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A&O Shearman

Pandora Papers Fallout: Proposed US Legislation Targets “Enablers” of Money Laundering

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The release of the Pandora Papers, a leak of approximately 12 million documents, exposed how foreign leaders and private actors use tax havens to conceal their wealth, with the United States a destination of choice. For...more

Polsinelli

The Corporate Transparency Act and Pandora’s Papers

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With the recent release of the “Pandora Papers,” renewed attention is focused on corporate ownership transparency. Earlier this year, Congress passed the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”). The CTA was enacted to combat the...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

¿Se verá comprometido los Estados Unidos en el Futuro Como un Paraíso Fiscal Preferido?

Los cambios a la Ley de Secreto Bancario bajo la Ley de Autorización de Defensa Nacional (“NDAA – “National Defense Authorization Act”) contienen requisitos para que las entidades legales cubiertas informen sobre sus...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Will The Perception Of The USA As A Preferred Tax Haven Be Jeopardized Going Forward?

Changes to the Bank Secrecy Act incorporated into the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) contain requirements for beneficial ownership disclosure by covered legal entities at the time of their creation for inclusion in...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

“Panama Papers” Law Firm Announces Its Closure Due to Fallout from Massive Data Breach

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The beleaguered law firm at the center of the international Panama Papers scandal – Mossack Fonseca – has announced that it is closing its doors. It offered no apologies....more

The Volkov Law Group

Customer Due Diligence in the Post-Panama Papers Era

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Sometimes it takes a scandal to advance a policy or law enforcement cause. The Panama Papers scandal has given new life to financial regulators around the world who seek to impose customer due diligence requirements on banks...more

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Will the Panama Papers Lead to Criminal Charges Against U.S. Taxpayers?

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The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), collaborating with German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung, in spring 2016 began leaking approximately 11 million internal documents obtained without permission...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Panama Papers Fallout: A Push for Transparency and Regulatory Reform - Sanctions Also Levied Against Several Panama-Based...

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In the wake of the "Panama Papers" – the unprecedented leak of 11.5 million files from a Panamanian law firm that revealed thousands of names and addresses linked to offshore companies – the White House has announced several...more

The Volkov Law Group

The Legacy of Michigan Senator Levin and Offshore Taxation Issues

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When Senator Levin, the Democrat from Michigan, announced his retirement from the Senate in 2014, you could hear a collective sigh of relief from the corporate business community. Senator Levin had dedicated himself to...more

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Panama Papers: Prosecutors Launch Investigations

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When a scandal hits the media like the Panama Papers leak of 11.5 million confidential legal records, we all know what to expect. Criminal investigations, regulatory responses, and of course, congressional hearings of some...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Update on The Panama Papers

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) announced that on May 9, it will release selected data purported to be leaked or stolen from the internal records of the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca....more

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Your daily dose of financial news The Brief – 4.21.16

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Dealbook’s White Collar Watch gives us a legal take on the many challenges, regulatory and otherwise, facing Elizabeth Holmes’ Theranos – NYTimes... The international financial scandal du jour (the Panama Papers) is...more

Alston & Bird

The Panama Papers: Taking a New Look at an Old Problem

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On April 3, 2016, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (“ICIJ”) published more than 11.5 million documents connected to Mossack Fonseca, a Panama law firm that helped establish offshore financial...more

The Volkov Law Group

Panama Papers: Looking Below the Headlines

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The media loves a scandal. In the banking and compliance world, the latest scandal to hit the media was the Panama Papers. The Panama Papers is surprising in scope – Panama has become the favorite financial haven for money...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Panama law firm Mossack Fonseca faces leak of 11 million documents exposing thousands of clients

In late 2014, an anonymous source secretly leaked to a German newspaper reporter nearly four decades of confidential and proprietary data about shell companies registered by the multinational Panamian based law firm Mossack...more

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