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
On July 8, 2025, the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) announced a settlement with Harman International Industries, Inc. (“Harman”) for $1,454,145 to settle potential civil...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) announced on July 15, 2025, that Interactive Brokers LLC (“IB”)—a globally active electronic brokerage firm headquartered in Greenwich,...more
The award-winning Compliance into the Weeds is the only weekly podcast that takes a deep dive into a compliance-related topic, literally going into the weeds to more fully explore a subject. Looking for some hard-hitting...more
On July 2, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) announced that it had entered into a settlement agreement with Key Holding, LLC (“Key Holding”), a privately held logistics and...more
Key Takeaways: - After a 5-month pause, OFAC recently announced four sanctions enforcement actions, making clear it is rigorously enforcing sanctions violations across a wide range of programs (including Russia, Iran,...more
In an interesting enforcement action reflecting the Administration’s priority on sanctions, export and customs enforcement, DOJ announced a global resolution with DOJ, OFAC, BIS and CBP and Unicat Catalyst Technologies...more
The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (“OFAC”) has been relatively quiet on the enforcement front. That is not unusual — every transition results in an enforcement hiatus. Sanctions enforcement is a...more
On 15 May 2025, the UK Government published the conclusions of its cross-government review of UK sanctions implementation and enforcement (the Review)....more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced a historic $215,988,868 civil monetary penalty against GVA Capital Ltd. (GVA), a venture-capital firm registered in the Cayman Islands...more
The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) fined GVA Capital Ltd. $215 million, primarily for violating the Ukraine/Russia-related sanctions regulations, when GVA mistakenly concluded that it...more
U.S. sanctions are a powerful tool used to influence the behavior of foreign governments, individuals, and entities. Placement on any sanctions watchlist maintained by a regulatory agency can have devastating financial,...more
As the third month of the second Trump administration comes to a close, the lack of any public enforcement action by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctions watchers...more
This is the final in our 2025 Year in Preview series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the coming year. Throughout 2024, enforcement of international trade laws continued to gather pace...more
Throughout 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") published 12 enforcement actions regarding alleged sanctions violations by foreign and domestic persons and entities....more
You are reading the November 2024 Update of the Bass, Berry & Sims Enforcement Roundup, where we bring notable enforcement actions, policy changes, interesting news articles, and a bit of our insight to your inbox. -...more
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) have recently announced two enforcement actions that demonstrate the U.S. government's aggressive and...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) recently settled with American Life Insurance Company (“ALICO”), a Delaware-based subsidiary of MetLife, Inc., for $178,421, addressing apparent...more
New export controls, new section 301 duties, new OFAC requirements, new de minimis rule, new DOJ corporate compliance guidance, new international guidance on Russian sanctions. September had it all....more
In the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, a broad and unprecedented range of sanctions were imposed on Russia by various countries and international bodies to target the Russian economy and prevent further...more
As the interplay between export controls, trade sanctions, and anticorruption enforcement continues to intensify, multinational companies must remain vigilant in ensuring that their compliance programs address the many...more
OFAC issued an interim final rule extending OFAC’s recordkeeping requirements from 5 years to 10 years, to comport with the corresponding statute of limitations extension. OFAC also published a request for public comment...more
August was another robust month in international trade that further signifies the need for corporations to invest in effective compliance programs. For starters, the DOJ unveiled a new program that incentivizes corporate...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) has released a $7.45 million penalty against State Street Bank and Trust Company and its non-bank, fintech subsidiary Charles River Systems for...more
Since December 2021, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) have levied almost $3.0 billion in penalties for longstanding failures by 39 broker-dealers, swap dealers,...more
Key Points - On December 22, 2023, President Biden issued E.O. 14114 “Taking Additional Steps With Respect to the Russian Federation’s Harmful Activities.” Specifically, E.O. 14114, which amends E.O. 14024 and E.O. 14068,...more