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NY lawyer censured for conduct in fake “client” consult

By Karen Rubin on November 15, 2018
Posted in How Not to Practice, Law Practice Management

Advising a “client” on how to move “grey money” into the U.S. has resulted in an agreed public censure in September for a New York attorney.  The lawyer (along with a number of others) was caught on video by Global Witness, a British-based public advocacy group.  But the sanction raises some questions regarding the…

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