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Deputy Director Paul Abbate’s Remarks at Press Conference Announcing Results of Operation Targeting Darknet Drug Markets

FBI Releases Updated 2020 Hate Crime Statistics

FBI Releases 2020 Statistics for Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted in the Line of Duty

FBI Releases 2020 Crime Statistics

FBI Releases 2020 Hate Crime Statistics

European Court Interprets EU Blocking Regulation For First Time

The Court of Justice of the European Union (the Court) has, for the first time, provided its interpretation of Article 5 of the EU Blocking Regulation, which prohibits EU persons from acting in compliance with certain sanctions imposed by the US on Iran and Cuba. In this update, we provide an overview of the Court’s decision and consider the implications of the issues addressed. Factual Background The Court addressed four interpretive questions regarding the EU Blocking Regulation[1] which were referred…

FBI Statement on the Ongoing Investigation into Bomb Threats to Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Houses of Worship

Department of Justice Announces Initiative to Protect Americans from Collusive Schemes Amid Supply Chain Disruptions

Justice Department, ICE, and the FBI Recognize International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation

FBI Director Christopher Wray Statement on Indictment of Man for the Murder of FBI Task Force Officer and Terre Haute, Indiana Police Detective Gregory Ferency

FBI Statement on Log4j Vulnerability

Two Iranian Nationals Charged for Cyber-Enabled Disinformation and Threat Campaign Designed to Influence the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election

FBI Statement on Incident Involving Fake Emails

U.S. v. Faysal Kalayaf Manahe, et al.

FBI Statement on Investigation into Bomb Threats to Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Houses of Worship

Impending Sanctions related to Russia, what should you do?

In recent days there has been increasing rhetoric around the imposition of sanctions in response to the activities of Russia on the border with Ukraine. By way of example, on 31 January 2022, the UK Government announced new legislation to permit the Government to sanction individuals ‘due to their significance to the Kremlin.’ This is a broadening of existing powers ‘enabling the UK to more readily designate a greater number of individuals and businesses associated with the Kremlin.’ It is…