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Freiberger Haber LLP

Enforcement News: SEC Charges Bank With Misleading Investors About The Strength Of Its BSA/AML Compliance Program And Its...

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The Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act, also known as the “BSA,” enacted in 1970, established requirements for record-keeping and reporting by banks and other financial institutions. The BSA is designed to, among...more

Venable LLP

CFIUS Proposes Increased Penalties for Noncompliance and Updated Mitigation and Enforcement Rules

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As the lead agency for the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS or the Committee), the U.S. Department of the Treasury released new proposed rules on April 11, 2024 intended to enhance the enforcement...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Non-U.S. Companies on Alert: U.S. Government Issues Tri-Seal Compliance Note on Global Enforcement

New Tri-Seal Compliance Note highlights sanctions and export control compliance expectations for non-U.S. persons. Three agencies overseeing U.S. trade law compliance provided an overview of where U.S. sanctions and export...more

Snell & Wilmer

CFIUS & Export Controls: The Foreign Investment Regulations Putting Buyers, Sellers, and M&A Practitioners at Risk

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In recent memory, enforcement of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS” or the “Committee”) regulations has been mostly limited and sporadic. But recently, the U.S. government is reviving and...more

Dechert LLP

Highlights from Treasury’s Second Annual CFIUS Conference

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On September 14, 2023, the U.S. Department of Treasury (“Treasury”) hosted its Second Annual CFIUS Conference (the “Conference”) regarding the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS” or the “Committee”)....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Antiboycott Update for Government Contractors and More

The U.S. antiboycott laws and regulations have been around since the era of disco. In stark contrast to fast-moving sanctions and export controls, we rarely see updates to the antiboycott regulations or enforcement...more

Dechert LLP

When You Got It, Flaunt It: Enforcement Authorities Expect Companies, Including Banks and Cryptocurrency Exchanges, That Collect...

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) recently announced two settlements that underscore OFAC’s continued emphasis on companies developing and implementing effective, risk-based...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

DOJ and Treasury Take Crypto Enforcement to the Next Level

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The DOJ’s National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team and Treasury’s OFAC are setting their sights on cryptocurrency use in cybercrimes. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is sharpening its focus on combatting...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

OFAC Issues Sanctions Guidance and the Concept of Culture Gains Traction

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On May 2, 2019, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”)—the U.S. agency tasked with administering and enforcing the U.S.’s economic and trade sanctions programs—published A Framework for...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Recent guidance brings OFAC in line with domestic and global compliance trends

On May 2, 2019, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued guidance titled “A Framework for OFAC Compliance Commitments” (Guidance), providing direction regarding what OFAC considers to...more

Blank Rome LLP

TIGTA Releases Annual Report on IRS Compliance Trends

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The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) released its annual report on IRS compliance trends yesterday. The key takeaway from the report is TIGTA’s finding that the total amount of revenue received and...more

The Volkov Law Group

AML BSA and Sanctions Compliance Part II of II June 24, 2014

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The Department of Justice and the Treasury Department have stepped up AML/BSA and Sanctions Enforcement. With the ever-increasing expansion and modification of sanctions, risks for all businesses, not just financial...more

Laner Muchin, Ltd.

Employers Face Compliance Options In Lights Of Delayed Implementation Of Pay Or Pay Mandate Under The ACA, But Other ACA...

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On July 2, 2013, the Treasury Department’s announced that enforcement of the "Pay or Play" mandate under the ACA will be delayed until January 1, 2015. This announcement was followed by a brief notice from the IRS which...more

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