On August 24, 2026, the U.S. government announced an escalation of Iranian sanctions. As part of this action, OFAC suspended five general licenses, newly designated nearly 60 entities and...
On August 13, 2026, DOJ published a memorandum outlining the enforcement priorities of the National Fraud Enforcement Division – the new DOJ component created earlier this year to comba...
On July 17, 2026, Scoular, a Nebraska-based agricultural company, entered into a three-year deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) with DOJ to resolve a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)...
FinCEN and the federal banking agencies have taken additional steps to implement the AML/CFT and sanctions compliance obligations under the GENIUS Act through proposed rules related to Cu...
Between January and April 2026, the SEC filed 57 actions against a combined total of 112 defendants and respondents. (These figures exclude follow-on actions, bars, and suspensions.) Ther...
The CFTC’s Division of Enforcement announced its new cooperation policy for corporate enforcement matters. The advisory seeks to incentivize companies to voluntarily disclose, cooperate...
On May 19, 2026, President Trump issued an executive order titled “Restoring Integrity to America’s Financial System,” directing federal financial regulators to review and strengthe...
In his first public remarks since becoming Director of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Enforcement, David Woodcock outlined his enforcement priorities, includi...
The U.S. government increases pressure on Cuba with a new executive order authorizing broad sectoral and secondary sanctions, which appears intended to discourage non-Cuban companies from...
OFAC’s recent “Guidance on Sham Transactions and Sanctions Evasion” suggests heightened due diligence obligations and erodes the “bright line” distinction between ownership and ...
