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 June 25, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) at the U.S. Department of the Treasury designated three Mexico-based financial institutions as primary money laundering concerns under Section 311 of the USA...more
On July 15, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) announced a settlement agreement with Interactive Brokers LLC (“Interactive Brokers”) violations of multiple U.S. sanctions...more
On June 25, 2025, FinCEN issued its first orders under the 2024 FEND Off Fentanyl Act (FOFA), imposing special measures against three Mexican financial firms—CIBanco S.A., Institución de Banca Múltiple (CIBanco), Intercam...more
President Trump’s “America First Trade Policy” is creating new sanctions compliance risk for financial services institutions and companies in an area that historically has not received as much enforcement attention: drug...more
We have some new vernacular to bring into the compliance arena — companies need to address risks of interacting with cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs). Companies need to understand the laws used to...more
In one of the more notable enforcement actions of 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) recently imposed a $1,104,408 civil penalty on a U.S. person for 75 separate violations...more
On November 21, 2024, the United States Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") issued an alert cautioning foreign financial institutions against joining the Russian financial messaging system...more
Iran and Syria Sanctions and Embargos On September 11, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) issued updated guidance to remind maritime support service providers that the...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
On June 12, 2024, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced new measures targeting Russia’s financial infrastructure, including: 1. Expanding the scope of financial sanctions:...more
Contemporaneous with the European Union’s adoption of its 13th package of Russia sanctions, on February 23, 2024, the United States imposed sanctions against nearly 500 targets in continued response to Russia’s aggression...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
Holland & Knight's Venezuela Focus Team invites you to read our Venezuela Update, in which we discuss the latest news, trends and developments in Venezuela that impact the interests of businesses across all industry sectors. ...more
Over the last several months, companies have become entangled in an increasingly complex web of new and expanded sanctions and export control restrictions related to Russia in response to its war on Ukraine. The current...more
On October 25, 2023, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) published General Licenses (“GL”) 8H related to the Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR Part...more
For financial institutions and businesses that are subject to the oversight of the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), compliance needs to be a priority in 2023. OFAC is playing an increasingly active role in overseeing...more
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has played an increasingly important role in the federal government’s national security efforts in recent years. As transactions funding terrorist activities, criminal enterprises,...more
The annual Sept. 30 deadline for submitting the Annual Report of Blocked Property (ARBP) to the U.S. Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is approaching once again. Under federal regulations, all...more
On July 20, 2023, the Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (“OFAC”) designated additional entities in order to further disrupt Russian access to military supplies and deprive the Russian government of...more
On March 15, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions against three individuals in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), pursuant to Executive Orders 14033 or 14059. ...more
On February 24, 2023—the first anniversary of the Russian Federation’s Ukraine incursion—the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) and the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of...more
On February 9, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions, pursuant to Executive Order 13846, against six Iran-based petrochemical manufacturers or their subsidiaries, as well...more
On January 24, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions pursuant to Executive Order 13224 against several individuals and associated entities, including a Lebanese money...more
On 16 December 2022, the European Union (EU) adopted a ninth package of sanctions against Russia. These impose an asset freeze on almost 200 additional individuals and entities pursuant to Council Regulation No. 269/20141...more
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the United States has, in response, imposed unprecedented sanctions and export controls targeting Russia: President Biden has signed numerous new Executive Orders, the U.S....more