Publications

• FCPA Update March 2025
  31 March 2025
  Satish M. Kini
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  Andrew M. Levine
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  David A. O'Neil
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  Karolos Seeger
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  Jane Shvets
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  Douglas S. Zolkind
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  Alexandre Bisch
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  Carter Burwell
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  Aymeric D. Dumoulin
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  Robert T. Dura
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  Erich O. Grosz
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  Andrew H.W. Lee
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  Aseel M. Rabie
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  Aisling Cowell
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  Emily Kennedy
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  Isabel Espinosa de los Reyes
• FinCEN Narrows Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting to Foreign Entities
  24 March 2025
  Satish M. Kini
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  Aseel M. Rabie
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  Isabel Espinosa de los Reyes
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  Catherine Morrison
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  Jonathan R. Wong
• Cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations: Key Implications for Multinational Companies
  5 March 2025
  Satish M. Kini
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  Andrew M. Levine
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  David A. O'Neil
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  Jane Shvets
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  Douglas S. Zolkind
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  Carter Burwell
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  Robert T. Dura
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  Erich O. Grosz
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  Aseel M. Rabie
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  Isabel Espinosa de los Reyes
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  Emily Kennedy
• Corporate Transparency Act Reporting Reinstated (For Now)
  21 February 2025
  Satish M. Kini
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  Aseel M. Rabie
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  Isabel Espinosa de los Reyes
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  Catherine Morrison
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  Jonathan R. Wong
• Crypto Assets under the Trump Administration
  February 2025
  Jeff Robins
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  Gregory J. Lyons
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  Satish M. Kini
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  Kristin A. Snyder
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  Caroline N. Swett
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  Douglas S. Zolkind
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  Andrew J. Ceresney
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  Morgan J. Hayes
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  Carter Burwell
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  Aseel M. Rabie
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  Gary E. Murphy
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  Patrick Fuller
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  Taylor Richards
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  Jung Eun Choi
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  Jonathan R. Wong
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  Lily Zweig
• CTA Reporting Remains on Pause After Supreme Court Stays Injunction
  27 January 2025
  Satish M. Kini
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  Aseel M. Rabie
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  Isabel Espinosa de los Reyes
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  Catherine Morrison
• FCPA Update December 2024
  31 December 2024
  Satish M. Kini
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  Andrew M. Levine
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  Winston M. Paes
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  Aseel M. Rabie
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  Emily Kennedy
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  Catherine Morrison
• CTA Reporting Paused Once Again
  27 December 2024
  Satish M. Kini
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  Aseel M. Rabie
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  Catherine Morrison
• A Guide to US, UK and EU Sanctions and Export Controls on Russia and Belarus
  24 December 2024
  Alan Kartashkin
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  Satish M. Kini
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  Jane Shvets
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  Alexandre Bisch
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  Konstantin Bureiko
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  Robert T. Dura
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  Carl Micarelli
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  Aseel M. Rabie
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  Tzerina Dizon
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  Isabel Espinosa de los Reyes
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  Anastasia Magid
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  Sophie Michalski
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  Jonathan R. Wong
• CTA Reporting Obligation Reinstated
  24 December 2024
  Satish M. Kini
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  Aseel M. Rabie
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  Catherine Morrison
• Is the CTA Dead? U.S. District Court Issues Nationwide Preliminary Injunction
  5 December 2024
  Satish M. Kini
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  Aseel M. Rabie
• Treasury Finalizes U.S. Outbound Investment Restrictions
  8 November 2024
  Satish M. Kini
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  Rick Sofield
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  Robert T. Dura
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  Philip Rohlik
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  Aseel M. Rabie
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  Taylor Richards
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  Jonathan R. Wong
• NSD’s Removal from Russian Custody Infrastructure: Sanctions Implications
  23 October 2024
  Alan Kartashkin
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  Satish M. Kini
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  Konstantin Bureiko
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  Robert T. Dura
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  Aseel M. Rabie
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  Anastasia Magid
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  Aleksei Shapovalov
• OFAC Extends Recordkeeping Requirements
  27 September 2024
  Satish M. Kini
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  Robert T. Dura
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  Aseel M. Rabie
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  Jonathan R. Wong
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  Yair Strachman
• The CTA Reporting Deadline Is Coming: Recent Developments and Next Steps
  26 September 2024
  Satish M. Kini
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  Aseel M. Rabie
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  Gabriela Urias
• New Anti-Money Laundering Requirements for Investment Advisers: Ten FAQs
  9 September 2024
  Satish M. Kini
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  Marc Ponchione
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  Aseel M. Rabie
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  Jonathan R. Wong
• FinCEN and Federal Banking Agencies Propose to Amend AML Program Requirements
  1 August 2024
  Satish M. Kini
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  Aseel M. Rabie
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  Jonathan R. Wong
• OFAC Issues New Russian Sovereign Assets Reporting Requirement and Statute of Limitations Guidance
  29 July 2024
  Satish M. Kini
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  Robert T. Dura
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  Aseel M. Rabie
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  Jonathan R. Wong
• Proposed Customer Identification Program Requirements for Investment Advisers
  21 May 2024
  Satish M. Kini
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  Marc Ponchione
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  Sheena Paul
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  Aseel M. Rabie
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  Catherine Morrison
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  Elliott Werner
• DEA Proposes to Reschedule Marijuana, but Impact for Financial Services Likely Limited
  10 May 2024
  Satish M. Kini
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  Paul D. Rubin
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  Aseel M. Rabie
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  Melissa Runsten
• New National Security Law Represents Significant Sanctions Expansion
  29 April 2024
  Satish M. Kini
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  Rick Sofield
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  Robert T. Dura
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  Aseel M. Rabie
• Harvard Forum on Corporate Governance: Corporate Transparency Act Ruled Unconstitutional, but Scope of Judgment Is Limited
  7 April 2024
  Harvard Forum on Corporate Governance
  Satish M. Kini
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  Aseel M. Rabie
• New York State LLC Transparency Act Amendments Signed Into Law
  11 March 2024
  Satish M. Kini
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  Aseel M. Rabie
• Corporate Transparency Act Ruled Unconstitutional, but Scope of Judgment Is Limited
  5 March 2024
  Satish M. Kini
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  Aseel M. Rabie
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  Elliott Werner
• FinCEN Proposes Anti-Money Laundering Requirements for Certain Investment Advisers
  20 February 2024
  Satish M. Kini
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  Aseel M. Rabie
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  Catherine Morrison
• FinCEN Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting: Updated Guidance for the Private Funds Industry
  13 February 2024
  Satish M. Kini
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  Marc Ponchione
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  Aseel M. Rabie
• Executive Order Creates New Secondary Sanctions Risks for Non-U.S. Financial Institutions
  10 January 2024
  Alan Kartashkin
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  Satish M. Kini
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  Jane Shvets
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  Robert T. Dura
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  Carl Micarelli
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  Aseel M. Rabie
• FinCEN Finalizes Rule on Access to New Beneficial Ownership Information Registry
  8 January 2024
  Satish M. Kini
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  Aseel M. Rabie
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  Catherine Morrison
• FinCEN’s Beneficial Ownership Reporting Rule Takes Effect January 1, 2024: Recap and Recent Developments
  1 December 2023
  Satish M. Kini
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  Aseel M. Rabie
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  Isabel Espinosa de los Reyes
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  Yair Strachman
• OFAC Provides Sanctions Relief to Certain Transactions Involving Venezuela
  24 October 2023
  Satish M. Kini
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  Jane Shvets
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  Robert T. Dura
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  Carl Micarelli
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  Aseel M. Rabie
• Growing Sanctions and Export Controls Risks Surrounding Turkey
  8 August 2023
  Alan Kartashkin
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  Satish M. Kini
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  Jane Shvets
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  Konstantin Bureiko
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  Robert T. Dura
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  Aseel M. Rabie
• SEC Staff Observes Issues in Broker-Dealer Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions Compliance
  7 August 2023
  Satish M. Kini
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  Jeff Robins
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  Aseel M. Rabie
• FATF Suspends the Russian Federation’s Membership
  5 April 2023
  Satish M. Kini
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  Jane Shvets
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  Aseel M. Rabie
• Nigeria and South Africa Added to the FATF Grey List – Implications for International Investors
  8 March 2023
  Geoffrey P. Burgess
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  Aseel M. Rabie
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  Edoardo Troina
• FinCEN Proposes Report and Application to Accompany Beneficial Ownership Reporting Rule
  30 January 2023
  Satish M. Kini
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  Aseel M. Rabie
• FinCEN Proposes Rule to Grant Access to Beneficial Ownership Information Registry
  5 January 2023
  Satish M. Kini
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  Aseel M. Rabie
• FCPA Update October 2022
  1 November 2022
  Andrew M. Levine
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  Satish M. Kini
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  Bruce E. Yannett
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  Aseel M. Rabie
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  Isabel Espinosa de los Reyes
• FinCEN Finalizes Landmark Beneficial Ownership Reporting Rule
  5 October 2022
  Satish M. Kini
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  Aseel M. Rabie
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  Isabel Espinosa de los Reyes
• Law360: What FinCEN Elder Abuse Advisory Means For Finance Cos.
  16 August 2022
  Law360
  Satish M. Kini
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  Aseel M. Rabie
• Debevoise Insight: Roundup of Recent Anti-Money Laundering Guidance and Advisories
  20 July 2022
  Satish M. Kini
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  Robert T. Dura
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  Aseel M. Rabie
• New Executive Order Outlining National Policy for Digital Assets
  14 March 2022
  Morgan J. Hayes
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  Byungkwon Lim
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  Carter Burwell
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  Gary E. Murphy
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  Aseel M. Rabie
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  Ezra Newman
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  Taylor Richards
• CLS Blue Sky Blog: Debevoise Discusses Russia, Sanctions, and Digital Assets
  9 March 2022
  CLS Blue Sky Blog
  Satish M. Kini
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  Aseel M. Rabie
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  Robert T. Dura
• New U.S., UK and EU Sanctions against Russia in Response to Actions in the Donetsk and Luhansk Regions of Ukraine
  24 February 2022
  Alan Kartashkin
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  Satish M. Kini
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  Jane Shvets
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  Konstantin Bureiko
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  Robert T. Dura
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  Carl Micarelli
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  Aseel M. Rabie
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  Anastasia Magid
• Debevoise’s Banking Group Launches Fintech Blog
  2 February 2022
  Satish M. Kini
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  Jeff Robins
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  Gregory J. Lyons
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  Aseel M. Rabie
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  Caroline N. Swett
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  Chen Xu
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  Ezra Newman
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  Taylor Richards
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  Justice H. Walters
• FinCEN Proposes Pilot Program on Sharing SARs with Foreign Affiliates
  27 January 2022
  Satish M. Kini
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  Aseel M. Rabie
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  Isabel Espinosa de los Reyes
• Senate Again Rejects SAFE Banking Act, Extending Financial Institutions’ Compliance Quandary
  22 December 2021
  Satish M. Kini
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  Paul D. Rubin
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  Aseel M. Rabie
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  Melissa Runsten
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  Zoë Zissu
• New U.S. Sanctions on China: The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act and Further Chinese Company Designations
  21 December 2021
  Satish M. Kini
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  Aseel M. Rabie
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  Robert T. Dura
• FinCEN Proposes Beneficial Ownership Reporting Rule
  10 December 2021
  Satish M. Kini
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  Aseel M. Rabie
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  Robert T. Dura
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  Jonathan R. Wong
• United States Expands Sanctions against Lukashenka Regime, Intensifies Focus on Human Rights Abuses and Corruption
  9 December 2021
  Alan Kartashkin
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  Satish M. Kini
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  Jane Shvets
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  Aseel M. Rabie
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  Konstantin Bureiko
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  Robert T. Dura
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  Anastasia Magid
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  Catherine Morrison
• OFAC and FinCEN Update Ransomware Guidance to Include New Red-Flag Indicators and Additional Sanctions Designations
  10 November 2021
  Luke Dembosky
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  Avi Gesser
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  Satish M. Kini
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  Aseel M. Rabie
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  HJ Brehmer
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  Andreas Constantine Pavlou