Under the terms of the DPA, SGL has admitted to three offences of fraud and two offences of false accounting. The DPA has seen prosecution immediately suspended as long as SGL fulfills certain requirements.

Several important legislative, regulatory, and enforcement updates took place related to economic sanctions and export controls for the second quarter of 2019.

On 18 June 2019, the Law Commission of England and Wales published the long-awaited report on its review into the AML regime in the UK and, in particular, the operation of the SARs regime (the "Report").

In 2016, hedge fund Och-Ziff Capital Management Group ("Och-Ziff") entered into one of the largest Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ("FCPA")

The Federal Reserve has released updated term sheet guidance and a detailed FAQ on the Main Street loan programs. The revised guidance should open up the program to more energy and...

On May 1, 2020, the White House issued an executive order that could result in restrictions on transactions involving non-U.S. bulk-power system electric equipment.

On February 14, 2020, the Hong Kong High Court handed down a judgment (Cheung Ka Ho Cyril and others v Securities and Futures Commission (HCAL 2132-4, 2136-7/2018, unreported) dismissing...

The graph below shows a breakdown of the FCA's open enforcement investigations, compared to the same breakdown published by the FCA for the previous two years.

The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") has announced increases to the Hart-Scott-Rodino ("HSR") Act filing thresholds.

Vertical mergers combine two or more companies that operate at different levels in the same supply chain.

In 2010, Cheniere Energy Inc. proposed the first LNG liquefaction project on the U.S. Gulf Coast. In the ensuing decade, a fundamental revolution in U.S.

Less than three weeks before it was scheduled to take place, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") has ordered PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. ("PJM")

The "Phase One" deal signed by the U.S. and China on January 15, 2020, calls a truce to the trade war for now, ...

On October 17, 2019, the public comment period closed on the proposed regulations implementing certain provisions of the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act ("FIRRMA") ...

Debenhams has successfully defended the challenge to its company voluntary arrangement ("CVA") in the first test case in the current wave of CVAs.

On January 1, 2020, many companies doing business in California will become subject to the CCPA, which imposes a number of obligations related to the privacy of natural persons who are California residents

On January 30, 2020, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC"), in a 2-1 vote, issued an order on condemnation rights of natural gas companies...

On April 30, 2019, the U.S. Department of Justice released new guidance regarding its evaluation of the adequacy and effectiveness of a company's compliance program.

On October 9, 2019, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS") Office of Inspector General ("OIG") and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS")

On December 18, 2019, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") proposed to broaden and update the categories of natural persons and entities