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Mexican Cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations: A New Era of Risk for Global Businesses

On January 20, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order titled “Designating Cartels and Other Organizations as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists.” This directive instructs the...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

UK Introduces New Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions Regime

On 26 April 2021, the UK’s first sanctions under the Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/488) (“the Regulations”) came into force. The Regulations are made under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering...more

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Legislative Reform Will Reinvent the US Anti-Money Laundering Regulatory Landscape

New federal requirements in the annual national defense budget reauthorization effectively will end anonymous U.S. shell companies by requiring businesses to disclose 25 percent owners and control persons to a newly created...more

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Anti-Terrorism Act Liability Requires More than Mere Failures of Customer Due Diligence

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On September 25, 2019, the Southern District of New York dismissed a complaint brought by victims of rocket attacks in Israel perpetrated in 2006 by Hizbollah, operating in Lebanon. Kaplan v. Lebanese Canadian Bank, SAL, Civ....more

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Loan to San Bernardino Attacker Generates New Focus on Online Marketplace Lending and Terrorism Financing

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News that an online marketplace lender extended a $28,500 loan to Syed Rizwan Farook, one of the alleged San Bernardino attackers, just two weeks before the attack, has spurred House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb...more

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