Key Takeaways:
- 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
In this article, the third in our blog series on U.S. tariffs (check out the other two pieces on origination and classification), we continue to spotlight high-risk tariff practices and potential enforcement...more
With the recent surge in tariffs and imposition of differentiated tariffs for different countries of origin (i.e., higher tariffs for goods originating from China than from neighboring countries and potentially other...more
5/7/2025
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Country of Origin ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Imports ,
International Trade ,
Penalties ,
Supply Chain ,
Tariffs
This is the final in our 2025 Year in Preview series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the coming year.
Throughout 2024, enforcement of international trade laws continued to gather pace...more
3/14/2025
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Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
CFIUS ,
China ,
Compliance ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Enforcement Priorities ,
EU ,
EU Directive ,
Export Controls ,
International Trade ,
Iran ,
National Security ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Penalties ,
Russia ,
Sanction Violations ,
Tariffs ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Treasury ,
UK
The government had another busy year in 2023, investigating and prosecuting healthcare fraud cases on multiple fronts. Contending with the enormous healthcare crises of the now-concluded COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing...more
7/3/2024
/ Anti-Corruption ,
BlackRock ,
Congressional Investigations & Hearings ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Educational Institutions ,
Enforcement ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Export Controls ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Fraud ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Sanctions ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Tennessee
While State Attorneys General are limited to enforcing laws within their respective states, their enforcement activities often implicate businesses located elsewhere but whose business activity crosses state lines. One area...more
This is the tenth in our 2024 Year in Preview series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the coming year. Our previous post, "Health Care Fraud Enforcement in 2024," can be found here....more
4/18/2024
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Compliance ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Export Controls ,
International Trade ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Popular ,
Russia ,
US Trade Policies ,
White Collar Crimes