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		<title><![CDATA[The End of Bank Secrecy?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[For decades, Swiss banks catered to the rich, offering numbered bank accounts and other discreet services protected by the most stringent bank secrecy laws in the world.&amp;nbsp; For the past four years, however, the U.S. government has undertaken...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Corporate Counsel Beware: Limits Of &#x2018;No Contact Rule&#x2019;]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Matthew Lee and Laura Brill Deegan authored an article titled &amp;ldquo;Corporate Counsel Beware: Limits Of &amp;#39;No Contact Rule&amp;#39;&amp;rdquo; that appeared in Law360 on October 7, 2011.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Crackdown On Undeclared Foreign Bank Accounts]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. government shows no sign of easing the pressure on foreign banks and tax haven jurisdictions that are believed to facilitate international tax evasion by U.S. taxpayers through the use of secret bank accounts. Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Douglas H. Shulman has stated publicly that &amp;ldquo;[c]ombating international tax evasion is a top priority for the IRS,&amp;rdquo; and warned that &amp;ldquo;[w]e have additional cases and banks under review. The situation will just get worse in the months ahead for those hiding assets and income offshore.&amp;rdquo;]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Increased IRS Scrutiny of Offshore Activity: Raising the Stakes for U.S. Citizens with Bank Accounts Abroad]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is anticipated that the IRS will seek to aggressively enforce the failure to report offshore accounts on a tax return and Form TD F 90-22.1, and may seek to charge a money laundering offense where only a tax offense would have been charged previously.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SEC-SRO Update]]></title>
		<link>http://www.blankrome.com/index.cfm?contentID=37&amp;itemID=1725</link>
		<description><![CDATA[SEC Unveils Successor to EDGAR; SEC &amp;amp; MSRB Propose Internet-Based Disclosure System for Muni-Bond Investors; SEC Proposes Guidance on Use of Company Websites to Disclose Information; SEC Targets Fraud in Microcap Stocks; SEC Settles Auction Rate Securities Action With Citigroup; SEC Announces Two Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Initiatives; and 2008 E-Proxy Update
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Insurance Companies Required to Establish Anti-Money Laundering Programs]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pursuant to expanded oversight granted the U.S. Department of the Treasury under the USA PATRIOT Act, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ("FinCEN") has issued two final rules requiring certain insurance companies to implement anti-money laundering ("AML") compliance programs and file Suspicious Activity Reports as of May 2, 2006. These new rules also affect a company's corporate governance and are impacted by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 ("SOX"). Significant lead time is required for the development and implementation of an AML program, education of personnel and the Board, as well as satisfying the corporate governance aspects (including SOX) of these new rules.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2005 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tax Fraud and Evasion (Volume II)
Money Laundering, Asset Forfeiture, Sentencing Guidelines]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tax Fraud and Evasion (Volume II) Money Laundering. Asset Forfeiture, Sentence Guidelines is the companion volume to the long withstanding and recently revised and updated treatise on civil and criminal tax fraud. This volume discusses:]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2004 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Money Laundering and the USA Patriot Act]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Money laundering is the process of converting the proceeds of criminal activity into legitimate commercial proceeds. Traditionally, the United States government has combated this activity by criminalizing the act of money laundering itself and by establishing reporting requirements for certain types of currency transactions and suspicious activities. The primary focal point of these laws has been the banking system.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2002 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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