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- After a 5-month pause, OFAC recently announced four sanctions enforcement actions, making clear it is rigorously enforcing sanctions violations across a wide range of programs (including Russia, Iran,...more
7/10/2025
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Cuba ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Iran ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Penalties ,
Russia ,
Settlement ,
Trump Administration ,
Venezuela
With recent increases in U.S. tariffs and the increasing complexity of determining applicable duties for different products, importers are looking for ways to reduce their tariff exposure. Since a product’s tariff treatment...more
5/19/2025
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Enforcement ,
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Fraud ,
Imports ,
International Trade ,
Misclassification ,
National Security ,
Penalties ,
Tariffs ,
Trump Administration
On February 5, 2025, on her first day in office, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi issued fourteen memos outlining new policies for the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) in a broad range of enforcement arenas. Among these Day...more
2/7/2025
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Attorney General ,
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Corruption ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
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Enforcement Priorities ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Foreign Policy ,
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) ,
National Security ,
White Collar Crimes
This is the second in our 2025 Year in Preview series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the coming year. We will be posting further installments in the series throughout the next several...more
1/24/2025
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Australia ,
China ,
Clawbacks ,
Compliance ,
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Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Draft Guidance ,
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EU ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
France ,
Pilot Programs ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) ,
UK ,
Whistleblower Awards ,
Whistleblowers
On September 30, 2024, Siemens Energy Inc. (“Siemens Energy”)—a U.S.-based subsidiary of German manufacturing conglomerate Siemens Energy AG—pled guilty to federal criminal charges relating to the misappropriation of...more
10/16/2024
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Competitive Bidding ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Energy Policy ,
Energy Sector ,
Fraud ,
Internal Investigations ,
Policies and Procedures ,
White Collar Crimes
This is the fourth in our 2024 Year in Preview series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the coming year. We will be posting further installments in the series throughout the next several...more
2/27/2024
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Insider Trading ,
Popular ,
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Securities Fraud ,
Securities Regulation ,
Shareholders ,
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) ,
White Collar Crimes
U.S. Policy Developments -
Since the fall of 2022, DOJ has made several policy pronouncements in connection with its efforts to combat corporate crime. While it remains to be seen how these policies will ultimately affect...more
4/5/2023
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Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Disclosure ,
Enforcement Actions ,
FATF ,
FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy (CEP) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Remediation ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Self-Disclosure Requirements
On August 12, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in a 2-1 decision affirmed the decision of the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut to partly overturn the conviction of Lawrence Hoskins...more
8/23/2022
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Alstom ,
Appeals ,
Bribery ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Money Laundering ,
White Collar Crimes
On July 13, 2022, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ruled that the whistleblower protections contained in Section 806 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) do not apply to employees who report potential...more
Editors’ Note: This is the third in our start-of-year series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the coming year. Our previous entry discussed healthcare fraud in 2020. Up next: a look at...more
1/13/2020
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Compliance ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Corruption ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy (CEP) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Government Officials ,
Internal Controls ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
White Collar Crimes
Under the new FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy recently released by the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), when a company has voluntarily self-disclosed misconduct, fully cooperated in the government’s ensuing investigation, and...more