorist groups and their finances, the U.S. Government announces potent secondary sanctions that can impede correspondent banking relationships of non-U.S. banks. A new U.S. Executive Order updates the...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Orrick's Financial Industry Week in Review

CFPB Proposes Prohibition on Mandatory Consumer Arbitration Clauses - On May 5, 2016, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued and sought comment on proposed rules prohibiting mandatory arbitration clauses...more

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U.S. Treasury Announces Customer Due Diligence Final Rule for Financial Institutions

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On May 5, 2016, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced a Customer Due Diligence (CDD) Final Rule that requires financial institutions to conduct certain diligence to verify personal information of beneficial owners of...more

A&O Shearman

US Treasury Announces Measures to Enhance Anti-Money Laundering, Bank Secrecy Act Compliance and Tax Evasion Rule Compliance

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The US Treasury Department put forth several measures to combat money laundering, corruption and tax evasion, in the wake of the so-called “Panama Papers” document leak. First, the US Treasury issued a final Customer Due...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

FinCEN Proposes Anti-Money Laundering and Suspicious Reporting Rules for Registered Investment Advisers

On August 25, 2015, the US Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) proposed rules that would require registered investment advisers to adopt anti-money laundering (AML) programs and report...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

The Fourth European Union Anti-Money Laundering Directive and Its Effects on Financial Institutions Operating in the EU

The Fourth European Union Anti-Money Laundering Directive (Fourth AML Directive), approved by the European Parliament on May 20, 2015, went into effect on June 25, 2015, repealing the 2005 Third AML Directive. Given the...more

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