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Financial Daily Dose 12.14.2020 | Top Story: AstraZeneca Acquires Alexion in $39 Billion Push into Immunology

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Drugmaker AstraZeneca agreed on Saturday to buy biopharma company Alexion for $39 billion in cash and stock. In the deal—the “biggest by a health care company this year”—will help AstraZeneca expand into the immunology...more

Hogan Lovells

Coronavirus: The Hill and the Headlines – COVID-19 D.C. Update – July 2020 #16

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In Washington - Senate Republicans will delay the release of their coronavirus relief plan until early next week, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said Thursday, assuring Congress will miss a deadline to...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

CFOs Beware: You are Being Targeted by Nigerian Hackers

A report released by cybersecurity firm Agari has come to a conclusion that we have experienced all year—that a hacking group in Nigeria, dubbed “London Blue,” is targeting CFOs and Controllers in small businesses to...more

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The Rise of Wire Fraud: Cybercrimes Targeting Money Wired in Real Estate Transactions Increasing

No one can argue that technology has worked wonders in the area of real estate transactions, making these transactions faster, smoother and more accessible. However, thanks to technology these transactions are now exposed to...more

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Who Loses When Hacked Emailed Send Wire Transfers to the Wrong Account?

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Excited about closing on his new house, Furst Thyme Byer received emailed wire transfer instructions for his full $250,000 payment from his broker Chad at Chase N Rainbows Realtors. ...more

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Wire Fraud: Are Realtors® at Risk?

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The statistics about the rise of wire fraud in real estate transactions are staggering. Recent reports released by the FBI suggest that more than 9,600 real estate consumers were victimized for more than $56,000,000 in 2017...more

Whitman Legal Solutions, LLC

When it Looks Like a Strad but Isn’t: Protecting Yourself from Wire Fraud in Your Real Estate Transaction

Fine violins do not have serial numbers, but they do typically have a label inside identifying the maker and frequently the year and location where the violin was made. Many violin makers, or luthiers[i] as they are known,...more

Whitman Legal Solutions, LLC

Fraud and Forgery: From Vintage Violins to Today’s Real Estate Transaction

Fraud has a long history. In a recent blog in the Orchestrating Real Estate Series, New Things to Consider in Section 1031 after the Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017, I discussed how famous violin maker Jean-Phillipe...more

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AOL, Dropbox and the Big “uh-oh”

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A New York couple brought suit against their former law firm because it used an America Online account to transact firm business. If you are my age you probably remember that AOL and “You’ve got mail!” were the future—back...more

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