Global Investigations Review

Second Circuit denies Halbank’s challenge to US sanctions case

A US federal appeals court has said the Turkish state financial institution is not immune from prosecution for sanctions violations.

ZTE beefs up legal team during sanctions monitorship

The lawyers have joined the case following a report that a court-appointed monitor is seeking to extend his term by leveraging his friendship with a federal judge.

GIR’s In-House Investigator Series: Neena Shenai at Medtronic

Neena Shenai, the Washington, DC-based chief global trade legal director at US-Irish medical device company Medtronic, tells GIR about the increased sanctions focus on the medical technology industry and what authorities could do to make compliance easier for the sector.

US export control enforcer fines subsidiary of Vietnamese state entity

As part of the Commerce Department settlement, the California-based VTA Telecom Corporation agreed to spend $25,000 on improving its compliance systems within the next month.

Should companies cooperate with law enforcement during ransomware attacks?

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher’s David Burns and Brian Williamson argue why companies have plenty to gain from reporting ransomware attacks to the US government.

Singapore company denies links to alleged North Korea sanction breaches

Singapore-based energy trading company Winson Group has distanced itself from the findings of a UN report reviewing allegations that the company is a “key node” in the North Korean government’s illicit procurement …

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GIR sanctions roundtable

OFAC and OFSI officials join sanctions and export control practitioners in Washington, DC and London in a wide-ranging conversation on sanctions implementation, licensing, investigations, enforcement and more.

The BIS enforcement action that most influenced export control compliance

GIR asked over 20 lawyers which penalty issued by the US civil export control enforcer in the past five years has had the greatest effect on corporate compliance.

The OFAC enforcement actions that most influenced sanctions compliance

GIR asked over 30 lawyers from a dozen different law firms which penalty issued by the US civil sanctions enforcer in the past five years has had the greatest impact on corporate compliance.

GIR’s In-House Investigator Series: Max Lerner at State Street

Max Lerner, who leads US bank State Street’s global sanctions and anti-bribery compliance efforts, tells GIR about the evolution of the sanctions compliance team, what keeps him up at night and the potential development that could significantly change his role.

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The DC sanctions lawyers to have on speed dial

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