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Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

SBR-Author’s Podcast: The Unseen Life of an Undercover Agent: A Conversation with Charlie Spillers

Welcome to the SBR-Authors Podcast! In this podcast series, Host Tom Fox visits with authors in the compliance arena and beyond. Today, Tom is joined by Charlie Spillers, a former federal prosecutor, undercover agent, and...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Strengthening and Unleashing America’s Law Enforcement to Pursue Criminals and Protect Innocent Citizens (Trump EO Tracker)

Orders the Attorney General shall take all appropriate action to create a mechanism to provide legal resources and indemnification to law enforcement officers who unjustly incur expenses and liabilities for actions taken...more

Saul Ewing LLP

Attorney General Pamela Bondi Charts New Course for U.S. Department of Justice With Several New Policy Memoranda on Day 1 at “Main...

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What You Need to Know - Attorney General Pam Bondi sets the tone with the issuance of 14 new Department of Justice memoranda on her first day on the job....more

Latham & Watkins LLP

FCC Reviews Submarine Cable Rules to Address National Security and Law Enforcement Risks

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Potential rule changes could expand the scope of the disclosure and reporting obligations for applicants and licensees of submarine cables....more

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FOIA and Open Records Requests - The Ultimate Guide

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The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and similar open records acts allow the public access to records under the control of governmental agencies. These access rights state that public information shall be delivered within a...more

Proskauer - Health Care Law Brief

The Corporate Transparency Act: Key Considerations for Health Systems and Practice Management Companies (MSOs/DSOs)

In 2021, Congress enacted the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) to “better enable critical national security, intelligence, and law enforcement efforts to counter money laundering, the financing of terrorism, and other...more

Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC

Corporate Transparency Act - New Federal Reporting Requirement For Entities

Background - In January 2021, the United States Congress passed the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) as part of the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020. This law, while intended to prevent criminal actors from hiding and...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

The Corporate Transparency Act: Access Rules

On December 21, 2023, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued final rules establishing a framework for accessing, using, and protecting beneficial ownership information (BOI)...more

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Non-US Companies Face New Compliance Requirements Under the US Corporate Transparency Act Beginning in 2024

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The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) became effective on January 1. The CTA creates a new national database of companies, maintained by the US Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), to...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Corporate Transparency Act: What to Know

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The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) introduces beneficial ownership reporting requirements effective January 1, 2024, for new and existing companies. Below is an overview of the new reporting obligations imposed by the CTA....more

Proskauer Rose LLP

Wealth Management Update - December 2023

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Shining a Light on the Corporate Transparency Act: FinCEN’s Rules for Beneficial Ownership Reporting - On January 1, 2021, Congress enacted the Corporate Transparency Act (the “CTA”) as part of the Anti-Money Laundering...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

SEC Adopts New and Burdensome Cybersecurity Disclosure Rules

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently adopted rules requiring public companies to quickly disclose “material cybersecurity incidents” and to annually disclose material information regarding a company’s...more

A&O Shearman

The OECD breaks new ground with historic declaration on government access to private sector data

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The OECD breaks new ground with historic declaration on government access to private sector data: Why is the declaration important and how can it help enable data free flow with trust?...more

Holland & Knight LLP

FinCEN Releases Proposed Regulations for Accessing, Safeguarding Beneficial Owner Information

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued proposed regulations (Proposed Regulations) on Dec. 15, 2022, governing the disclosure, access and safeguarding of beneficial...more

Epiq

Breaking Data Development: New Privacy Protections for US-EU Transfers Coming

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Yet another international data transfer update recently materialized. On October 7, President Biden signed an executive order directing the steps to implement a new data privacy framework. This would apply to the flow of...more

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[Webinar] 2022 Enforcement Outlook Series - Foreign Corrupt Practices Act/Anti-Corruption - March 8th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST

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As expected when a new administration takes office, 2021 saw a surge in white-collar enforcement activity. There was a 12% increase in white-collar prosecutions during US President Joe Biden’s first year in office, and that...more

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FCC Adopts New Rules and Procedures for Team Telecom Committee

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On September 30, 2020, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to adopt a Report and Order that provides for new rules and procedures to formalize the review process of the Committee for the Assessment of Foreign...more

King & Spalding

Virtual Currency as a Threat to National Security?

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In the past, sanctioned jurisdictions like Venezuela have embraced virtual currency as a way to bypass channels that involve U.S. dollars, blunting the impact of U.S. economic sanctions policies aimed at isolating those...more

Proskauer - Corporate Defense and Disputes

Senate Considers Potential Changes to ECPA to Ease Access to Electronic Data Across Borders

Terrorist attacks, most recently in London and Manchester, England, have raised the pressure on law enforcement and lawmakers in countries like the U.K. and the U.S., to proactively intercept and interrupt terrorist...more

King & Spalding

DOJ Criminal Chief Continues Push For More Access To Encrypted Data

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On June 6, 2016, during a speech at a Cybercrime Symposium co-organized by the Centers for Strategic and International Studies and the Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section,...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Back-Door Access to Encrypted Communications: Weakening Security to Improve Security?

Last month’s terror attacks in Paris have re-ignited the long-standing debate between national security and privacy advocates over whether technology companies should be required to provide the government special access to...more

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European Union and United States Agree in Principle on New Safe Harbor Framework

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On Monday, October 26, European Union Justice Commissioner Vera Jourová delivered a speech before the European Parliament in which she noted that the European Union and the United States had agreed “in principle” on a new...more

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FCC May Ease the Way for Foreign Investment in Telecommunications Industry

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The FCC seeks public input on how it can change the rules that limit direct and indirect foreign ownership in media and telecommunications companies to reduce barriers to foreign sources of capital without compromising...more

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California Attorney General’s Open Data Initiative – The Latest in State and Federal Government Efforts to Harness the Power of...

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Early this month, California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris announced a unique data initiative to expand the public’s access to key criminal justice information that has been, to date, largely blocked from public...more

King & Spalding

Coders Oppose Government Access To Encrypted Data

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A group of top coding specialists published a paper on July 6, 2015, arguing that law enforcement’s desire to access encrypted data is not only unfeasible, but would also possibly imperil the security and privacy of global...more

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