The European Union has taken a historic step in the global fight against corruption. The Council of the European Union formally adopted the EU’s first comprehensive Anti-Corruption Directive, creating a harmonized framework for corruption offenses, corporate liability, sanctions, enforcement cooperation, and prevention measures across all EU Member States. For multinational companies, compliance officers, boards of directors, and legal professionals, the Directive represents a major expansion...

Federal prosecutors and regulators are sending an unmistakable message to the rapidly growing prediction markets industry: insider trading, market manipulation, and misuse of confidential information will not be tolerated simply because trading occurs on decentralized or event-based platforms. The recent insider trading charges involving individuals connected to prediction market trading activity underscore a broader and increasingly coordinated enforcement strategy by the Department of Justice (“DOJ”)...

The $275 million OFAC settlement with Adani Enterprises Limited offers a powerful compliance roadmap for multinational companies involved in energy trading, shipping, commodities, logistics, and cross-border finance. The enforcement action demonstrates that sanctions compliance failures often do not arise from intentional misconduct alone. Instead, enforcement increasingly focuses on inadequate diligence, weak escalation procedures, failure to investigate anomalies, and overreliance on formal documentation. Here are the...

What if the C-suite handed you a gold-plated whistle and asked you to blow it? Here’s the uncomfortable truth. Most corporate scandals were discovered by employees long before management ever learned about it or acted. The problem wasn’t a lack of information. It was a culture where people were afraid to speak up. Companies with strong speak up cultures detect misconduct earlier, reduce enforcement risk,...

On May 18, 2026, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) announced a massive $275 million settlement with Adani Enterprises Limited (“AEL”) arising from alleged imports of Iranian-origin liquified petroleum gas (“LPG”) disguised as Omani and Iraqi product. The enforcement action is significant for several reasons. First, it underscores OFAC’s continuing emphasis on disrupting Iranian energy exports and the “shadow fleet” infrastructure...