Episode 378 -- Update on Export Controls and Sanctions Enforcement
Key Discovery Points: If You Dispose of Relevant Hard Drives You Will Face (Some) Consequences
eDiscovery Case Law Podcast: How Failing to Meet and Confer Effectively Can Lead to Sanctions
Episode 339: Four Sanctions Cases Everyone Should Know
Corruption, Crime and Compliance - “The New FCPA”: Sanctions and Export Control Enforcement and Compliance
Giving Compliance Advice
Corruption, Crime, & Compliance - Five Steps to Enhance Your Sanctions Compliance Program
Corruption, Crime and Compliance - Deep Dive Into Wells Fargo’s $30 Million OFAC Settlement
FINCast Ep. 36 – Regulators’ Roundtable to Forecast 2023
Guidepost in Motion EP25: State of Compliance with Alixandra Smith Part 2
FCPA Compliance Report - Matt Silverman on Potential Sanctions Against Russia
Argentina: A Look at the Case of Lázaro Báez - Laundering the Proceeds of Corruption and Tax Fraud
Nota Bene Podcast Episode 131: U.S. Sanctions Against Russia: Valid or Ineffective Economic Policy? with Fatema Merchant and Mario Torrico
Compliance into the Weeds - SAP Trade Sanctions Enforcement Action
What to Expect from the Biden Administration
A Look Ahead at the Biden Administration’s Regulatory and Enforcement Priorities
Compliance Perspectives: The German Corporate Sanctions Act
Episode 153 -- The Mighty Amazon Falls to OFAC Enforcement Sword
Navigating an Increasingly Complex Sanctions Landscape: New Exposures for Corporations and Shipping
Episode 120: Interview of NAVEX Global Third-Party Risk Officials: Chris Bailey and Stephen Gooding
The United States had imposed layers of sanctions on Syria since deeming it a State Sponsor of Terrorism in 1979. The U.S. Treasury imposed most sanctions during the Iraq War and the Syrian Civil War. In December 2024, Hay’at...more
Building on prior relief of sanctions and other restrictive trade measures earlier this year (as described in K2 Integrity alerts dated 15 May and 09 June 2025), on 30 June 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump issued a new...more
On January 10, 2025, in a final action to, among other things, deter Russian aggression on the international stage, the US Department of the Treasury enacted sweeping new sanctions on the Russian energy sector. Specifically,...more
Background: On Friday November 29, 2023, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Sinbad.io (“Sinbad”), alleging that the virtual currency mixer serves as a key money-laundering...more
Back in July, we took a look at the enforcement actions for the first half of 2021 issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). Today’s post – the second half of our OFAC 2021 Year...more
1. Treasury Mandates Reporting of Foreign Securities Holdings of $200M or More- All U.S. persons (custodians and end investors) who manage $200 million or more in foreign securities for themselves or others must file a...more
On November 3, 2021, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) added two Israeli entities to the Entity List due to malicious cyber activities. In its press release, BIS stated that the...more
As we approach year’s end, and the pace of legislative activity ramps up, it remains critical to keep a close eye on the sanctions-related bills currently making their way, at varying speeds, through the U.S. legislative...more
On September 21, 2021, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) announced several actions focused on disrupting criminal digital finance infrastructure, including virtual currency...more
The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) recently issued an “Updated Advisory on Potential Sanctions Risks for Facilitating Ransomware Payments.” This advisory continues prior advisory...more
Ransomware payments continue to be a focus of the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”). As previously reported by Foley Hoag, on October 1, 2020, OFAC released an advisory regarding potential...more
On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (“OFAC”) issued an updated advisory warning all ransomware victims that if they succumb to ransomware demands and pay foreign actors who are...more
1. Recent Enforcement: Even Companies That Invest in Compliance Pay Penalties- Since our April enforcement roundup, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) in the Department...more
Recently, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) sanctioned various individuals and entities connected to Russia’s technology sector and also expanded sanctions against dealings in Russian...more
On April 15, 2021, following discussions just days earlier of a potential summit between President Biden and Russian President Putin and as Russian troops amassed along the Ukrainian border, the Biden Administration issued...more
On February 1, 2021, the Burmese military announced that it had seized control of the country from the country's democratically elected government.1 In response to the coup, the US has so far designated 12 individuals and...more
On October 1, 2020, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) released an advisory regarding potential sanctions risks related to facilitating ransomware payments... OFAC is the federal...more
Ransomware attacks – cyber attacks in which the hackers encrypt and disable an organization’s computers and demand a ransom to provide the decryption key – continue to hit organizations throughout the country. Perhaps even...more
The United States Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the U.S. governmental agency tasked with administering and enforcing economic sanctions against hostile targets in furtherance of U.S....more
On Monday, June 29, 2015, the Canadian government expanded its economic sanctions against Russia and the Crimea region of the Ukraine. Three additional individuals and 14 entities were added to the list under the Special...more
On April 1, President Obama signed an Executive Order to combat the "national emergency" sparked by a rapidly evolving global cybercrime environment. The Executive Order directs the U.S. Treasury Department to impose...more
Last week, U.S. authorities settled criminal charges against a subsidiary of Schlumberger Ltd. and civil claims against PayPal, Inc. Federal authorities alleged that these companies violated U.S. embargoes and other economic...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has announced a $7,658,300 settlement with PayPal, Inc. (PayPal) to resolve potential civil liability for 486 alleged violations of the Iranian,...more
During the same week that President Barack Obama announced sweeping changes in the diplomatic and trade relationships between the United States and Cuba, the president signed congressional legislation authorizing additional...more
Executive Order Relating to the Crimea Region - On Dec. 19, 2014, in a step coordinated with similar sanctions imposed by the European Union (EU), President Obama issued a new Executive Order targeting the Crimea...more