After years of suggesting that modifications were in the works, the Department of Justice recently proposed drastic changes to the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) that would, among other things, profoundly limit one of...more
1/3/2025
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Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Enforcement ,
Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) ,
Foreign Governments ,
Lobbying ,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) ,
Political Parties ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Social Media ,
Transparency ,
Websites
As lawyers, corporate executives and federal law enforcement officials prepare to gather this week in San Francisco for the ABA’s 39th National Institute on White Collar Crime, we offer our takeaways from January’s Houston...more
3/5/2024
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Cannabis Products ,
Compliance ,
Corruption ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Incentives ,
Investment ,
Market Manipulation ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
San Francisco ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Self-Disclosure Requirements ,
Voluntary Disclosure ,
Whistleblowers ,
White Collar Crimes ,
Wire Fraud
2023 was a banner year in the sanctions space and regulators seem primed to continue that performance in 2024. In December 2023, numerous government officials and industry experts convened at the New York Forum on Economic...more
1/12/2024
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CFTC ,
Compliance ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Enforcement ,
European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Export Controls ,
FinCEN ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
National Security ,
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Popular ,
Self-Disclosure Requirements ,
Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) ,
Voluntary Disclosure ,
Whistleblowers
Late last year, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced material changes to the way it intended to investigate, prosecute, and resolve corporate cases. The changes were aggressive, leading us to title our update “DOJ’s...more
9/22/2022
/ Audits ,
Compliance Monitoring ,
Corporate Crimes ,
Corporate Culture ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Individual Accountability ,
New Guidance ,
Risk Assessment ,
Self-Disclosure Requirements