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Morrison & Foerster LLP

Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments for December 2022

Designed for busy in-house counsel, compliance professionals, and anti-corruption lawyers, this newsletter summarizes some of the most important international anti-corruption law and enforcement developments from the past...more

King & Spalding

FinCEN Proposes Lower Travel Rule Thresholds for Fiat and Virtual Currencies

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In October of last year, we wrote about the challenges faced by virtual currency businesses in complying with the Travel Rule following new guidance from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and the Financial Crimes...more

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Bribery, Gratuities, and Kickbacks, Oh My!

On December 12, 2019, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that a former civilian employee of the U.S. Army is being prosecuted by the DOJ’s Criminal Division’s Fraud Section....more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

The Wire Act Applies Only to Sports Gambling, For Now

On June 3, 2019, a federal court in New Hampshire issued a highly anticipated decision in New Hampshire Lottery Commission et al. v. Barr et al., challenging a recent opinion by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) regarding...more

Holland & Knight LLP

DOJ Reverses Course: The Wire Act Applies to Non-Sports Gambling (Again)

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• The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) has released an opinion concluding that the Wire Act, 18 U.S.C. §1084, restricts not just sports gambling but certain activities related to non-sports gambling...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

DOJ Opinion Leaves Industry Hanging: If UIGEA Exclusions Don’t Modify the Wire Act What Does That Mean for Intrastate Gambling...

The recently released Department of Justice (“DOJ”) opinion (“DOJ Opinion”) concluding that the Wire Act prohibits both sports and non-sports related Internet betting and wagering, leaves the industry with the burning...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

DOJ Reshuffles the Deck on Online Gaming

• On January 14, 2019, the U.S. Department of Justice released a November 2, 2018, opinion from its Office of Legal Counsel reversing previously issued guidance under the Obama Administration that interpreted the Wire Act to...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

DOJ Wire Act Update – 90 Day Window for Compliance

This is a follow up... regarding the DOJ Opinion on its interpretation of the Wire Act. In a memo dated January 15, 2019, the Deputy Attorney General declared: Department of Justice attorneys should adhere to the Office of...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

DOJ Does High “Wire Act” – Flip Flops on Legality of Online Gambling

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has issued an opinion (DOJ Opinion) that reverses its 2011 Memo, in which it opined that the prohibitions of the Wire Act are limited to sports betting. In the DOJ Opinion, the DOJ has...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Panama Papers Fallout: A Push for Transparency and Regulatory Reform - Sanctions Also Levied Against Several Panama-Based...

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In the wake of the "Panama Papers" – the unprecedented leak of 11.5 million files from a Panamanian law firm that revealed thousands of names and addresses linked to offshore companies – the White House has announced several...more

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