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White & Case LLP

DOJ Declines to Prosecute Private Equity Firm after Post-Acquisition Voluntary Self-Disclosure of Sanctions and Export Control...

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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

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Acquirors Beware: PE Firm Escapes DOJ Prosecution, but Acquired Entity Hit With $2 million+ in Penalties

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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

Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Hot Topics in International Trade - June 2022 - The Importance of Compliance Strength During Rapid Growth What are your...

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Rapid growth, which usually indicates a positive stage for companies, comes with potential downsides, as seen in the cautionary tale of Toll Holdings. Background- The Office of Foreign Asset Controls (OFAC) fined Toll...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Hong Kong Regulatory Update - July 2019

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This edition provides an overview of key regulatory developments in the past three months relevant to companies listed, or planning to list, on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (HKEx), and their advisers. In...more

Foley Hoag LLP

DOJ and OFAC Actions Highlight Importance of Compliance in International M&A

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Recent actions taken by the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and the Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) have highlighted the importance of due diligence in the mergers and acquisitions context....more

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Red Notice Newsletter - July 2018

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ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS - DOJ Extends FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy to Misconduct in Mergers and Acquisitions - On July 25, 2018, in a speech to the Ninth Global Forum on Anti-Corruption Compliance in High Risk...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

U.S. Dental Supply Company Penalized for Violating Iran Sanctions

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•Many medical products can be exported to Iran – so long as a license is obtained •Imposition of successor liability underscores importance of pre-transaction due diligence •OFAC enforcement, as in the past, continues...more

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