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
Businesses should be aware of growing security risks from North Korean IT workers targeting freelance contracts from businesses in the U.S. and other countries. Typically, these workers fraudulently claim they are from the US...more
On October 1, 2024, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) unsealed an indictment against Aleksandr Viktorovich Ryzhenkov (Александр Викторович Рыженков), a member of the ransomware group Evil Corp. The indictment charges...more
Executive Summary - The North Korean threat to the crypto ecosystem is the highest form of immediate risk to the crypto-economy driven by a regime that seeks to profit from its misuse to reinforce its regime and fuel all its...more
An inherent aspect of any new technology is that it doesn’t take long for bad actors to figure out how it can be weaponized for nefarious purposes. Cyber-related technologies represent an increasingly dangerous area of risk...more
Ken Fishkin talks to Doreen M. Edelman and Christian C. Contardo of the firm’s Global Trade & National Security practice, about ransomware and the risks of making payments when data is held for ransom, such as exposure to...more
Ransomware attacks are on the rise and companies everywhere should be taking action to strengthen their cybersecurity defenses and resiliency to ensure their internal systems are able to withstand cybercrime attacks. ...more
Executive teams in the U.S. live in fear of a successful ransomware attack, and who can blame them? Attacks are both prevalent and evolving. Many attackers have shifted from encrypting data and locking up systems to also (or...more
We have all read about the high-profile malicious cyber-attacks and ransomware demands and payments. The Colonial Pipeline case demonstrated how responsive law enforcement can be in tracking down perpetrators and recovering...more
Companies that make ransomware payments, whether they be the victim of a ransomware attack or entities that facilitate such payments, should review the updated advisory issued by U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of...more
The U.S. Treasury Department has issued an updated ransomware advisory that highlights sanctions risks associated with ransomware payments and details proactive steps companies can take to mitigate these risks....more
The decision to pay millions to a cyber criminal has never been easy, but it is now even more complex. The U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued an updated advisory on September 21,...more
On September 21, 2021, The Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) issued an Updated Advisory “to highlight the sanctions risks associated with ransomware payments in connection with malicious...more
CEP Magazine (January 2021) - The United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control announced sanctions against the State Research Center of the Russian Federation FGUP Central Scientific Research...more
In early October, the United States Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued an advisory, warning of the potential risk of sanctions to companies and individuals who pay ransomware payments. The...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) kicked off National Cybersecurity Awareness Month with a pair of advisories relating to...more
On October 1, 2020, the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued an “Advisory on Potential Sanctions Risks for Facilitating Ransomware Payments.” The Advisory, which does not carry the...more
In response to the significant rise in ransomware attacks since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and just in time for Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network...more
On October 1, 2020, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued an advisory “to highlight the sanctions risks associated with ransomware payments related to malicious cyber-enabled...more
• On November 28, 2018, OFAC designated two Iran-based individuals who helped exchange cryptocurrency (bitcoin) into fiat currency on behalf of alleged ransomware perpetrators who targeted U.S. businesses and municipal...more
President Barack Obama amended Executive Order (EO) 13964 on December 29, 2016, in response to intelligence community findings that the Russian government engaged in malicious cyber activity with respect to the U.S. electoral...more