Navigating 2025: Trends in OFAC and DOJ Enforcement for Digital Assets — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Virtual Currency Regulations: Key Insights for the Payments Industry — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 54 - The Flaws of FARA: Feeble Oversight of Billions in Foreign Influence
Episode 352 -- Review of 2024 DOJ and SEC Sanctions Enforcement and Compliance
Unpacking the Fifth Circuit's Landmark Tornado Cash Decision — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
The Justice Insiders Podcast - The Ever-Expanding Net: Corporate Compliance in an Era of Increasing Trade Sanctions and Restrictions
Episode 328 -- Sanctions Enforcement Risks and Redlines
Corruption, Crime and Compliance: Third-Party Risks and Sanctions Compliance
Episode 324 -- Third-Party Risks and Sanctions Compliance
Will Resiliency Carry the Digital Asset Sector Through 2024: Federal Legislative Developments and OFAC Consent Orders — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Corruption, Crime & Compliance: Deep Dive into SCG Plastics’ $20 Million Settlement with OFAC to Resolve Violations of Iran Sanctions Program
Episode 319 -- Deep Dive into SCG Plastics' $20 Million Settlement with OFAC for Violations of the Iran Sanctions Program
Wiley's 10 Key Trade Developments: Evolution of Export Controls
Wiley’s Top 10 Trade Developments: Heightened Sanctions and Export Control Enforcement
Corruption, Crime and Compliance: Trade Compliance Trends and Expectations with Gabrielle Griffith
Episode 308 -- Gabrielle Griffith, Director BPE Global, on Trade Compliance
Corruption, Crime and Compliance: DOJ and OFAC Sanctions Enforcement Review for 2023
Episode 307 -- Sanctions Enforcement Review and Predictions for 2024
Episode 302 -- Matt Stankiewicz on DOJ's Massive Criminal Settlement with Cryptocurrency Exchange Binance and its CEO Changpeng Zhao
Episode 294 -- Catch Up on OFAC Enforcement: 3M and Emigrant Bank
President Trump’s crypto executive order (the Crypto Executive Order) was a first step in the Trump Administration’s articulation of a policy on promoting the lawful use of blockchain technology. It remains to be seen whether...more
Global election results mean the coming years are going to be full of change for compliance. This article, from our 2025 Top 10 Trends in Risk & Compliance explores how you can prepare....more
Saves Lives, Prevents Major Crimes, and Accelerates Voluntary Self - Disclosures The U.S. Department of Justice (“DoJ”) recently spotlighted its Whistleblower Awards Program and Voluntary Self Disclosure (“VSDs”)...more
New export controls, new section 301 duties, new OFAC requirements, new de minimis rule, new DOJ corporate compliance guidance, new international guidance on Russian sanctions. September had it all....more
Crypto Firms Announce New Products in Payments, Investments, Custody - A major U.S. digital asset management company recently announced the creation and public launch of its MakerDAO Trust, which “offers investors the...more
Q: What are the primary areas of focus in your practice related to government investigations? A: My practice primarily focuses on defense against enforcement actions brought by regulatory bodies such as the Office of Foreign...more
There is a growing acknowledgement that money laundering and terrorist financing is borderless and legal entity-agnostic, just as it is already known that cybercriminals and the means to commit cybercrimes continuously attack...more
As lawyers, corporate executives and federal law enforcement officials prepare to gather this week in San Francisco for the ABA’s 39th National Institute on White Collar Crime, we offer our takeaways from January’s Houston...more
The past few weeks have not been kind to 3M. The company recently settled with the SEC for $6.5 million to resolve alleged FCPA violations related to its Chinese subsidiary’s dealings with Chinese state-owned healthcare...more
With so many new, emerging risks coming to the forefront, ACI is excited to announce our Digital Assets Compliance: AML, Sanctions and Regulatory Oversight. Unlike other conferences, this highly anticipated event stands apart...more
On July 31, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Examinations (EXAMS) issued a risk alert summarizing observations from its recent anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-financing of terrorism...more
As the Russia – Ukraine war rages on, one outcome so far is clear: the Western nations remain aligned and united to confront Russian aggression. The West’s synchronized, roll-out of economic and trade sanctions against...more
Well, it was another quiet month in crypto . . . Not. We are still watching the tsunami play out in real time, as governments and the crypto market react to another seismic shift in the crypto landscape....more
This summer was a busy one for cryptocurrency regulators, with aggressive actions potentially signaling an increase in consumer protection compliance activity. In August alone, the New York Department of Financial Services...more
As the global economy faces the third year of the pandemic, manufacturers are no longer focused on figuring out when things will return to “normal.” Instead, they are applying lessons learned from the past few years to become...more
ACI is excited to welcome you back in-person to the 14th Advanced Forum on FCPA & Anti-Corruption for the Life Sciences Industry, taking place on July 21–22, 2022 in Boston! Legal and compliance professionals from...more
Over the past few blog posts, I have been discussing the Statement issued last week by President Biden equating the international scourge of corruption as a national security threat to the United States and President Biden’s...more
Summaries of recent legislative and regulatory developments with respect to: •The SEC’s Examination Priorities for 2021- •The SEC’s Focus on Digital Asset Securities- •The SEC’s New Marketing Rule... ...more
On November 19, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) released a risk alert (the Risk Alert) identifying common compliance issues related to Rule 206(4)-7 (the...more
Foley Hoag LLP has formed a firm-wide, multi-disciplinary task force dedicated to client matters related to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). In the rapidly changing global health environment, Foley Hoag will provide clients...more
The ACI’s 13th Advanced Flagship Conference on Economic Sanctions Enforcement and Compliance is going virtual and will be held on July 29-30, 2020. From the comfort of your home office, virtually attend the industry’s...more
Addressing the Evolving Risks - Warren Buffett said that “only when the tide goes out do you discover who’s been swimming naked.” Buffett was not talking about compliance programs in a time of crisis, but his wisdom applies...more
IN THIS ISSUE • Anticorruption Developments • Export Control Sanctions and Customs Enforcement • Export Control and Sanctions Developments • Global Investigations Resources • Writing and Speaking Engagements ...more
Compliance Convergence. In 2019 there were three significant releases of information by the federal government which directly impacted compliance professionals. Two came from the Department of Justice (DOJ) and one came from...more