The New Cold War: Risk, Sanctions, Compliance Episode 25: “Can the U.S. Seize the Russian Central Bank’s Assets?”
Connecticut Collections: How to get paid if you are owed money? Part 2: Prejudgment Remedy ("PJR")
D&O in Brazil and Latin America
The Emirate of Dubai has recently passed new amendments to the existing “Dubai Law No. 4/2018 on the Establishment of the Financial Audit Authority” (“LAW”). As per the new amendments, financial fraud and misconduct in...more
The U.S. Supreme Court recently confirmed that foreign companies looking to enforce international arbitration awards have a powerful tool at their disposal: a U.S. statute targeting organized criminal activity. In Yegiazaryan...more
During K2 Integrity’s 14 March webinar, panelists Chip Poncy and Mohammed Alaa Ghanem discussed the assistance required in Syria and Türkiye in the wake of the 6 February earthquakes; gave an overview of sanctions imposed on...more
The regulations will enable the UK government to impose sanctions in response to serious corruption around the world. On 26 April 2021, the United Kingdom implemented the Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions Regulations 2021 (the...more
On 30 July 2020, the EU designated the first individuals and entities under its 2019 sanctions framework targeting parties involved in cyber-attacks that undermine the EU’s integrity, security and economic competitiveness....more
CEP Magazine (November 2019) - Malaysian Attorney General Tommy Thomas filed criminal charges against an additional 17 employees of Goldman Sachs in connection with the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal....more
The Securities and Exchange Commission banned the founder of a company that it claimed was involved in an illicit initial coin offering of a new digital token from ever serving as an officer or a director of a publicly-traded...more
Competition from Chinese companies shows no signs of slowing. Likewise, allegations of trade secret theft against Chinese companies are increasingly common. In this case, the U.S. Department of Justice linked allegations of...more
Case: JSC BTA Bank v Ablyazov [2015] UKSC 64 Introduction - A freezing order is an interim injunction that prevents a party to litigation from dealing with their assets until judgment (and on occasion, after...more