“The ABA voluntary guidance is a joke because there are no consequences unless you’re prosecuted and that happens once every five years,” said Bruce Zagaris, an attorney at Berliner Corcoran & Rowe LLP in Washington. When US prosecutors moved this week to seize US$1 billion in assets they say were stolen from a Malaysian development […]
Read MoreCleaning up: Law firms and the Risk of Money Laundering
This SRA report brings together and summarises information from other sources, which are referenced throughout the report, and can be used as a starting point when considering the risk of money laundering. Read more below: http://bit.ly/29xs http://bit.ly/29xsSOW
Read MoreML Case Provides a Major Lesson for Lawyers and Others
The FEB 2014 case, Holt (Appellant) v HM Attorney General on behalf of the Queen From the High Court of Justice of the Isle of Man [2014] UKPC 4, provides a major lesson for lawyers. On 19 February 2014 Lord Hughes delivered the judgment of the Privy Council in an appeal by Isle of Man […]
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