Caroline E. Brown
Overview
Caroline E. Brown is a partner in Crowell & Moring’s Washington, D.C. office and a member of the firm’s White Collar and Regulatory Enforcement and International Trade groups and the steering committee of the firm's National Security Practice. She provides strategic advice to clients on national security matters, including anti-money laundering (AML) and economic sanctions compliance and enforcement challenges, investigations, and cross border transactions, including review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) and the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. Telecommunications Services Sector (Team Telecom).
Career & Education
- Department of the Treasury
Attorney-Advisor, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
Attorney-Advisor, Office of the General Counsel, Enforcement and Intelligence, 2015 – 2019 - The White House
Detailed from DOJ to the White House Office of Communications, 2010 – 2011 - Department of Justice: National Security Division
Attorney-Advisor, 2009 – 2015
- Department of the Treasury
- Duke University, B.A., 1998
- University of Michigan Law School, J.D., 2002
- District of Columbia
- New York
Professional Activities and Memberships
- Council on Foreign Relations, Life Member
- National Security Fellow, Foundation for the Defense of Democracies
- Socrates Scholar, Aspen Institute
- Atlantik-Brucke
Caroline's Insights
Client Alert | 6 min read | 03.21.24
Federal District Court Rules Corporate Transparency Act Unconstitutional
On March 1, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama (the “Court”) issued an opinion declaring the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) unconstitutional. On the same date, the Court issued a Final Judgment enjoining the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) from enforcing the CTA as to the named plaintiffs. On March 11, Treasury filed a notice of appeal of the Court’s ruling. According to Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”), the only immediate impact of the Court’s injunction is to the named plaintiffs and the members of the National Small Business Foundation, effective March 1, 2024.
Firm News | 2 min read | 03.12.24
Press Coverage | 03.01.24
President Biden Issues Executive Order On Sensitive Personal Data
Practices
- Anti-Money Laundering (AML)
- Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS)
- Human Rights and Forced Labor
- International Trade Investigations
- Economic Sanctions
- Congressional Investigations
- Supply Chain Management
- Artificial Intelligence
- Financial Services
- Digital Assets and Payments
- Financial Services Regulatory and Enforcement
Caroline's Insights
Client Alert | 6 min read | 03.21.24
Federal District Court Rules Corporate Transparency Act Unconstitutional
On March 1, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama (the “Court”) issued an opinion declaring the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”) unconstitutional. On the same date, the Court issued a Final Judgment enjoining the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) from enforcing the CTA as to the named plaintiffs. On March 11, Treasury filed a notice of appeal of the Court’s ruling. According to Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”), the only immediate impact of the Court’s injunction is to the named plaintiffs and the members of the National Small Business Foundation, effective March 1, 2024.
Firm News | 2 min read | 03.12.24
Press Coverage | 03.01.24
President Biden Issues Executive Order On Sensitive Personal Data