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DOJ Reinforces Focus on Cartels and Transnational Criminal Organizations

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 5/21/2025

In a May 12, 2025, memorandum (the May Memorandum) on focus, fairness and efficiency in the fight against white collar crime, the Department of Justice (DOJ) Criminal Division1 again identified the total elimination of...more

DOJ’s Criminal Division Announces Updates to White-Collar Enforcement and Corporate Policies

Troutman Pepper Locke on 5/15/2025

On May 12, 2025, the Head of the Criminal Division (the Criminal Division or Division) at the Department of Justice (DOJ), Matthew R. Galeotti, issued key memoranda to Criminal Division personnel on the Division’s new...more

10 Important Facts About FinCEN’s Whistleblower Program

Oberheiden P.C. on 5/13/2025

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is one of a handful of federal authorities that have adopted whistleblower programs focused on facilitating enforcement in hard-to-target areas. While FinCEN focuses its...more

Top 10 International Anti-Corruption Developments for November 2021

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 12/22/2021

Designed for busy in-house counsel, compliance professionals, and anti-corruption lawyers, this newsletter summarizes some of the most important international anti-corruption law and case developments from the past month,...more

FinCEN Issues Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism Priorities

King & Spalding on 7/8/2021

FinCEN announces eight areas of focus and advises preparation for issuance of new regulations - On June 30, 2021, the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued the first...more

Criminal Enforcement under the Biden Administration

Blank Rome LLP on 5/18/2021

We are nearly six months into the Biden administration and its civil and criminal enforcement policies are taking shape. Under the Trump administration, the government’s enforcement focus shifted away from white collar crimes...more

New BSA/AML Regime Promises Sweeping Changes

King & Spalding on 12/23/2020

As we wrote over the summer, Congress has passed a bill that will require certain corporations and limited liability companies (“LLCs”) to report information on their beneficial owners to the U.S. Treasury Department’s...more

Private Equity and the New Trump Administration: Your Top Ten Questions Answered

Foley & Lardner LLP on 3/6/2017

The election of President Trump contained more than a few positive signs for Private Equity (PE) firms. Promises of a lower corporate tax environment, a ten-percent tax holiday for funds parked overseas, large infrastructure...more

2016 Year in Review: Select SEC and FINRA Developments and Enforcement Cases

Morgan Lewis on 3/1/2017

Executive Summary - The Morgan Lewis Year in Review highlights key US Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC or the Commission) and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) enforcement developments and...more

Key Takeaways: Government Enforcement Investigations – Trends and Perspectives from the UK, US and China

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 10/3/2016

On September 20, 2016, Skadden presented a seminar titled “Government Enforcement Investigations – Trends and Perspectives from the UK, US and China” in London. The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Director of Enforcement...more

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act 2015 Update

BakerHostetler on 10/14/2015

Despite a decline in enforcement actions by the Securities Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), the first half of 2015 has continued to highlight the relevance and ever-evolving effects of the...more

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