Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP | Canada, Cuba, Global, etc. | 25 Jun 2019
Bank Secrecy Act/anti-money Laundering (BSA/AML) and sanctions matters continue to be a core focus of regulators…
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP | USA | 1 Apr 2019
On March 27, 2019, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced a settlement agreement with US-based Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., (Stanley…
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP | USA | 7 Feb 2019
The myriad—and conflicting—state, federal and international laws governing the burgeoning marijuana industry have created a complicated legal…
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP | USA | 30 Nov 2018
On November 28, the Treasury Department sanctioned two Iran-based individuals for exchanging bitcoin into Iranian rials on behalf of malicious cyber…
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP | USA | 15 Oct 2018
On October 12, 2018 in remarks made at the NYU School of Law Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement’s Conference on Achieving Effective…
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP | USA | 10 Apr 2018
Last week the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued much-anticipated Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) that provide additional guidance…
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP | USA | 19 Dec 2017
Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) recently announced the creation of the FinCEN Exchange, a new voluntary platform to…
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP | USA | 2 Aug 2017
On July 10, 2017, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit became the first circuit court to apply the six-year statute of limitations from the…
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP | USA | 13 Jul 2017
The US government's settlement with Hobby Lobby on July 5, 2017 is part of its broader effort to combat trafficking in looted antiquities from the…
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP | USA | 13 Jun 2017
On June 5, 2017, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion in Honeycutt v. United States (No. 16-142), holding that a criminal defendant can be…