01/30/16
2015 was a landmark year for the United States food industry. Fresh off the heels of finalizing significant food safety regulations in 2014, FDA took an increasingly aggressive approach to regulation and enforcement, including working closely with the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) to pursue prosecutions against companies and individual employees responsible for introducing tainted food into interstate commerce. Learn More →
01/26/16
On January 13, 2016, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) of the United States Department of the Treasury issued two Geographic Targeting Orders (“Targeting Orders”) aimed at potential money laundering activity in the real estate market. Learn More →
01/15/16
For international buyers purchasing luxury condominiums in Miami, new federal regulations aimed at removing secret identities on deals worth more than $1 million threatens to slow an already-lagging housing market. Learn More →
01/15/16
A U.S. Department of Treasury order targeting secret high-end real estate buyers could represent a day of reckoning on anti-money laundering compliance for the industry, experts say. Learn More →
01/14/16
For federal law enforcement officials, Martin Lustgarten Acherman was a prize catch in the war on drugs. Since 2007, investigators had been keeping tabs on the Miami-based businessman who maintains dual citizenship in Austria and Venezuela, methodically gathering evidence that Lustgarten was laundering tens of millions of dollars for Colombian and Mexican drug traffickers, as well as paramilitary groups, according to court documents obtained by VICE. Learn More →
01/13/16
What’s become routine in Miami’s cash-happy luxury housing market is now getting federal scrutiny with the U.S. Treasury Department peeling back a layer of secrecy on $1 million deals with no names attached. Learn More →
01/13/16
The days of mysterious shell companies plunking down millions of dollars for homes in Miami-Dade County could be over. Learn More →
01/13/16
The U.S. Department of Treasury’s order targeting high-end real estate buyers in Manhattan and Miami comes amid the department’s recent expansion of its authority under the Patriot Act, experts said. Learn More →
01/11/16
On January 5, 2016, the United States District Court for the District of Colorado issued its order dismissing the complaint … Learn More →
01/06/16
Federal prosecutors are stepping up legal action in food safety cases. Chipotle’s subpoena in a criminal investigation linked to foodborne illness is the latest example.
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