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The Register of Overseas Entities – what the real estate industry needs to know - May 2025

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Any overseas entity acquiring a Qualifying Estate must register on the Register of Overseas Entities (ROE). The ROE opened for registrations on August 1, 2022. Since September 5, 2022, an overseas entity that is not...more

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Required Registration of All Noncitizens in Effect as of April 11, 2025 under Alien Registration Act

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On January 20, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion, which directed the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to ensure that noncitizens in the U.S. comply with...more

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Registration and Fingerprinting Requirements for Foreign Nationals

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Beginning April 11, 2025, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service will enforce provisions requiring all non-U.S. citizens over age 14 register and be fingerprinted if they are in the U.S. for at least 30 days and have...more

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The US Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA): Key Issues to Watch in 2024

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With recent high-profile prosecutions continuing to draw attention to the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) and related political laws, and a number of notable announcements by Department of Justice (DOJ) officials at a...more

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Increasing Regulatory Scrutiny for the Merchant of Record Model

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced a settlement with a group of related companies and two of their officers that used a merchant of record (MoR) model to facilitate sales for merchants. According to the...more

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New Registration Requirement for Cayman Entities That Own Property in the UK

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On 1 August 2022, a new Register of Overseas Entities came into force in the UK pursuant to the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (the “ECA”). Overseas entities are entities with legal personality,...more

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Superman29 - Welcome to the Phantom Zone

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In a lesson to everyone that the use of foolish monikers will come back to haunt you, Kais Mohammad, 36, a.k.a. “Superman29,” has met his Kryptonite - the U.S. Department of Justice. ...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Department of Justice Announces First Known Criminal Prosecution Under the Lobbying Disclosure Act

On June 25, 2020, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Jack Abramoff intends to plead guilty to criminal violations of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (LDA), in what is the first known criminal prosecution under...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Circuit Holds that Interstate Travel Element Confers Multiple Venues for Prosecution

In United States v. Holcombe, 16-1429-cr, the Second Circuit (Jacobs, Leval, Lohier) resolved three open issues involving a conviction for failing to register pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act...more

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Private Equity FCPA Enforcement

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FCPA enforcement efforts are not so hard to follow and predict – the government likes to provide advance warnings as an effective means of deterrence. Justice Department and SEC officials will often tell the public their...more

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