Publications, Presentations & Events
Upcoming
- August 28 – 29, 20252025 Procopio International Litigation & Arbitration Retreat
LBKM partner Adam Kaufmann will speak at the third edition of the Procopio International Litigation and Arbitration Retreat, a key forum where litigators from the United States and Mexico will come together to analyze the legal challenges impacting both jurisdictions.
ProcopioSan Diego, CA
Past
- June 27, 2025New 311 actions require immediate attention from the legal and business community in the region
The U.S. government is laser-focused on illicit fentanyl and synthetic opioid trafficking and has shifted its approach from targeting narcotics operators themselves to focusing on their financial and commercial infrastructure: banks, brokerage houses, trade intermediaries, corporations and logistics firms. There is a clear political and enforcement intent to “make examples” of institutions—regardless of size or degree of complicity—to establish deterrence, show resolve, and build domestic political capital.
- June 2025
President Trump has cracked down on terror support networks in Yemen and Iran, but he has also extended hope for development in war-torn Syria.
- June 2025
The United States Deputy Attorney General has issued guidelines for FCPA investigations and enforcement as directed by Executive Order 14209.
- May 30, 2025
In a recent enforcement action, FinCEN used Section 311 of the USA PATRIOT Act’s “special measures” to exile a “network” of Cambodia-based businesses, including a crypto brokerage, from the U.S. financial system.
- May 2025
Cristian Francos will be co-chairing the 27th annual transnational crime conference from May 14-16 at the Ritz-Carleton in Santiago, Chile.
International Bar Association