AI Cyberattacks and Asset Protection Trusts: Who Bears the Loss?
Asset protection trusts (domestic and offshore) were designed to keep assets away from creditors. In 2026, a different question is becoming just as important: can the…
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Wire is Gone: Recovering Losses After Bank Says No
Common wire fraud fact pattern: U.S. company receives an email from a vendor that appears to be ordinary, requesting that it update its bank details before…
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Crypto Custody in the AI Attack Era: Who Bears the Loss?
The most authoritative cyber warning of 2026 came on June 22, when the National Security Agency (“NSA”), joined by the cyber security agencies of the United…
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EB-5 With Crypto Funds: Proving a Lawful Source to USCIS
More and more clients prefer to use funds from crypto trading, mining, or DeFI transactions to support EB-5 petitions. Federal courts and agencies recognize crypto as…
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Business Account Takeover: Is Your Bank Liable?
The first question clients often ask when cybercriminals get into a company’s online banking system and transfer money from the account is whether or not the…
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Crypto Fraud Lawyer: What to Do When Your Crypto Is Stolen
If your crypto was stolen, you are dealing with the fastest-growing loss category that the FBI tracks. This article explains (i) what the FBI’s 2024 and…
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Why FLPs Are Not Creditor-Proof
Family limited partnerships (“FLPs”) are often used in estate planning and asset protection. When properly structured, an FLP can centralize family asset management, restrict transfers, separate…
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Business Email Compromise: Critical First 72 Hours
Business email compromise, or BEC, is still one of the principal causes of losses from cybercrime in the United States. According to the FBI’s Internet Crime…
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Stripe Dispute Lawyer: Frozen, Reserved, Match-Listed?
You receive an email on Friday: Stripe has paused your payouts, placed a reserve on each sale, and closed your account. Alternatively, a surge in chargebacks…
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Offshore Grantor Trusts: The Gift Election That Backfires
Offshore asset protection trusts — particularly those established in jurisdictions like the Cook Islands, Nevis, and the Cayman Islands — remain among the most powerful tools…
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FBAR and FATCA Risks for U.S. Expats
Many U.S. citizens and Green Card holders living abroad believe that once they move overseas and start paying taxes locally, their U.S. reporting obligations largely disappear.…
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Trust Planning for Non-U.S. Parents with U.S. Children
What the IRS’s own ruling tells us about structuring a Foreign Grantor Trust — and why getting this wrong is a multi-million-dollar mistake You’ve spent a…
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