Compliance into the Weeds: Sanctions Compliance Failures: Lessons from Harman International and Interactive Brokers
The Presumption of Innocence Podcast: Episode 66 - Tariff Uncertainty and Compliance Risks for Businesses
FCPA Compliance Report: The Impact of Secondary Tariffs on Global Trade with Mike Huneke and Brent Carlson
Regulatory Ramblings: Episode 73 - Geopolitical Risk: Thai Tensions / Sanctions, Tariffs & FCPA Enforcement in Asia
Episode 376 -- DOJ's Unicat Settlement and the Future Look of Trade Enforcement Actions
2 Gurus Talk Compliance – Episode 54 – The FCPA is Back On Edition
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending June 14, 2025
Daily Compliance News: June 9, 2025, The Repugnant Edition
Daily Compliance News: May 29, 2025, The 0 – 3 Edition
Compliance in the Former Soviet Central Asian Republics
Managing Sanctions Compliance
Innovation in Compliance: Navigating Regulatory Changes and Compliance in Trade and Data Privacy with Stephanie Font
All Things Investigations: Task Force Strategies - Addressing New Government Priorities
Payments Medley: Navigating Trends in Payments With Jason Mikula - Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Episode 365 -- Four Sanctions Cases Everyone Should Know
Compliance Tip of the Day: Essential Economic Data for Navigating Tariffs
Daily Compliance News: April 14, 2025, The Cascade of Corruption Edition
Episode 364 -- Five Strategies to Mitigate a New Risk Environment
Sunday Book Review: April 13, 2025, The Books on Trade and Tariffs Edition
Daily Compliance News: April 11, 2025 The Tariff Rollback Edition
The United States has taken a historic step by terminating the Syria Sanctions Program, marking the most significant shift in U.S. foreign policy towards Syria since the fall of the Assad regime. In our earlier post, we...more
On June 30, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order (EO) that, effective July 1, revokes the U.S. sanctions program on Syria, and calls for the removal of the Syrian Sanctions Regulations from the Code of Federal...more
On May 23, 2025, General License 25 (“GL 25” or the “General License”) was issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), suspending a wide array of sanctions against Syria....more
On 13 May 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that his administration will start “restoring the normal relationship” with Syria’s new government and “ordering the cessation of sanctions against Syria.” While, at the...more
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) plays a critical role in protecting U.S. national security and advancing foreign policy objectives through its regulation of U.S. exports. Two...more
On March 25, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced a significant expansion of its Entity List restrictions, adding 80 entities from China, the United Arab Emirates, South Africa,...more
The U.S. Department of State has formally republished the Cuba Restricted List, restoring prohibitions on direct financial transactions with numerous Cuban military, intelligence, and security-linked entities. This move...more
In one of the first enforcement actions of 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) issued a final order against Haas Automation, Inc., a leading manufacturer of computer numerical...more
Besides certain expansions on remittances in 2022, the White House, on Jan. 14, 2025, issued a statement announcing President Joe Biden's plans to relax sanctions on Cuba through a series of broad measures aimed at improving...more
The US government signals careful optimism with a new general license authorizing some previously prohibited transactions, including many (but not all) transactions with Syrian governing institutions, for the next six months....more
I. US SANCTIONS - US Department of the Treasury Acts to Curtail Russia’s Use of the International Finance System: On November 21, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) designated...more
I. US SANCTIONS - U.S. Department of the Treasury Acts Against Russian Virtual Currency Exchanges: On September 26, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced that its Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued an...more
In its continuing response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. government has deployed a whole-of-government approach to impose sanctions and tighter export controls on Russia. This alert summarizes key economic...more
In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. government has deployed a whole-of-government approach to impose sanctions and tighter export controls on Russia. This alert summarizes key economic sanctions imposed by...more
Effective as of June 12, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) announced several additional export control restrictions and related actions against Russia and Belarus to further...more
U.S. Persons prohibited from transactions with anyone on the OFAC SDN List without a license, regardless of country. Includes entities owned in excess of 50-percent by one or more SDNs (33-percent for select Russian...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) and the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) recently issued a significant new round of sanctions and export...more
On June 12, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced several significant additional export control restrictions and related actions against Russia as a response to continued...more
On June 12, 2024, ahead of the 2024 G7 Summit, the Biden administration introduced new export controls and sanctions on Russia and Belarus in an effort to limit Russia’s ability to continue its war efforts against Ukraine....more
Citing Russia’s “transition to a full war economy,” the United States imposed sweeping new sanctions and export controls on Russia and Belarus today, including companies and individuals that continue to supply Russia’s...more
In this new era of aggressive sanctions enforcement, companies have to understand the red lines that define where criminal and civil enforcement risk increase. In contrast to the history of FCPA enforcement, DOJ and OFAC...more
In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. government has deployed a whole-of-government approach to impose sanctions and tighter export controls on Russia. ...more
On February 23, building mainly upon the broad authority of Executive Order 14024 (“EO 14024”)[1] issued by President Joe Biden in 2021, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), the...more
In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. government has deployed a whole-of-government approach to impose sanctions and tighter export controls on Russia. This alert summarizes the key export restrictions...more