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On April 5, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board levied a $100,000 fine against Scott Marcello, the former Vice Chair of Audit at KPMG.

Of significance this holiday season, the Michigan Legislature recently adopted changes to the Control Code of 1998, impacting the ability of certain wine retailers to make deliveries to their customer base.

The conduct at issue related to thousands of transactions that CA-CIB processed using several methods designed to avoid detection by US financial institutions.

A banker was convicted for his role in a scheme to engage in transactions for the Government of Iran and for conspiracy to evade U.S. sanctions.

The Trump administration invokes the Defense Production Act of 1950 to dramatically expand America's natural gas infrastructure, including pipelines, processing facilities, storage systems, and LNG export terminals.\\

A California-based provider of secure digital wallet management services settled its potential civil liability for alleged violations of numerous sanctions programs.

A financial institution involved in travel-related and credit card services settled OFAC charges for violations of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators Sanctions Regulations.

On June 6, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an advisory (the Advisory) to assist U.S. financial institutions in identifying and reporting potential sanctions evasion and other suspicious activity related to Iran

As the U.S. government's economic sanctions against Russia continue to grow, regulators are calling on financial institutions to help detect and prevent attempts to evade...

BSA/AML and sanctions matters continue to be a core focus of regulators, law enforcement agencies, policymakers and Congress, and the story of the Obama and Trump Administrations on AML and sanctions is one of general continuity.

OFAC amended the Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations ("GTSR"), the Transnational Criminal Organizations Sanctions Regulations ("TCOSR")

In February 2025, U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi issued a wide-ranging formal Memorandum that appeared to pause most FARA enforcement actions.

President Trump authorized sanctions on persons involved in the implementation of China's national security law affecting Hong Kong and in related human rights abuses.

The Department of State has proposed revising the definition of "defense services" under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (the ITAR) in order to ease licensing requirements and clarify when licenses are required.

The intersection of national security and technology M&A is more dynamic than ever.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury ("Treasury") issued temporary regulations to implement the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act ("FIRRMA").

The United States recently introduced punitive measures against Belarus in light of that country’s controversial March 19 presidential election. Belarus is often cited as the last remaining dictatorship in Europe. The country’s president, Alexander Lukashenko, remains an ardent admirer of the former Soviet Union’s authoritarian ways and has been referred to by the White House as "one of the most corrupt leaders of the world." Yet, despite the talk of sanctions, the United States initially has on