Franca Harris Gutierrez, Sharon Cohen Levin, Bradford Hardin, Jacquelyn Stanley, Zachary Goldman and Nicholas Simons have authored a global chapter in The International Comparative Legal Guide to Anti-Money Laundering 2018. Published by Global Legal Group Ltd (GLG), this is the first edition of GLG's Anti-Money Laundering (AML) series which provides practical cross-border insight into AML law.

In this article entitled "Implications of the EU General Data Privacy Regulation for US Anti-Money Laundering and Economic Sanctions Compliance," the WilmerHale AML lawyers provide an overview of AML and US economic sanctions laws and the General Data Protection Regulation. The article then analyzes the conflicts between the two legal regimes and possible approaches for institutions to minimize such conflicts.

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