Designed for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, this newsletter summarizes some of the most important domestic and international Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regulatory and enforcement developments from the...more
7/17/2025
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Cartels ,
China ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Executive Orders ,
Financial Crimes ,
FinCEN ,
FOFA Reforms ,
International Trade ,
Mexico ,
Money Laundering ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Switzerland ,
Terrorist Organizations ,
U.S. Treasury
Key Takeaways-
• Recent Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) designations affecting cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) have equipped the Department of Justice (DOJ) with a powerful source of authority...more
On March 11, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a Geographic Targeting Order (GTO) specifically aimed at combatting Mexico-based cartels and other criminals along the southwest border of the United...more
Since its enactment in 1977, the FCPA has been the primary legal mechanism in the United States for preventing and punishing corrupt business practices around the world. At a high-level, the FCPA applies to both domestic and...more
2/12/2025
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Attorney General ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Misconduct ,
Corruption ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Executive Orders ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Foreign Policy ,
Trump Administration ,
White Collar Crimes
En marzo del 2023, el Departamento de Justicia (“DOJ,” por sus siglas en inglés) y la Comisión de Bolsa y Valores (“SEC,” por sus siglas en inglés) de los EE. UU. publicaron una edición en español de la “Guía de referencia...more
LOOKING BACK -
“The crime of insider trading is a straightforward concept that some courts have somehow managed to complicate.” So lamented United States District Court Judge Jed Rakoff in December 2018. His unorthodox...more
SBM Offshore N.V. has reached a $340M settlement with both criminal and administrative prosecutors in Brazil to resolve allegations of bribery relating to the Petrobras scandal, the first deal of its kind in Brazil and a...more
7/28/2016
/ Anti-Corruption ,
Brazil ,
Bribery ,
Compliance ,
Corruption ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Leniency Documents ,
Petrobras ,
Plea Agreements ,
Settlement
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments in the past month with links to primary...more
Overview of Insider Training Law -
“Insider trading” is an ambiguous and overinclusive term. Trading by insiders includes both legal and illegal conduct. The legal version occurs when certain corporate insiders –...more
2/13/2015
/ Enforcement ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Illegal Tipping ,
Insider Trading ,
Material Misstatements ,
Material Nonpublic Information ,
Rule 10(b) ,
Rule 10b-5 ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Fraud ,
Security-Based Swaps ,
Swaps ,
US v Newman