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Latin America: Panama Advances Toward Full Mercosur Membership and is Removed from EU’s High-Risk Jurisdiction List

Burr & Forman on 7/21/2025

The President of Panama has requested that the National Assembly approve an agreement with the Southern Common Market - Mercado Común del Sur (Mercosur), with the aim of initiating bilateral negotiations with each member...more

The Anti-Money Laundering Quarterly - July 2025

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 7/17/2025

Designed for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, this newsletter summarizes some of the most important domestic and international Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regulatory and enforcement developments from the...more

EU Updates Sanctions Best Practices, Clarifying Ownership Threshold for Asset Freeze Restrictions

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 9/5/2024

The Council of the European Union (Council) has updated its EU Best Practices for the Effective Implementation of Restrictive Measures. Published on 3 July 2024, the new version clarifies the threshold for the ownership test...more

Security Assistance Law Expanded the Reach of US Sanctions and Doubled the Statute of Limitations

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 6/3/2024

On April 24, 2024, President Joe Biden signed the 21st Century Peace Through Strength Act (Act) into law. The Act, which is part of a broader law providing supplemental aid to Israel, Taiwan and Ukraine, contains several...more

EU Adopts 10th Set of Sanctions Against Russia and Strengthens Enforcement and Anti-Circumvention Measures

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 3/24/2023

The European Union (EU)’s tenth package of sanctions against Russia, adopted 25 February 2023, imposed an asset freeze against 121 individuals and entities and expanded the scope of sectoral sanctions....more

UK Expands Prohibitions on Providing Services to Russian Entities and Adds Investment Restrictions

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 12/23/2022

On 15 December 2022 the United Kingdom announced its latest expansion of sanctions against Russia. New prohibitions were added relating to trust services, and professional and business services, and existing restrictions...more

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