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Morrison & Foerster LLP

FinCEN Targets Three Mexico-Based Financial Institutions with Sanctions Under New Authority to Address Money Laundering Associated...

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

Dacheng

China Monthly Data Protection Update: May 2025

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This monthly report outlines key developments in China’s data protection sector for May. The following events merit special attention...more

Cozen O'Connor

Bipartisan AG Coalition Targets WeChat’s Alleged Role in Fentanyl-Linked Money Laundering

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A bipartisan coalition of six AGs, led by North Carolina AG Jeff Jackson, has sent a demand letter to WeChat US, Inc., seeking answers about the app’s alleged role in facilitating transnational money laundering operations...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

2 Gurus Talk Compliance: Episode 52 – The Big Jet Plane Edition

What happens when two top compliance commentators get together? They talk compliance, of course. Join Tom Fox and Kristy Grant-Hart in 2 Gurus Talk Compliance as they discuss the latest compliance issues in this week’s...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending May 10, 2025

Welcome to 10 For 10, the podcast that brings you the week’s Top 10 compliance stories in one podcast each week. Tom Fox, the Voice of Compliance, brings you the compliance professional and the compliance stories you need to...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Regulatory Ramblings: Episode 65 – The Trump Administration’s Decision to Halt FCPA Enforcement – The Implications for Asia and...

Three weeks after returning to the White House, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on February 10 directing the Justice Department to pause prosecutions of Americans accused of bribing foreign government...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Sanctions Puzzle: Key Areas To Watch in 2025 and Beyond

The past weeks and months have brought about tremendous political change in the West, as we move toward a new U.S. administration, a new College of Commissioners in Brussels and a new Polish presidency of the Council of the...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] New York Forum on Economic Sanctions - December 13th - 14th, New York, NY

Back by popular demand, ACI’s acclaimed 13th Annual New York Forum on Economic Sanctions returns to NYC this December. Regarded as the must attend conference for legal and compliance professionals working for financial...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] European Forum on Global Economic Sanctions - June 1st - 2nd, Berlin, Germany

Hosted by C5 Group, the European Forum on Global Economic Sanctions is recognized as Europe's Premier, longstanding gathering for financial institutions and global exporters. The industry across Europe is confronting an...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

International Trade Enforcement Roundup – January 2023

Russia - Former Special Agent in Charge of the FBI New York Counterintelligence Division Charged with Violating U.S. Sanctions on Russia (DOJ) Those involved. Charles McGonigal, former Special Agent in Charge of the FBI...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

U.S. Agencies Issue Business Advisory Warning of Xinjiang-Related Supply Chain Exposure and OFAC Imposes Blocking Sanctions on...

- On July 1, the Departments of Commerce, Homeland Security, State, and the Treasury issued a joint advisory on the “Risks and Considerations for Businesses with Supply Chain Exposure to Entities Engaged in Forced Labor and...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Guilty Pleas Highlight Illicit Funneling of Chinese Cash to Casinos

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Government Suggests that Unusual Pleas are Just the Tip of an Iceberg - Chinese law generally prohibits its citizens from converting more than $50,000 in Chinese yuan into foreign currency in a year.  On Monday, two men...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 5.24.2019 | Top Story: White House plans $16 billion in farm aid amidst ongoing trade war

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The US’s ongoing trade war with China—which just isn’t going away any time soon—has prompted the White House to propose a new “$16 billion bailout for farmers hurt by Beijing’s tariffs.” At the same time, leaders from both...more

Jones Day

Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Update Issue 18 | June 2018

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JONES DAY CYBERSECURITY, PRIVACY & DATA PROTECTION ATTORNEY SPOTLIGHT: Richard Martinez - Europe's new General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") is driving an evolution in corporate privacy practices globally. As...more

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A Tale of Two Enforcement Actions

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And a Tale of Four Countries: Singapore Fines a U.K. Bank, and the U.S. Imposes a Consent Order on a Chinese Bank - Less than a week apart, two major financial institutions (“FIs”) have been hit with penalties for failing...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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Despite a stronger global economic outlook than we’ve seen in years, the world’s central bankers appear loath to let go of stimulus measures while lower-than-expected inflation bedevils them....more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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China’s infamous shadow banking industry—an $8.5 trillion marketplace that’s sprung up in reaction to the government’s “campaign against financial leverage”—is back and bigger than ever these days....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Cross-Border Investigations Update - December 2016

This issue of Skadden’s semiannual Cross-Border Investigations Update looks at Brexit’s impact on corporate crime and investigations, the U.S. DOJ’s increased use of forfeiture actions with international implications, current...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

JPMorgan Sons and Daughters FCPA Enforcement Action, Part III-St. Mark’s Revealed

This week I am exploring the JP Morgan Chase (JPM) and its subsidiary, JPMorgan Securities (Asia Pacific) Limited (JPM-APAC), (collectively ‘the company’) Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action which...more

The Volkov Law Group

Lessons Learned From FCPA Enforcement Against JP Morgan for Sons and Daughters Referral Program

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Last week, the Justice Department and the SEC finally brought to a close the Sons and Daughters or Princelings investigation. Pending investigations against four other companies still remain to be resolved....more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

JPMorgan Sons and Daughters FCPA Enforcement Action: Part I – Venice and Fog

JP Morgan Chase (JPM) and its subsidiary, JPMorgan Securities (Asia Pacific) Limited (JPM-APAC) resolved its Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) matter last week, obtaining a Non-Prosecution Agreement (NPA) from the...more

Proskauer Rose LLP

2016 Proskauer Annual Review and Outlook for Hedge Funds, Private Equity Funds and Other Private Funds

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This special report provides a summary of some of the significant changes and developments that occurred in the past year in the private equity and hedge funds space, as well as certain recommended practices that investment...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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The CFTC’s reportedly investigating the interest rate swap activities of Citigroup and others. Swaps allow companies to “hedge against a rise or fall in interest rates on the debt that they issue or hold, with banks usually...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

BNY Mellon Settles First Sons and Daughters (and Nephews) FCPA Hiring Matter – Part I

Yesterday the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a resolution with Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (BNY Mellon) for violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). This was the first enforcement...more

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