On August 6, 2018, President Trump issued Executive Order (“E.O.”) 13846, further implementing his May 8, 2018 decision to terminate the United States’ participation in the Joint C...
Recent actions by the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) against Chinese companies in the technology sector made headlines. DOJ has also recently issued subpoenas to Chinese...
Financial services regulatory reform in 2018 is complex and evolving. To assist in navigating this landscape, the Davis Polk Financial Institutions Group has prepared a reference tool tha...
On June 27, 2018, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) announced amendments to the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations (“ITSR”), 3...
The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) has recently issued several new or amended Ukraine-/Russia-related General Licenses (“GLs”) and corres...
On May 11, 2018, the customer due diligence rule, 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230 (the “CDD Rule”), issued by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) became applicable two years...
On May 8, 2018, President Trump announced that he was terminating the United States’ participation in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (“JCPOA”) with Iran and issued a Nationa...
On May 1, 2018, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) issued two amended Ukraine/Russia related General Licenses (“GLs”): GL 12B, “Authori...
On April 3, 2018, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued 37 Frequently Asked Questions (the “FAQs”) pertaining to the agency’s Customer Due Diligence rule (“CDD Rule”)....
Citing the Russian government’s “range of malign activities around the globe,” on April 6, 2018, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”...