Jun 22nd, 2021

FKB’S RACHEL AGHASSI AND ANDREW JONES DISCUSS CYBER SCAMS AFFECTING ATTORNEYS WITH JENNA GREENE AT REUTERS LEGAL


According to Furman Kornfeld & Brennan LLP partners Rachel Aghassi and Andrew Jones, who focus on professional liability and legal malpractice defense, lawyers often encounter successful solicitations that are usually quite sophisticated.

Aghassi says there is one simple thing lawyers can do to protect themselves: wait at least three weeks – and even as long as six weeks, for overseas funds – after receiving a check before releasing any money.

Learn about how scammers operate in Jenna Greene’s latest column: https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/lawyers-beware-some-scammers-are-super-savvy-others-please-2021-06-09/