Episode 376 -- DOJ's Unicat Settlement and the Future Look of Trade Enforcement Actions
Everything Compliance: Episode 156, To Document or Not Edition
Regulatory Ramblings: Episode 71 – Crypto Fault Lines: Stablecoins, Meme Coins & the Fight for Clarity PLUS: Sanctions, Shell Companies & Fragmented Global Trade
Compliance into the Weeds: USRA Declination Case Study - Self-Disclosure Best Practices
Episode 364 -- Five Strategies to Mitigate a New Risk Environment
Episode 358 - Ethics and Compliance Trends for 2025: Is Your Company Prepared?
U.S. Introduces “Fair and Reciprocal Plan,” Marking Significant and Impactful Shift in Trade Policy
FCPA Compliance Report: Strategic ROI - Navigating Export Controls and Compliance
FCPA Compliance Report – Episode 732 – Understanding Anti-Boycott Compliance with Alexander Cotoia
Leaders in Law: The State of International Trade with Neena Shenai
AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business Podcast - Episode 18: Navigating U.S. Sanctions and Their Implications for Non-U.S. Individuals and Entities
Navigating U.S. Sanctions and Their Implications for Non-U.S. Individuals and Entities
Episode 328 -- Sanctions Enforcement Risks and Redlines
Corruption, Crime & Compliance: Boeing Pays $51 Million for ITAR Violations
Episode 315 - Boeing Pays $51 Million for ITAR Violations
Wiley's 10 Key Trade Developments: Evolution of Export Controls
FINCast Ep. 39 – State of Russia Sanctions Two Years After the Invasion
Wiley’s Top 10 Trade Developments: Heightened Sanctions and Export Control Enforcement
Video: Making Trade Inclusive for All Americans: A Conversation with SAP's Michelle Trong Perrin-Steinberg
Corruption, Crime and Compliance: Trade Compliance Trends and Expectations with Gabrielle Griffith
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is set to enforce its sweeping new rule on certain U.S. data transactions with countries of concern and covered persons as of July 9, 2025. The new rule regarding “Preventing Access to...more
What happens when a company inherits a sanctions violation through acquisition, and acts fast to fix it? Can a robust post-acquisition response really save a parent company from prosecution? In this episode, Michael...more
Blank Rome presents a new summer webinar series where our interdisciplinary team will unpack the most pressing legal, regulatory, and policy developments from the Trump Administration’s first 180 days. Each session offers...more
In June 2025, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it declined to prosecute a private equity firm and its affiliates following the firm’s voluntary self-disclosure of criminal violations of US sanctions and...more
The Unicat settlement provides some important insights into the Trump Administration’s direction on trade enforcement. It underscores the importance of voluntary disclosure, cooperation and remediation, the tri-part...more
In an interesting enforcement action reflecting the Administration’s priority on sanctions, export and customs enforcement, DOJ announced a global resolution with DOJ, OFAC, BIS and CBP and Unicat Catalyst Technologies...more
On June 16, 2025, the Department of Justice (DOJ) National Security Division (NSD) announced that it declined to charge private equity firm White Deer Management LLC (“White Deer”) and its affiliates after the company...more
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it has formally declined to prosecute private equity firm White Deer Management LLC (White Deer) and certain of its affiliates in connection with criminal violations of US...more
In its first application of the policy on voluntary self-disclosures (“VSDs”) in connection with mergers and acquisitions (“M&A”), on June 16, 2025, the US Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) National Security Division (“NSD”)...more
In March 2024, NSD issued an updated Enforcement Policy for Business Organizations (NSD Enforcement Policy) that includes the M&A Policy. Under the M&A Policy, where an acquiring company makes a qualifying voluntary...more
The DOJ declined to prosecute a private equity firm for its portfolio company’s pre-acquisition sanctions and export violations, marking the first application of the National Security Division’s M&A Policy. Our White Collar,...more
The Department of Justice (DOJ) implemented a new regulatory regime (Data Security Program) addressing access to, and transfer of, sensitive personal data to countries and persons of concern, including Russia, China and...more
DOJ’s new Corporate Enforcement Program is designed to bring certainty to the voluntary disclosure and cooperation process. DOJ’s intent is clear — voluntary disclosure is likely to lead to a declination, reduced penalties...more
Call me an optimist — it is a much better alternative than being a pessimist or a “realist” with a pessimistic bent. So, let’s start by acknowledging the obvious. Businesses are operating in a volatile environment. The...more
On April 30, 2025, the Department of Justice (DOJ) National Security Division (NSD) announced its second-ever public declination under its updated corporate voluntary self-disclosure (VSD) policy when it declined to charge...more
On April 30, 2025, the National Security Division (NSD) of the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the declination of prosecution against the Universities Space Research Association (USRA), a federal government contractor,...more
The award winning, Compliance into the Weeds is the only weekly podcast which takes a deep dive into a compliance related topic, literally going into the weeds to more fully explore a subject. Looking for some hard-hitting...more
The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) recent announcement that it would decline to prosecute a self-reported criminal export control violation demonstrates the continuing importance of prompt, voluntary self-disclosure (VSD) and...more
Effective as of April 8, 2025, the National Security Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has implemented a Data Security Program (the DSP) to address national security risks associated with the transfer of...more
For only the second time under its updated voluntary self-disclosure program, the U.S. Justice Department decided not to prosecute Universities Space Research Association after the company self-disclosed criminal violations...more
On April 1, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) launched a Section 232 investigation into the national security of semiconductor imports. On April 16, Commerce published a Request for Information (RFI) seeking public...more
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)’s new data security rule went into effect April 8, 2025. The rule creates what are effectively export controls and requires companies to take measures to prevent U.S. sensitive personal...more
This is the final in our 2025 Year in Preview series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the coming year. Throughout 2024, enforcement of international trade laws continued to gather pace...more
Heightened federal scrutiny of unauthorized technology transfers to foreign entities has once again resulted in high-profile criminal convictions, as two senior executives of Quadrant Magnetics, a Kentucky-based manufacturer...more
In 2023, the New York County Manhattan District Attorney’s Antiquities Trafficking Unit, or NYATU, had seized a statue in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art for repatriation to the Republic of Türkiye. CMA acquired...more