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American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] Trade & Sanctions Compliance for the Oil and Gas Industry - May 21st - 22nd, Houston, TX

Between tariffs, tightening export controls, evolving sanctions, and ramped up enforcement, the cost and complexity of compliance is rising for oil and gas supply chains. ACI’s Trade & Sanctions Compliance for the Oil and...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

What Every Multinational Company (Doing Business in Mexico) Should Know About … Mitigating Risks From ATA Scrutiny in a New...

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Mexican cartels dominate large swaths of the Mexico-United States border and the Bajío region (an area encompassing relevant parts of Queretaro, Guanajuato, Aguascalientes, San Luis Potosí, Jalisco, and Michoacán), and they...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 9th Annual Canadian Forum on Global Economic Sanctions - February 26th - 27th, Toronto, ON, Canada

CI’s 9th Annual Canadian Forum on Global Economic Sanctions is designed to cover your top compliance challenges, offering unparalleled networking and benchmarking opportunities for economic sanctions, trade, financial crime,...more

Venable LLP

Nonprofits Operating Abroad: Five Key Compliance Strategies

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With the current state of the world and heightened scrutiny of the nonprofit sector, it is critical that nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) with international reach routinely assess the effectiveness of their trade...more

Seward & Kissel LLP

The Importance of Sanctions and Export Control Compliance

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The United States manages more than three dozen separate economic and trade sanctions programs. Those programs target specified foreign governments along with thousands of named individuals, groups and entities in accordance...more

Oberheiden P.C.

OFAC Compliance: Developing and Implementing an Effective Sanctions Compliance Program

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Financial institutions and companies that are subject to oversight from the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) need to prioritize compliance. OFAC has become increasingly active in recent years, and it is devoting...more

Mintz - Privacy & Cybersecurity Viewpoints

EU Personal Data Transfers Deadline: New SCCs must be put in place by December 27, 2022

Deadline to adopt EU Standard Contractual Clauses - Many organizations uses the European Union’s Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) to govern their transfers of personal data from the European Economic Area (EEA) to other...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

El Programa de Cumplimiento de Sanciones de la OFAC le aplica a todos

OFAC (Oficina de Control de Activos Extranjeros) es un departamento del Tesoro de los Estados Unidos que administra y aplica sanciones económicas y comerciales basadas en la política exterior de los Estados Unidos y los...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

The OFAC Sanctions Compliance Program applies to all

OFAC (Office of Foreign Assets Control) is a department of the US Treasury that administers and enforces economic and trade sanctions based on US foreign policy and national security goals.   ...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

OFAC’s Framework for Sanctions Compliance and its Impact on Recent Enforcement Cases

On May 2, 2019, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) published its first-ever Framework for OFAC Compliance Commitments (“Framework”), detailing the essential components of a sanctions...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Culture of Compliance: M&A Transactions Subject To U.S. Department of Treasury Scrutiny

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On May 2, 2019, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) released explicit guidance outlining its expectations for effective written sanctions compliance programs...more

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OFAC Issues Sanctions Compliance Program Guidance

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The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), an agency of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, administers and enforces U.S. economic sanctions programs against targeted foreign governments, individuals, groups and entities...more

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