FCPAméricas Blog
Comparing Self-Discloure Under the FCPA and BCCA
9.11.2017
This guest post is authored by Roberto Lambauer, Senior Associate at Pinheiro Neto Advogados.
Last year saw a dramatic increase in international cooperation in anticorruption enforcement. The trend is perhaps best demonstrated by the landmark global settlement si... Read more
Trump Tightens Sanctions against Venezuela
9.04.2017
The following guest post is from Timothy O’Toole, a Member of Miller & Chevalier who focuses on sanctions, export controls, and other international regulatory and compliance issues.
At the end of August, President Trump issued an Executive Order that significantly broadened U.S. economic sanctions against Venezuela. In 2015, the U.S. – through the United States Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) – began imposing limited sanctions against the Venezuelan government, targeting a small number of... Read more
Trump Administration Imposes Sanctions against Eight Members of the Venezuelan Supreme Court
6.14.2017
The following guest post is from Timothy O’Toole, a Member of Miller & Chevalier, and Abby Cotterill, a Senior Associate of Miller & Chevalier. They focus on sanctions, export controls, and other international regulatory and compliance issues.
In March 2015, the Obama administration imposed economic sanctions against Venezuela arising out of what U.S. officials believed to be serious human rights violations and corruption by Venezuelan law enforcement officials. See more information at this post. Thoug... Read more
