U.S. sanctions enforcement is evolving to adopt a “control” analysis similar to the analysis employed by the European Union and United Kingdom based on a recent major enforcement action by the U.S. Department of the...more
On February 20, 2025, the State Department designated multiple Mexican drug cartels and Transnational Criminal Organizations (“TCOs”) as foreign terrorist organizations (“FTOs”). At the same time, these groups were designated...more
4/1/2025
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Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Fraud ,
Mexico ,
Multinationals ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Management ,
Terrorist Financing ,
Whistleblowers
Republicans have swept the 2024 elections, returning Donald Trump to the White House as the 47th President and flipping the Senate to a Republican majority. Having narrowly maintained control of the House of Representatives,...more
12/11/2024
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Affordable Care Act ,
Affordable Housing ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Canada ,
Capital Formation ,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ,
China ,
Clean Air Act ,
Colleges ,
Congressional Investigations & Hearings ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Data Privacy ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Deregulation ,
Digital Assets ,
Drinking Water ,
Drug Pricing ,
Electric Vehicles ,
Energy Sector ,
Enforcement ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Exports ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Fraud ,
Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Healthcare ,
Imports ,
Infrastructure ,
Lead ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare Advantage ,
Mergers ,
Mexico ,
Money Laundering ,
NAFTA ,
National Institute of Health (NIH) ,
Nuclear Power ,
Offshore Drilling ,
Offshore Wind ,
Oil & Gas ,
PFAS ,
Popular ,
Social Media ,
Tariffs ,
Tax Cuts ,
Technology ,
Transparency ,
Trump Administration ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) ,
Universities ,
Waivers
Implications Related to the Doubling of the Statute of Limitations for Civil and Criminal Violations of Two Primary Sanctions Authorities -
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On April 24, 2024, President Biden signed into law a foreign military...more
5/8/2024
/ Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Due Diligence ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Control Reform Act (ECRA) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Policies and Procedures ,
Sanction Violations ,
Self-Disclosure Requirements ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Trading with the Enemy Act ,
Voluntary Disclosure
In the past, sanctioned jurisdictions like Venezuela have embraced virtual currency as a way to bypass channels that involve U.S. dollars, blunting the impact of U.S. economic sanctions policies aimed at isolating those...more
3/12/2020
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Bitcoin ,
Blockchain ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Cyber Crimes ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) ,
Iran ,
Law Enforcement ,
National Security ,
North Korea ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
U.S. Treasury ,
Virtual Currency
On December 13, 2019, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) released an updated Export Control and Sanctions Enforcement Policy for Business Organizations (“Policy”), revising the prior policy governing voluntary self-disclosures...more
1/17/2020
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Export Control Reform Act (ECRA) ,
Export Controls ,
Exports ,
FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy (CEP) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Internal Investigations ,
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) ,
International Sales ,
Non-Prosecution Agreements ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Sanction Violations ,
Self-Disclosure Requirements