In this episode, host Lauren Pryor and her colleagues discuss the recent actions by FinCEN, which designated three Mexican financial institutions as primary money laundering concerns under the expanded Section 311 authority,...more
7/21/2025
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Cartels ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Financial Crimes ,
Financial Institutions ,
FinCEN ,
Foreign Policy ,
International Trade ,
Mexico ,
National Security ,
Sanctions ,
Terrorism Funding ,
Terrorist Financing Regulations
On June 25, 2025, the US Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued three orders (the “Orders”) pursuant to the Fentanyl Sanctions Act and the FEND Off Fentanyl Act, designating three...more
On Wednesday, February 5, 2025, the newly confirmed Attorney General (AG) Pam Bondi issued fourteen memoranda to all Department of Justice (DOJ or the “Department”) employees regarding a wide range of new policies and...more
2/19/2025
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Bribery ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Enforcement Priorities ,
Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Money Laundering ,
National Security ,
White Collar Crimes
On March 1, 2024, the US District Court for the Northern District of Alabama declared the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) unconstitutional, and suspended its enforcement against the plaintiffs in that case. While most...more
3/7/2024
/ Beneficial Owner ,
Commerce Clause ,
Compliance ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
FinCEN ,
Injunctions ,
National Security ,
NSBA ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Small Business ,
Summary Judgment
On January 29, 2024, the US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (the “Department”) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking seeking comment on a proposed regulation in response to the Executive Order (E.O.)...more
2/15/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Cloud Computing ,
Comment Period ,
Customer Identification Program (CIP) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Executive Orders ,
Financial Institutions ,
IaaS ,
Machine Learning ,
National Security ,
NPRM ,
Proposed Regulation ,
U.S. Commerce Department