One or more presenters were selected from a call for papers.
This panel will consider the impact of international initiatives and their potential for having a transformative effect on lawyer practice and regulation. The panel will do so by focusing on the FATF 40+ 9 Recommendations and the 2008 FATF Lawyer Guidance. Many U.S. lawyers and academics are not familiar with the FATF, but it is a 30-country intergovernmental organization whose recent actions will affect a broad swath of U.S. lawyers, including transactional lawyers who help their clients buy or sell real estate, manage trusts, or help their clients create, buy, sell, or manage corporations. The first part of the session will feature two of the lawyers who negotiated with the FATF on behalf the world’s legal profession. They will address the history and negotiating dynamics that led to the FATF 2008 Lawyer Guidance and explain how it is being implemented in the U.S. and in other countries. The second part of the session will consist of reflections and reactions from leading academics from various disciplines, including legal ethics, white collar crime, and international commercial (and comparative) law.
Business Meeting at Program Conclusion.
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