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A Family's Path from Gaza to Safety

A family had spent their entire lives in Gaza before having to flee the war in November 2023. After a year in Egypt, a Jenner & Block team secured the family a rarely granted humanitarian parole status, allowing them to travel to the United States with their two young children and settle with family there. However, abrupt changes in the legal landscape left the family suddenly vulnerable to removal....READ MORE

Jenner & Block Lawyers Help Chicago Nonprofit Expand

A Jenner & Block team provided Bright Star Community Outreach (Bright Star) with real estate counsel to purchase Tabernacle Church, with input from the firm’s tax, environmental, and bankruptcy lawyers. ...READ MORE

Partner Sarah Weiss Joins Leadership Greater Chicago’s Signature Fellows Program

Jenner & Block Partner Sarah F. Weiss has been selected as a member of Leadership Greater Chicago’s prestigious Signature Fellows Program. She is among only 50 individuals chosen to join the 2022 class....READ MORE

“SEC Issues a Risk Alert Encouraging Broker-Dealers Strengthen Anti-Money-Laundering Compliance,” ABA Securities Litigation Journal

In their article, Jenner & Block Partners Charles D. Riely and Sarah F. Weiss and Associates Rachel C. Foster and E.K. McWilliams explain that the US Securities and Exchange Commission has a continued focus on ensuring that registered firms comply with their anti-money-laundering obligations. The authors highlight the SEC’s March 2021 risk alert reminding broker-dealers of their AML obligations. They examine the SEC’s historical focus, discuss a recent SEC litigation victory enforcing these pr...READ MORE

Client Alert: Recent SEC Settlement Underscores Focus on Financial Institutions Facing Cyber Intrusions

The SEC last week announced a settlement with a Colorado-based registered broker-dealer for allegedly failing to file Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) and filing incomplete SARs on attempted cyber intrusions into its customers’ electronic retirement accounts. The settlement is in the wake of the SEC’s 2021 examination priorities and a March 2021 SEC risk alert emphasizing that broker-dealers must file complete SARs when bad actors attempt to gain access to customers’ online accounts or elect...READ MORE

“FinCEN Seeks Public Comment on the Corporate Transparency Act’s Beneficial Owner Reporting Requirements,” Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance

On April 5, 2021, the Financial Crime Enforcement Network (FinCEN), the enforcement arm of the United States Treasury, issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Notice) seeking comment on the implementation of the Corporate Transparency Act (Act). FinCEN posed 48 questions to the public regarding the Act, a bill that Congress enacted in January 2021. The Act requires certain organizations that are incorporated or doing business in the United States to disclose to FinCEN specified inform...READ MORE