Given the Trump Administration’s unprecedented reliance on tariffs as a foreign policy tool and a means to protect and foster U.S. industry, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is rapidly shifting resources and enforcement...more
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• Anticorruption Developments
• Export Control Sanctions and Customs Enforcement
• Export Control and Sanctions Developments
• Global Investigations Resources
• Writing and Speaking...more
2/26/2020
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
CFIUS ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Criminal Conspiracy ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) ,
Due Process ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Executive Orders ,
Export Control Reform Act (ECRA) ,
Export Controls ,
Exports ,
Fifth Amendment ,
Forced Labor ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Guilty Pleas ,
Imports ,
Indictments ,
ITAR ,
Money Laundering ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Red Notices ,
Sanction Violations ,
Sanctions ,
SDN List ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Smuggling ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Treasury ,
Whistleblowers
ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS -
$34 Million SEC Settlement for Legg Mason -
On August 27, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that Legg Mason Inc. will pay more than $34 million to settle an...more
9/6/2018
/ 3-D Technology ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Appeals ,
Berry Amendment ,
Bribery ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
CFIUS ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Corruption ,
Criminal Conspiracy ,
Criminal Penalties ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Declination ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Embezzlement ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Entity List ,
Executive Orders ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
Exports ,
Filing Requirements ,
FIRRMA ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Foreign Investment ,
Foreign Policy ,
Former Employee ,
General Licenses ,
Guilty Pleas ,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ,
Imports ,
Insurance Contracts ,
Internal Investigations ,
Iran Sanctions ,
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) ,
Jurisdiction ,
Licensing Rules ,
Money Laundering ,
National Security ,
NDAA ,
New Legislation ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Personal Data ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Probationary Period ,
Racketeering ,
Sanction Violations ,
Sanctions ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Settlement Agreements ,
SFO ,
Suspensions & Debarments ,
The Wassenaar Arrangement ,
Trade Agreements Act ,
Trump Administration ,
Wire Fraud ,
World Bank
ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS -
DOJ Extends FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy to Misconduct in Mergers and Acquisitions -
On July 25, 2018, in a speech to the Ninth Global Forum on Anti-Corruption Compliance in High Risk...more
8/1/2018
/ Acquisitions ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Arrest ,
Bribery ,
Cooperation ,
Corporate Fines ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Credit Suisse ,
Criminal Conspiracy ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Criminal Penalties ,
Customs ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Customs Valuation ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Duty Free ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
Exports ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
FBI ,
Forced Labor ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Freight Forwarding ,
General Licenses ,
Guilty Pleas ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Imports ,
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) ,
Iran Sanctions ,
Mergers ,
Money Laundering ,
Non-Prosecution Agreements ,
North Korea ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Oil & Gas ,
Prejudgment Interest ,
Price-Fixing ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Subpoenas ,
Supply Chain ,
Suspensions & Debarments ,
Termination ,
U.S. Commerce Department ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices ,
Venezuela ,
Waivers ,
Wire Fraud ,
World Bank ,
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