The U.S. Department of the Treasury recently released a proposed rule to impose a filing fee for certain CFIUS transactions. If enacted, the proposed filing fee would raise strategic cons...
On February 18, 2020, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) imposed blocking sanctions pursuant to Executive Order (“E.O.”) 13850 against Rosn...
On January 13, 2020, the U.S. Treasury Department promulgated its final regulations implementing the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (FIRRMA) to reform the author...
On January 10, 2020, President Trump issued Executive order 13902 (“E.O. 13902”) which authorizes the U.S. Department of the Treasury to impose additional sanctions targeting the cons...
Financial services regulatory reform will continue to be active in 2020, with developments percolating in all three branches of government. As we observe the changing landscape, here is ...
FinCEN Director Kenneth A. Blanco recently stressed the value of BSA data, especially in the virtual currency space, and highlighted the continuing “national security gap” in collecti...
On November 27, 2019, the United States Department of Commerce issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking seeking public comment on “regulations that would govern the process and p...
On October 23, 2019, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) acting at the direction of President Trump and in consultation with the State Department, li...
President Trump has signed two significant executive orders regarding transparency in federal agency guidance and enforcement. This visual memorandum provides an overview of and key take...
On October 14, 2019, President Trump issued an executive order authorizing sanctions targeting the Turkish government in connection with its military operations in northern Syria. The U.S...
