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U.S. Sanctions Russian Financial Infrastructure

Dechert LLP on 6/19/2024

On the eve of the 2024 Group of Seven (G7) Leaders’ Summit, the United States imposed new sanctions and export control measures against Russia further targeting sanctions evaders and, for the first time, the Russian...more

INTERPOL seizes $300 million in international financial crime operation

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 1/8/2024

On December 19, INTERPOL announced the conclusion of a transcontinental police operation against online financial crime called HAECHI IV. The operation ended with around 3,500 arrests and seizures of $300 million USD worth of...more

[Webinar] Forced Labor/Slave Labor/Uyghur Labor - The latest on human rights violations and CBP enforcement - January 4th, 11:30...

Braumiller Law Group, PLLC on 12/13/2023

Join Braumiller Law Group Senior Counsel Bruce Leeds for the second presentation in a monthly series regarding Hot Topics in International Trade Compliance Forced Labor/Slave Labor/Uyghur Labor - The latest on human rights...more

[Event] 17th Edition Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery Geneva - March 16th - 17th, Genève, Switzerland

American Conference Institute (ACI) on 2/15/2023

Hosted by C5, the 17th Edition Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery Geneva returns for another exciting year with curated programming that will address historic government enforcement announcements, new strategies to tackle the...more

Top PHive Crypto Enforcement Notes: December Edition

Paul Hastings LLP on 12/8/2022

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

DOJ Seizes Millions in Ransom Paid to Colonial Pipeline Hackers

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP on 6/10/2021

On June 7, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it seized 63.7 of the 75 bitcoins paid by Colonial Pipeline to ransomware attackers last month. The recovered bitcoins were valued at $2.3 million at the time of...more

IRS Seizures: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Freeman Law on 10/6/2020

Along with tax penalties and tax lien filings, the IRS’s ability to seize a taxpayer’s property is one of its most potent weapons to encourage tax compliance. That is, in part, what makes a recent report from the Treasury...more

The City Has My Vehicle. What Now?

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 5/7/2019

Chicagoans have found a new avenue through which to regain possession of their vehicle after it has been impounded by the City: file a chapter 13 bankruptcy case. In 2018, 17,603 new chapter 13 bankruptcy cases were filed in...more

The DTSA’s Ex Parte Seizure Remedy – Two Years Later

Fisher Phillips on 8/7/2018

Enacted in May 2016, the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) created a new remedy that was not available under any state's Uniform Trade Secrets Act (UTSA) – the ex parte civil seizure. This remedy permitted plaintiffs to...more

U.S. v. Coinbase: Virtual Currency Holders Not Outside the IRS’s Reach

Dechert LLP on 12/8/2017

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, on November 28, 2017, ordered the international digital currency broker, Coinbase, Inc., to produce to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) the records of...more

Federal Court in California Rules on DTSA’s “Extraordinary” Ex Parte Seizure Remedy

Fisher Phillips on 1/12/2017

When the Defend Trade Secret Act (“DTSA”) was enacted last year, there was much debate on the remedy provision permitting the ex parte seizure of property. Such an order would not only direct the seizure of information...more

Why Chinese Companies Need to Exercise Caution When Attending Trade Shows in the United States

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP on 12/20/2016

Over the past two years, owners of U.S. patents have used Chinese companies' appearances at a trade show as a patent infringement "trap." These patent owners have commenced patent infringement cases against Chinese companies...more

Trade Secrets: Changes In The Law On Protection Of Trade Secrets In The United States And European Union

Ladas & Parry LLP on 9/22/2016

Concerns about trade secret theft have been increasing in both the United States and Europe in recent years. Traditionally, American law disfavored trade secret protection vis à vis patenting on the basis that publication of...more

Defend Trade Secrets Act – A Budding Avenue for Trade Secret Enforcement

BakerHostetler on 8/15/2016

In June, agriculture giant Monsanto was the first to use the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) by filing a federal suit in the Eastern District of Missouri naming one former employee and a number of John and Jane Does as...more

Defend Trade Secrets Act — Implications for Private Funds

Proskauer - The Capital Commitment on 7/27/2016

On May 11, 2016, the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) became law. The DTSA provides trade-secret protections on the federal level that are similar to those available through the Uniform Trade Secrets Act (UTSA)...more

How the New Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 Impacts Government Contractors

PilieroMazza PLLC on 7/15/2016

The overwhelming bipartisan passage by both the House and Senate of the new Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (“DTSA”) which was signed into law (18 U.S.C. §§ 1831-1839) by the president on May 11, 2016, marks not only an...more

Burr Alert: What The New Federal Trade Secrets Law Means For Employees

Burr & Forman on 6/16/2016

The scope of the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act ("DTSA") enacted on May 11, 2016 extends well beyond employment issues. However, its impact on an employers' asset protection and enforcement program is quite significant. ...more

May 2016 Independent Contractor Misclassification and Compliance News Update

Troutman Pepper on 6/7/2016

TELECOM SALES AND MARKETING AGENTS GAIN CERTIFICATION IN IC MISCLASSIFICATION CLASS ACTION. A New York federal district court grants conditional certification of a proposed FLSA nationwide collective action brought against...more

The Newly Enacted Defend Trade Secrets Act: What Retailers Should Know

Goulston & Storrs PC on 6/2/2016

On May 11, 2016, President Obama signed into law the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (the DTSA), creating the first Federal civil cause of action for misappropriation of trade secrets. The DTSA overlaps substantially with,...more

New Defend Trade Secrets Act Brings Need to Adjust Employment Contracts, Policies and Handbooks

Lathrop GPM on 5/16/2016

Trade secret theft, much of it cyber-theft, annually costs American businesses roughly $320 billion, the value of all U.S. exports to Asia each year. The “Defend Trade Secrets Act” became effective Thursday, May 12, 2016. ...more

Intellectual Property and Technology: New Federal Law Means You Should Update Your Non-Compete And Non-Disclosure Agreements...

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC on 5/13/2016

President Obama this week (on May 11) signed into law the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) of 2016. This is truly a landmark law; one that expands the federal remedies companies can pursue to halt the theft of trade secrets...more

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