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30 Apr, 2024

DOJ Heralds New Voluntary Self-Disclosure Program for Individuals

By: Daniela Melendez, Associate at The Volkov Law Group, and Alex Cotoia, Regulatory Compliance Manager. Daniela can be reached at [email protected] and Alex can be reached out at [email protected]. On April 15, 2024 Nicole Argentieri, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General and the Head of the U.S. Department of Justice’s (“DOJ’s”) Criminal Division, announced a new voluntary self-disclosure program for individuals complicit in certain types of organized...

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29 Apr, 2024

La Oficina de Control de Activos (OFAC) no renovó la licencia 44 y en consecuencia se revoca el alivio de Sanciones a Venezuela

El 17 de abril de 2024, la OFAC revocó formalmente el alivio de sanciones que anteriormente había proporcionado a la industria petrolera y de gas en Venezuela. Mediante la licencia 44 la OFAC había proporcionado un alivio de sanciones a Venezuela en condición de que el gobierno de Venezuela organizara unas elecciones libres y justas. Debido al incumplimiento del gobierno de Venezuela, la OFAC revocó...

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29 Apr, 2024

Episode 318 — LRN’s Recent Study Underscores Importance of Ethical Culture and Values-Based Leadership

LRN continues to set the standard for ethics and compliance program research. Volkov Law is a supporter of, and advocate for, LRN’s research because it has consistently confirmed what we all know and believe — ethical companies perform better in the marketplace over the long run. It is an intuitive fact that employees respond better to values-based leadership than a rules-based environment and culture. Volkov...

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25 Apr, 2024

OFAC Rolls Back Venezuelan Sanctions Relief, Again Prohibiting Oil and Gas Transactions

On April 17, 2024, OFAC formally rolled back the sanctions relief it previously provided to the Venezuelan oil and gas industry. While OFAC provided the initial relief believing that Venezuela would permit a fair and open election, it appears that the Maduro regime has fallen short of its commitments. As such, and as part of its agreement with the beleaguered South American nation, OFAC has...

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24 Apr, 2024

Webinar: Effective Strategies to Handle Whistleblower Complaints

Webinar: Effective Strategies to Handle Whistleblower Complaints May 21, 2024, 12 Noon EST Sign Up HERE Whistleblower reporting is a real and pervasive threat to companies. The Justice Department, the Securities and Exchange Commission and other regulatory agencies offer financial rewards to potential whistleblowers. This new incentive structure poses real risks for companies that whistleblowers may skip internal reporting and present concerns to fedferal prosecutors...

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24 Apr, 2024

NAVEX 2024 Whistleblower Report Highlights Important Trend — More Reports are Being Made and More Are Being Substantiated

NAVEX continues to produce high-quality compliance reports, many of which are a must-read in the compliance industry. Its annual Whistleblower Report is of particular note — NAVEX is the leading provider of hotline services in the world and its data is invaluable as a source of trends in this industry. This year –2024 — is no exception. NAVEX combed through the data from 3784 organizations...

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22 Apr, 2024

BIS Emphasizes Need for Reinvigorated Due Diligence Efforts by Exporters

Remarks given by Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and Undersecretary Alan Estevez during the 2024 Policy Update Conference sponsored by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) emphasized the need for organizations to enhance their due diligence efforts to prevent the diversion of restricted commodities to U.S. adversaries, including, but not limited to, the Russian Federation and the Islamic Republic of Iran. ...

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21 Apr, 2024

SCG Plastics Pays OFAC $20 Million to Resolve Violations of Iran Sanctions Program

OFAC is capable of extending a long-arm of enforcement, reaching sometimes non-U.S. companies that may “cause” another company to violate U.S. Sanctions laws. If you need to find an example of this long reach, look no further than last week’s OFAC settlement with SCG Plastics (“SCG”), in which SCG, a Thailand company, which sells plastic resins, agreed to pay $20 million for violations of the...

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18 Apr, 2024

DOJ Takes Aim At Apple’s Dominance Over Smartphones

The Justice Department has a long and rich history of targeting dominant companies using antitrust monopolization tools — looking back to the 1980s, it was AT&T; in the 1990s, it was Microsoft; and in 2023, DOJ has brought a monopolization case against Google; and meanwhile the FTC filed monopolization cases against Facebook and Amazon. DOJ has now turned to Apple and its dominance in the...

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17 Apr, 2024

DOJ, Commerce and Treasury Issue JCN on Foreign Person Liability for Sanctions and Export Controls Violations

As DOJ, OFAC and BIS ramp up sanctions and export controls enforcement, they have continued to provide important compliance guidance. You have to give the enforcement agencies credit — on the one hand, they regularly warn of the coming enforcement storm and aggressive push against companies and individuals; and on the other hand, they provide significant compliance guidance. Over the last five years, DOJ, OFAC...

Featured Articles:

DOJ Heralds New Voluntary Self-Disclosure Program for Individuals

La Oficina de Control de Activos (OFAC) no renovó la licencia 44 y en consecuencia se revoca el alivio de Sanciones a Venezuela

Episode 318 — LRN’s Recent Study Underscores Importance of Ethical Culture and Values-Based Leadership

OFAC Rolls Back Venezuelan Sanctions Relief, Again Prohibiting Oil and Gas Transactions

Webinar: Effective Strategies to Handle Whistleblower Complaints

NAVEX 2024 Whistleblower Report Highlights Important Trend — More Reports are Being Made and More Are Being Substantiated

BIS Emphasizes Need for Reinvigorated Due Diligence Efforts by Exporters

SCG Plastics Pays OFAC $20 Million to Resolve Violations of Iran Sanctions Program

DOJ Takes Aim At Apple’s Dominance Over Smartphones

DOJ, Commerce and Treasury Issue JCN on Foreign Person Liability for Sanctions and Export Controls Violations

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