As we approach the thirty day mark since the United States, and other Western countries began imposing a series of rigorous sanctions on the Russian economy and key components thereof, we are starting to see real evidence of...more
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has issued an alert encouraging all financial institutions to be “vigilant” against efforts by their customers to evade recent sanctions and other restrictions imposed by the...more
On March 7, 2022, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council promulgated a final rule aimed at increasing federal government preferences for goods and construction materials that are domestically manufactured and increasing...more
Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the launch of an aggressive interagency law enforcement task force, Task Force KleptoCapture. The Task Force represents another U.S. enforcement initiative in response...more
Over the last several days, the United States and allies in North America, Europe, and Asia have announced a sweeping expansion of the sanctions levied against Russia and affiliated entities and individuals in the wake of...more
Building on Monday’s Executive Order imposing sanctions on the so-called Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics (DNR and LNR, respectively) in Ukraine, the Biden Administration on Tuesday sanctioned two major Russian...more
In response to the deteriorating political and military situation on the Ukraine border, last night the Biden administration issued an initial set of sanctions targeting activities involving the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of...more
As the crisis on the Ukrainian border persists, companies with exposure to Russian markets and counterparties are being forced to reckon with the possibility that a Russian invasion of Ukraine could result in imposition of...more
Global expansion without adequate controls is asking for trouble. That’s the lesson of a $19 million settlement between WPP, the world’s largest advertising agency, and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to...more
On Feb. 24, 2021, President Joe Biden signed an executive order (EO) triggering a comprehensive review of U.S. supply chains, ordering agencies to identify ways to secure the American economy against shortages of critical and...more
The contours of price gouging enforcement continue to evolve rapidly within the rip current of the coronavirus pandemic. As we previously reported, the Department of Justice and state attorneys general have spearheaded price...more
As pandemic response task forces at the federal and state levels ramp up price gouging investigations and enforcement actions across the country, civil plaintiffs attorneys have jumped to the forefront by utilizing private...more
In response to the national coronavirus health crisis, federal and state Attorneys General have elevated the investigation and prosecution of COVID-19-related crime, including price gouging, to the forefront of their...more
When the Trump Administration designated Venezuelan state-owned oil producer Petreoleos de Venezuela (“PdVSA”) on January 28, 2019, pursuant to preexisting sanctions relating to the political situation created by the Maduro...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit narrowed the reach of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA” or “the Act”) in ruling that the government cannot use aiding and abetting or conspiracy statutes to charge a...more
In previous posts, we discussed the potential impact of the SEC’s Resource Extraction Payment Disclosure (Rule 13q-1), including possible FCPA implications and the development of an appropriate compliance plan. After the...more
During McGuireWoods’ Nov. 3 Data Privacy and Security Seminar in Chicago, McGuireWoods lawyers Anne Peterson and Alex Brackett conducted a data breach tabletop exercise simulating a variety of breach scenarios. For those who...more
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has officially published the long awaited revised Form I-9.
The clock is now ticking— While employers may begin using the new Form I-9 immediately, all employers...more
The Department of Justice has raised the bar on penalties for violations of federal immigration law. On June 30, 2016, DOJ issued an interim final rule that goes into effect on August 1, 2016. This rule, implemented as an...more
On March 31, 2016, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices (OSC) issued a carefully worded technical assistance letter addressing the complex interplay...more
The U.S. Department of Justice announced last week that Olympus Corporation of the Americas (OCA) agreed to pay $646 million to resolve three cases relating to its longstanding practice to bribe doctors and hospitals in the...more
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In recent days, the news has been full of stories referring to the “end” or “lifting” of U.S. sanctions against Iran, actions that were taken after the International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed on January 16, 2016, that...more
As we enter 2016, adulterated food-related investigations are leading the headlines—and should be leading companies in the food and beverage industry to ask what they can do to prevent and prepare for a potential outbreak on...more
1/19/2016
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Yates Memorandum
Just a week after the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) introduced its new Compliance Counsel, and just a month after the DOJ issued the “Yates memo,” it is now being reported that the DOJ is considering a new policy that...more
Headlines of Brazil’s push to fight corruption are everywhere. The Petrobras scandal involves contracts worth billions of dollars, and prosecutors have uncovered a U.S. connection. The public is outraged and has called for...more