Episode 376 -- DOJ's Unicat Settlement and the Future Look of Trade Enforcement Actions
2 Gurus Talk Compliance – Episode 54 – The FCPA is Back On Edition
Managing Sanctions Compliance
Innovation in Compliance: Navigating Regulatory Changes and Compliance in Trade and Data Privacy with Stephanie Font
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
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On June 30, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) implemented the President’s Executive Order “Providing for the Revocation of Syria Sanctions,” (Syria EO) which removes U.S. sanctions on...more
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This is the final in our 2025 Year in Preview series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the coming year. Throughout 2024, enforcement of international trade laws continued to gather pace...more
The U.S. Department of State has formally republished the Cuba Restricted List, restoring prohibitions on direct financial transactions with numerous Cuban military, intelligence, and security-linked entities. This move...more
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As we wrote previously, the U.S. Department of the Treasury has issued a final rule that takes effect on December 26 that will dramatically raise the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) penalties from...more
I. US SANCTIONS - U.S. Department of the Treasury Acts Against Russian Virtual Currency Exchanges: On September 26, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced that its Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued an...more
The Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) recently issued an interim final rule implementing licensing requirements for these emerging technology products for export to all foreign countries. See the...more
In line with Group of Seven (G7) efforts to disrupt the Russian military-industrial base’s reliance on foreign IT systems, in June 2024 the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Department of the Treasury jointly issued new...more
On June 20, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) for the first time banned a software and cybersecurity company using authority provided by June 2023’s “Protecting Americans’ Sensitive Data from...more
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The Biden Administration’s recent expansion of sanctions and export controls to counter Russian aggression will impact non-U.S. financial institutions and increase compliance risks for the business software sector and other...more
Ford Motor Company Agrees to $365M Settlement for Attempted Tariff Engineering Ford has agreed to settle the long-standing dispute over the tariff classification of vans imported from 2009 to 2013. At the time, Customs and...more
On 6 March 2024, the US Department of Commerce, Department of the Treasury and Department of Justice issued a Tri-Seal Compliance Note (compliance note) advising foreign-based companies and individuals to assess their...more
February saw a continuing focus on Russia. First, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), in conjunction with the State Department, sanctioned over 500 individuals and entities – the “largest number...more
On February 23, 2024, the Biden Administration announced new sanctions targeting a number of different sectors of the Russian economy, Russian government officials and financial institutions, entities suspected of sanctions...more
I. US SANCTIONS - US Department of the Treasury Sanctions Almost 300 Individuals and Entities: On February 23, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned almost 300 individuals...more