118th Congress
4/9/2024
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
ABA Urges Treasury Department to Protect Client Confidentiality in Final Residential Real Estate Anti-Money Laundering Rule
1/29/2024
Representative Lance Gooden (R-TX)
ABA Clarifies its Role Assisting State Supreme Courts in the Lawyer Regulatory and Disciplinary Process
02/14/2023
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
ABA Submits Comments to FinCEN on Proposed Beneficial Ownership Information Access and Safeguards Rule
117th Congress
11/09/2022
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
ABA Urges FERC Not to Adopt New Duty of Candor Rule Requiring Energy Lawyers to Disclose Privileged and Other Confidential Client Information
10/5/2022
Senate Leadership
ABA Urges Senate Leadership to Oppose ENABLERS Act Amendment to the FY 2023 NDAA (H.R. 7900 and S. 4543)
10/5/2022
Senate
ABA Opposes the ENABLERS Act Amendment to the FY 2023 NDAA (H.R. 7900 and S. 4543)
7/5/2022
House Leadership
ABA Opposes ENABLERS Act Amendment to the FY 2023 NDAA (H.R. 7900)
7/5/2022
Senate Leadership
ABA Opposes ENABLERS Act Amendment to the FY 2023 NDAA
5/25/2022
Justice Department
ABA Urges Justice Department to Issue Legal Opinion Allowing Greater Federal Government Lawyer Participation in Bar Associations
Attachment A: Examples of Problematic Agency Interpretations
Attachment B: ABA Proposed Guidance
4/20/2022
Financial Action Task Force
ABA Urges FATF Not to Adopt New International Anti-Money Laundering Guidance to the Real Estate Sector Requiring Lawyers to Disclose Protected Client Information
2/7/2022
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
Global Investigations Division
ABA Urges FinCEN Not to Adopt New Rule Requiring Real Estate Lawyers to Disclose Confidential Client Information or Comply with Other Bank Secrecy Act Regulations
8/20/21
FATF Secretariat
ABA Urges FATF Not to Amend Existing International Anti-Money Laundering Standards to Require Lawyers to Disclose Confidential Client Information to Government Authorities
8/3/2021
U.S. Government Accountability Office
ABA Provides U.S. Government Accountability Office with Information on the Association's Efforts to Fight Money Laundering
4/20/21
Senate Leadership
ABA Letter Opposing the Persuader Rule Provision in the PRO Act
116th Congress
11/13/20
Haiti Prime Minister Jouthe
ABA Letter Regarding the Assassination of Monferrier Dorval, president of the Port-Au-Prince Bar Association
1/7/20
House
ABA Support for Effective Assistance of Counsel in the Digital Era
9/19/19
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
ABA Submitted a Comment Letter to the CFPB Regarding its Proposed Rule on "Debt Collection Practices (Regulation F)"
5/6/19
House Financial Services Committee
ABA Opposes Legislation Imposing Beneficial Ownership Reporting Requirements on Small Businesses and Their Lawyers