Penalties, National Security, Regulatory Violations

$140M US Export Controls Enforcement Action for ‘Reason to Know, Including Awareness of a High Probability’ Violations

Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP on 7/30/2025

On July 28, the U.S. Department of Justice’s National Security Division and the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) jointly announced resolutions of parallel criminal and administrative...more

CTA – Accessing Beneficial Ownership Information

Proskauer - Regulatory & Compliance on 1/10/2024

On December 21, 2023, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued the final rule on Beneficial Ownership Information Access and Safeguards (the “Access Rule”) laying out the...more

CFIUS Issues Long-Awaited Enforcement and Penalty Guidelines

BakerHostetler on 10/25/2022

The U.S. Department of the Treasury on October 20, 2022, issued its first-ever Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) Enforcement and Penalty Guidelines. Publishing of the Guidelines reinforces recent...more

Airbus Settlement: Part 2 – The Paper Compliance Program

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist on 2/5/2020

Last week, Airbus SE (Airbus) settled a long-standing corruption scandal by agreeing to enforcement actions in three countries; France, the United Kingdom and the US. The matter involved a massive, worldwide, long running...more

Airbus Agrees to Pay $4 Billion in Global Settlement of Foreign Bribery and ITAR Violations (Part I of IV)

The Volkov Law Group on 2/3/2020

In a blockbuster case, the Justice Department announced a global settlement with Airbus SE, a manufacturer of civilian and military aircraft, under which Airbus agreed to pay over $4 billion (yes, with a “B”) to resolve...more

Airbus Settlement: Part 1 – Introduction

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist on 2/3/2020