As lawyers, corporate executives and federal law enforcement officials prepare to gather this week in San Francisco for the ABA’s 39th National Institute on White Collar Crime, we offer our takeaways from January’s Houston...more
3/5/2024
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Cannabis Products ,
Compliance ,
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Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement ,
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Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Incentives ,
Investment ,
Market Manipulation ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
San Francisco ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Self-Disclosure Requirements ,
Voluntary Disclosure ,
Whistleblowers ,
White Collar Crimes ,
Wire Fraud
On Monday, President Biden released the United States Strategy on Countering Corruption, which details how the United States will work “domestically and internationally, with governmental and non-governmental partners, to...more
12/9/2021
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Anti-Money Laundering ,
CFTC ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
FTC Act ,
Investigations ,
Joe Biden ,
National Security ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
On June 3, 2021, the White House issued a memorandum announcing anti-corruption as a core national security interest. The memorandum explains that, “[c]orruption threatens United States national security, economic equity,...more
6/10/2021
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Anti-Corruption ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Bank Secrecy Act ,
Biden Administration ,
China ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
Cybersecurity ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Enforcement ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Export Controls ,
Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
National Security ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Popular ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued its first set of public declinations since its April unveiling of a new self-reporting Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) pilot program. On June 7, 2016, Akamai Technologies,...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently announced a settlement with Hitachi, Ltd. over allegations that the company sold shares in a South African subsidiary to a front company for the African National...more