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1 month ago | 
lexology.com | L. Atkinson |John Carlin |Roberto González |Elizabeth Hanft |David Kessler |Mark F. Mendelsohn | +2 more
In his first month in office, President Trump has issued a series of executive orders and presidential memoranda that have significantly raised certain tariffs and signal that there are significant tariff developments to come.
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2 months ago | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Loretta Lynch |John Carlin |Mark F. Mendelsohn
The Bottom Line for Companies Look at compliance programs, including “know-your-customer” and third-party risk management practices, to ensure that they are addressing cartel and transnational criminal organization risks. Counterparty risk management processes, including due diligence, engagement, and monitoring practices, may need adjustments. Don’t assume DOJ will drop existing investigations that are outside these new priorities. Attorney General Pamela Bondi’s 14 directives issued Feb.
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2 months ago | 
law360.com | Mark F. Mendelsohn |Jessica Carey |Benjamin C. Klein
By Mark Mendelsohn, Jessica Carey and Benjamin Klein ( January 28, 2025, 3:40 PM EST) -- The U.S. Department of Justice Criminal Division's Fraud Section has been on a long, upward trajectory, as measured by the overall level of corporate enforcement, individual trials and prosecutions, contributions toward policy and compliance program developments, and overall level of experience and sophistication of its growing bench of prosecutors.... Law360 is on it, so you are, too.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
lexology.com | L. Atkinson |Jessica Carey |John Carlin |Roberto González |Brad S. Karp |Loretta Lynch | +7 more
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) recently issued new regulations that will have significant impacts on the compliance obligations of persons subject to U.S. jurisdiction, and particularly financial institutions. First, OFAC issued a Final Rule that describes the types of non-public “tailored actions” it can take.
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
lexology.com | L. Atkinson |H. Christopher Boehning |Walter Brown |Jessica Carey |John Carlin |Roberto Finzi | +13 more
On August 1, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Criminal Division (“DOJ” or “Department”) launched a new Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program (the “Whistleblower Pilot Program” or the “Pilot Program”).[1]Under the Pilot Program, eligible whistleblowers who provide the Criminal Division with original and truthful information about certain types of corporate misconduct are eligible to receive a portion of a criminal or civil forfeiture exceeding $1 million.
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Jul 26, 2024 | 
law360.com | Mark F. Mendelsohn |Benjamin Klein
By Mark Mendelsohn and Benjamin Klein (July 26, 2024, 2:23 PM EDT) -- In December 2023, Congress passed its initial version of the Foreign Extortion Prevention Act,[1] the long-awaited companion to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act that extended criminal liability to foreign government officials who demand or receive improper payments from U.S. persons or while in U.S. territory.... Law360 is on it, so you are, too.
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Mar 12, 2024 | 
lexology.com | L. Atkinson |Jessica Carey |John Carlin |David C. Fein |Michael E. Gertzman |Roberto González | +10 more
On March 6, the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”), the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), and the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) issued their most recent ”tri-seal” compliance note (the “Compliance Note” or “the Note”).[1]The Compliance Note highlights that U.S. sanctions and export controls apply to non-U.S. persons, both companies and individuals, in a variety of circumstances.
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Nov 16, 2023 | 
lexology.com | Mark F. Mendelsohn
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Oct 4, 2023 | 
lexology.com | H. Christopher Boehning |Jessica Carey |John Carlin |David C. Fein |Michael E. Gertzman |Roberto Gonzalez | +6 more
On September 21, 2023, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) announced a $9,618,477 settlement agreement with 3M Company (“3M”), a global manufacturing company based in Minnesota, regarding 54 apparent violations of OFAC’s Iran sanctions regulations.[1] As described below, these apparent violations relate to an agreement that a 3M subsidiary entered into in 2016 and conduct that occurred between 2016 and 2018.[2] 3M voluntarily disclosed the matter to...
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Sep 27, 2023 | 
lexology.com | Jessica Carey |John Carlin |Michael E. Gertzman |Roberto Gonzalez |Roberto J. González |Brad S. Karp | +5 more
On September 21, 2023, Principal Deputy Attorney General Marshall Miller (“Miller”) delivered a major speech at the Global Investigations Review Annual Meeting that underscored the Department of Justice’s (“DOJ”) increased focus on corporate national security matters.[1] In the speech, Miller made two significant announcements: (1) DOJ will be issuing new guidance on voluntary self-disclosures (“VSDs”) in the context of M&A transactions in which diligence identifies potential misconduct by...
