The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), part of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, is the agency responsible for enforcing U.S. economic and trade sanctions. Its activity covers U.S. citizens, green card holders, companies registered in the U.S., and in many cases, even their foreign subsidiaries.

Lawyers regularly advise clients on navigating the complex and evolving U.S. sanctions regime enforced by the Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC").

In recent years, whistleblower protection laws have evolved significantly across both public and private sectors. Enhanced enforcement by agencies such as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) reflects a clear federal commitment to supporting individuals who report misconduct.

By the time a client realizes their name is circulating through international channels, the damage is often already done. Travel plans fall apart. Banks tighten KYC and compliance reviews.

The International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) set the rules for how defense-related items, services, and technical information are made, shared, and transferred. This includes not only exports and imports, but also what happens inside a company’s day-to-day operations. In today’s environment, ITAR risk often comes less from shipping hardware across borders and more from how technical data is accessed and shared—through cloud storage, remote engineering work, virtual meetings, facility tours, and routine interactions with foreign nationals.

Facing an Interpol Red Notice is a serious international legal event, not a minor administrative issue. Individuals subject to Red Notices frequently encounter airport detentions, travel bans, immigration denials, frozen bank accounts, and long-term reputational damage—often without ever being convicted of a crime.

Every worker in the United States has the right to a safe and healthy workplace. Federal law protects you if you speak up about unsafe conditions, file a safety complaint, or take part in a workplace safety investigation.

When a bank tells you your funds are “OFAC-blocked,” it means they believe U.S. sanctions law requires them to freeze the money, or other property, until there’s a clear legal reason to release it.

Since the Dodd–Frank Act of 2010, the SEC has fundamentally reshaped how securities fraud and corporate misconduct are detected and addressed. Through its Office of the Whistleblower (OWB), the Commission has recovered billions in penalties and awarded over $2 billion to individuals whose insider information helped uncover violations.

INTERPOL—the International Criminal Police Organization—facilitates international cooperation among law enforcement agencies in locating and apprehending fugitives across borders.

Each agency enforces separate, but interlocking, restrictions that can quickly turn a small oversight into a major compliance failure.

The OFAC 50 Percent Rule is a foundational doctrine of U.S. sanctions enforcement. It provides that any entity owned, directly or indirectly, 50 percent or more in the aggregate by one or more blocked persons is itself treated as a blocked person. Even if the entity does not appear on the SDN List.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control — better known as OFAC — is the agency that enforces U.S. economic and trade sanctions. In plain terms, OFAC enforcement is how the government investigates suspected sanctions violations and decides what happens next.

Brokering under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) is one of the most misunderstood and increasingly enforced areas of U.S. export control law. Many market participants assume the rules mainly apply to manufacturers and exporters. In reality, enforcement often focuses on intermediaries: consultants, introducers, deal facilitators, and even financial actors involved in defense-related transactions.

Economic sanctions compliance in the United States runs on a strict-liability standard. In plain terms: you don’t have to mean to violate sanctions to be in violation. For businesses, banks, investment funds, law firms, and multinational executives, the difference between an OFAC General License (GL) and a Specific License (SL) isn’t a technical footnote, it can determine whether a transaction moves forward smoothly or turns into a costly enforcement problem. It’s directly tied to civil penalty risk, reputational exposure, and overall enterprise risk management.

An INTERPOL Red Notice is one of the most powerful and most frequently misunderstood tools in international law enforcement cooperation. It is often described in the media as an "international arrest warrant," but that characterization is not accurate. A Red Notice is not a warrant and, by itself, does not automatically authorize an arrest in most jurisdictions.

Employers across the U.S. must follow not only the workplace safety rules set out in the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (the "OSH Act"), but also its anti-retaliation protections — some of the strongest yet often misunderstood parts of federal labor law.

Artificial intelligence has moved from research laboratories into deployed defense systems: autonomous ISR platforms, battlefield decision-support engines, predictive logistics tools, electronic-warfare optimization software, and AI-enabled targeting modules.

In this article, we'll walk you through how the process works — from the legal framework and procedures involved, to the protections available for whistleblowers.

A BIS investigation is one of the most serious enforcement risks in international trade. The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), part of the U.S. Department of Commerce, enforces the Export Administration Regulations (EAR): the rules that control how U.S.-origin goods, software, and technology can be exported, reexported, or transferred between countries.