Benchmarks: Bank dodges liability for lawyer’s chicanery 
Published: July 31, 2012
Tags: client trust accounts, fraud
A Hong Kong investor saw $5 million go up in smoke in a deal with a crooked Boston lawyer.
Monday, Massachusetts’ highest court decided that the lawyer’s bank had no liability in the matter – even though it knew that a client account central to the scheme had a history of dishonored checks.
ABA adopts new rules on client trust accounts
By:
Correy Stephenson
Published: August 24, 2010
Tags: American Bar Association, client trust accounts, Model Rules of Professional Conduct
The American Bar Association’s House of Delegates has adopted new rules for client trust account record-keeping.
Online bandits pilfer client trust account
By:
Nora Tooher
Published: June 21, 2010
Tags: client trust accounts, online banking
Online hackers have wiped out a Florida lawyer’s client trust account.
