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3 weeks ago | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Mark F. Mendelsohn |Roberto Gonzalez |Roberto González |Benjamin C. Klein |Samuel Kleiner
The Bottom LineThe Trump administration’s Department of Justice is prioritizing investigations of companies and financial institutions that provide “material support” to cartels and transnational criminal organizations. Companies that may engage with transnational criminal organizations or cartels in large or small ways, including to protect their employees, risk significant enforcement actions.
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1 month ago | 
law360.com | Mark F. Mendelsohn |Benjamin C. Klein |Liliana Ramirez
By Mark Mendelsohn, Benjamin Klein and Liliana Ramirez ( May 23, 2025, 10:16 AM EDT) -- On April 24, the U.K. Serious Fraud Office issued new guidance outlining key factors its prosecutors must weigh as they consider corporate enforcement actions, including whether to criminally charge companies or enter into deferred prosecution agreements, or DPAs.... Law360 is on it, so you are, too.
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Feb 28, 2025 | 
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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Feb 12, 2025 | 
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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Jan 28, 2025 | 
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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