'Financial Institutions Compliance Strategies'



The Greater New York Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel-America and FindLaw this month are planning a CLE seminar titled Financial Institutions Compliance Strategies.


The program will take place on Thursday, April 8 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the New York Helmsley Hotel, 212 East 42nd Street, New York City.


Discussion topics will include:


Anti-Money Laundering Program Best Practices, including Recent Trends in Money Laundering, New Technologies and Detection Mechanisms, Effectively Implementing and Maintaining an Anti-Money Laundering System, and Privacy Issues;


Among the speakers for this session are Laurie Bender, anti-money laundering examiner, Federal Reserve Board; Julie Copeland, director of global compliance, Merrill Lynch; Mary Ann Gadziala, associate director, Office of Compliance and Inspections, SEC, and Lester Joseph, acting chief of the Asset Forfeiture/Money Laundering Section, U.S. Department of Justice.


There is no registration fee for the program. For information on CLE credits, see the Bulletin Board in this issue. For registration information, call Chris Bastian at (650) 210-1901 or e-mail [email protected].