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Baker Botts L.L.P.

Beyond the Fine: What Financial Gatekeepers Must Learn from Interactive Brokers’ OFAC Settlement

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has significantly increased its focus on sanctions compliance for “financial gatekeepers,” including financial institutions and other firms...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

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

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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

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Swiss Finance Company to Pay Almost $4 Million for Sanctions Violations

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On March 14, the U.S. Treasury Department, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced that EFG International AG (EFG), a Switzerland-based bank, had agreed to pay roughly $3.74 million to settle allegations that it had...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The EU – U.S. Sanctions Dilemma: The Advocate General of the European Court of Justice Weighs in

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In May 2018 the United States announced the reinstitution of sanctions against Iran that had previously been lifted pursuant to the Joint Comprehensive Plan Action (“JCPOA”). The U.S. sanctions on Iran that were revived...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Virtual Event] Asia Pacific Conference on Economic Sanctions Compliance and Enforcement - May 27th - 28th, 9:00 am - 1:15 pm SGT

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ACI’s Asia-Pacific Advanced Conference on Economic Sanctions Compliance and Enforcement is the largest sanctions gathering in Asia for financial institutions and global exporters. This unique conference features senior...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Financial Industry Compliance: Enforcement Challenges in the US and Europe

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“If you look at the landscape pre-financial crisis, i.e. in 2006-2007, compliance looked very different than it does now,” said Latham & Watkins partner Dr. Finn Zeidler. “In the meantime, compliance in the financial services...more

Akerman LLP

Recent Trends in DOJ Investigations Against Major Financial Institutions Involving U.S. Economic Sanctions

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With the imposition of billion-dollar fines against large financial institutions, the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") is focusing on banks for not only failing to comply with federal laws, but also for willfully violating...more

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