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German Company Pays $14.55 Million to Settle Violations of U.S. Sanctions on Iran

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Key Points: - Long-arm of U.S. sanctions jurisdiction reaches conduct by European company. - Violation involved shipment to Iran from Australia, a close U.S. ally. On December 3, the Treasury Department’s Office of...more

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United States Government Doubles Statute of Limitations for Sanctions Violations

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Shrouded within the supplemental emergency appropriations bill for Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan, the 21st Century Peace through Strength Act passed by Congress and signed into law significantly increases the statute of...more

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International Trade Enforcement Roundup – December 2023 Update

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December saw continuing enforcement actions involving Russia. First, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) settled investigations into apparent sanctions violations by a New York-based insurance...more

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International Trade, Enforcement & Compliance Recent Developments Update (October 25, 2023)

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A veritable grab bag of international trade developments to parse this week. Recent developments include increasing FCPA enforcement, a record OFAC economic sanctions penalty, and a large customs penalty for willful failure...more

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International Trade Enforcement Roundup – May 2023 Update

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May saw several Russia-related enforcement and other actions. The Department of Justice (DOJ) identified and charged three foreign nationals with violating export control laws as they attempted to circumvent Russian...more

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International Trade, Enforcement & Compliance Recent Developments Update

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Recent developments include the U.S. government using novel legal theories to expand jurisdiction over banking activities outside the United States, the imposition of hundreds of millions of dollars of penalties on companies...more

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Trade Alert: Is Singapore a New Enforcement Hotspot?

In recent years, Singapore has become a significant hub for international commerce. According to the U.S. International Trade Administration, the U.S. was Singapore’s fourth largest source of imports in 2021 and the primary...more

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International Trade Compliance Year in Review: 10 Enforcement Lessons from 2022

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In the past year, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) and the U.S. Department of State's Directorate of...more

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Managing the Aggressive Enforcement of International Regulations by the Trump Organization: Compliance Best Practices for...

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With the Trump administration having put in place the largest export controls penalty of all time, the second-largest economic sanctions/OFAC penalty, and five of the ten largest FCPA penalties, international regulatory risk...more

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