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Virtual Currency (aka Digital Currency or Digital Money) is a type of currency or medium of exchange that is not issued by any government nor guaranteed by a government currency. Despite lacking legal tender status, Virtual Currency is still traded and exchanged in some environments, typically online environments or communities. Bitcoin is the most well-known form of Virtual Currency. less -

U.S. Sanctions Enforcement: 2023 Trends and Lessons Learned

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 3/5/2024

Today’s alert—the second in our Sanctions 2023 Year in Review Series—provides an overview of U.S. sanctions enforcement in 2023, including the key lessons learned from the public enforcement actions issued by the U.S....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

Legislative Reform Will Reinvent the US Anti-Money Laundering Regulatory Landscape

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 1/6/2021

New federal requirements in the annual national defense budget reauthorization effectively will end anonymous U.S. shell companies by requiring businesses to disclose 25 percent owners and control persons to a newly created...more

Bridging the Week - May 2019 #2

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 5/14/2019

Last week may not have been the best of times or the worst of times (to borrow from Charles Dickens), but it was undoubtedly a time that three United States financial services regulators issued important guidance on disparate...more

Corporate Investigations & White Collar Defense - May 2015

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 6/2/2015

It’s an Absolute Privilege to Meet You! Texas Supreme Court Rules That Internal Investigation Report Provided by Shell Oil to DOJ Enjoys “Absolute Privilege” - Why it matters: On May 15, 2015, the Texas Supreme Court...more

Financial Services Weekly News Roundup - May 2015 #4

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 5/29/2015

CFPB Fines Bank $7.5M for Overdraft Violations, With $49M More in Redress - Why it matters: In its first action targeting overdraft fees, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) fined Regions Bank $7.5...more

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