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Transactional, regulatory counseling and compliance, and ethics services for U.S. and foreign parties. AML/CFT, Sanctions, Anti-Corruption Regulatory Counseling and Compliance MassPoint works with banks, other…
MassPoint works collaboratively with clients to help them anticipate and manage legal, commercial, and reputation risk; solve legal problems; and advance strategic objectives.
Compliance and Risk Management in High Risk/Rule of Law Deficient Markets MassPoint works with diverse clients entering and operating in high risk markets. MassPoint’s Principal, Hdeel…
MassPoint develops bespoke education and training materials and programs for clients in the areas of business ethics and compliance. The Firm tailors materials and programs…
The “Protect Our Universities Act of 2019” is a a bill “to create a task force within the Department of Education to address the threat of foreign government influence and threats to academic research integrity on college campuses, and for other purposes.” Among other things, the Bill would restrict foreign student participation in federally funded academic research deemed “sensitive” to national security.
This legal update discusses the Jam v. International Finance Corporation case and its immediate and potentially wider ramifications for multilateral development banks, other international organizations, and private entities that finance, invest in, or otherwise participate in development and infrastructure projects, particularly those incorporating environmental, social, and governance standards (such as the Equator Principles).
Under amended Section 560.543 of the ISTR, individuals who are U.S. citizens and permanent residents[2] “are authorized to engage in transactions necessary and ordinarily incident to the sale of real and personal property in Iran and to transfer the proceeds to the United States,” but only if the real and personal property was (1) “acquired before the individual became a U.S. person” or (2) was “inherited from persons in Iran.
