FinCEN, Proposed Legislation, Money Laundering

U.S. Senate introduces Act to apply AML/BSA laws to art dealers and auction houses

Ballard Spahr LLP on 8/6/2025

On July 23, 2025, Senators John Fetterman (D-PA), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Andy Kim (D-NJ), and David McCormick (R-PA), introduced the federal Art Market Integrity Act (the...more

MHH Condo/Co-op Digest, Vol. V - March 2024

Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP on 3/8/2024

This newsletter explores the emerging legal topics and issues affecting the condominium and cooperative services industry. Thought-leading attorneys from Moritt Hock & Hamroff’s Condominium and Cooperative Services Practice...more

FinCEN Proposes New Rule to Subject Advisers to AML Requirements

Seward & Kissel LLP on 3/4/2024

Who may be interested: Investment Advisers; Closed-End Funds; and Directors of Closed-End Funds - Quick Take: The U.S. Department of Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) recently issued a notice of...more

Bipartisan group of Senators re-introduce Digital Asset Money Laundering Act

Ballard Spahr LLP on 8/14/2023

On July 28th, Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), reintroduced the Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Act (the “Act”), legislation aimed at closing...more

Bipartisan Group of Senators Re-Introduce the Digital Asset Money Laundering Act

Ballard Spahr LLP on 8/11/2023

Legislation Targets Unhosted Wallets, Validators and Digital Asset ATMs - On July 28th, Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), reintroduced the...more

New Bipartisan Bill Takes Aim at Digital Asset Money Laundering and Terrorism Finance

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 12/20/2022

On December 14, Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) introduced in the U.S. Senate a new bipartisan bill, titled "Digital Asset Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2022" (the “Bill”), intended to curb the...more

Credit Unions Ask Senate Banking Committee to Make Cannabis Banking Safe

Carlton Fields on 2/14/2020

In the latest chapter of the ongoing saga of the U.S. Senate’s consideration and hopeful passage of the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act, on February 7, 2020, the Credit Union National Association (CUNA) sent a...more

Shell Company Update: Congress and FATF Target Beneficial Ownership

Ballard Spahr LLP on 11/4/2019

U.S. House Passes Corporate Transparency Act; FATF Issues Guidance on Identifying Entities’ Beneficial Owners - First Post in a Two-Post Series on Beneficial Ownership - As we often blog, the issue of the beneficial...more

Proposed AML Reforms Aim to Enhance and Modernize AML/CFT Enforcement

Ballard Spahr LLP on 6/28/2019

Second Post in a Two-Post Series on the ILLICIT CASH Act - A discussion draft of legislation recently introduced in the Senate, the Improving Laundering Laws and Increasing Comprehensive Information Tracking of Criminal...more

Lawmakers Renew Effort to Overhaul AML Laws, Including Greater Beneficial Ownership Transparency

Ballard Spahr LLP on 6/20/2019

The Issue of Who Truly Runs and Owns Entities Contines to Gnaw at Congress and Law Enforcement - First Post in a Two-Post Series on the ILLICIT CASH Act - On June 10, a bipartisan group of lawmakers in the U.S. Senate...more

The House Financial Services Committee Releases Proposed Legislation to Codify BSA/AML Reform Initiatives

Ballard Spahr LLP on 3/15/2019

Last week, the House Financial Services Committee released three proposed bills to codify many of the reform ideas that have arisen in an ongoing conversation among financial agencies, law enforcement, financial institutions,...more

FinCEN, OCC and FBI Offer Diverging Views on AML Reform in U.S. Senate Testimony

Ballard Spahr LLP on 12/5/2018

First Post in a Two-Part Series - Late last week, the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (the “Banking Committee”) met in open session to conduct a hearing on “Combating Money Laundering and Other...more

Is Your AML Program Up to the Task?

K2 Integrity on 3/19/2018

Fulfilling today’s requirements for anti-money laundering and counterterrorism financing/sanctions compliance is no easy task for financial institutions. ...more

Red Notice Newsletter - Russian

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 3/13/2018

ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS – U.S. Agencies Decline to Prosecute Teradata for Alleged FCPA Violations – On February 26, 2018, Teradata Corporation, an Ohio-based enterprise software database management company,...more

Red Notice Newsletter - Chinese

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 3/13/2018

ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS – U.S. Agencies Decline to Prosecute Teradata for Alleged FCPA Violations – On February 26, 2018, Teradata Corporation, an Ohio-based enterprise software database management company,...more

Red Notice Newsletter - February 2018

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 3/1/2018

ANTICORRUPTION DEVELOPMENTS – U.S. Agencies Decline to Prosecute Teradata for Alleged FCPA Violations – On February 26, 2018, Teradata Corporation, an Ohio-based enterprise software database management company,...more

Expanded Beneficial Ownership Reporting and AML Duties Under the Corporate Transparency Act

Ballard Spahr LLP on 9/22/2017

Second of a Two-Part Blog: Anti-Money Laundering Programs Coming to the Legal Profession? Earlier this week, we began our discussion of the proposed Corporate Transparency Act of 2017 (the “Act”), and observed that, if...more

Proposed Changes to Cross-Border Reporting

Ballard Spahr LLP on 6/20/2017

Part III of the Analysis of the Combatting Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act of 2017 - As we recently blogged, Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Diane Feinstein (D-California) introduced on...more

FinCEN issues Marijuana Banking Update Report

Tucker Arensberg, P.C. on 6/13/2017

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (FinCEN), issued a Marijuana Banking Update Report for the period ending March 31, 2017. Back in January, I wrote about a bi-partisan group of...more

Senators Propose the Combatting Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act

Ballard Spahr LLP on 6/12/2017

Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Diane Feinstein (D-California) introduced on May 25, 2017 a bill, S. 1241, entitled the “Combatting Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act of 2017.” Although it is...more

West Coast Real Estate Update: June 2016 #1

Holland & Knight LLP on 6/14/2016

California Governor Proposes "Build By Right" Approval Process for Affordable Housing - Recognizing the extreme need throughout California for construction of new affordable housing units, on May 13, 2016, Gov. Jerry...more

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