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Should lawyers protect clients from wire transfer fraud? I say YES!

By Michael Wasserman In 2017, the FBI reported that wire transfer fraud was up 480% in real estate transactions. Itā€™s a frightening number. Yet more and more, Iā€™ve heard that real estate lawyers wonā€™t discuss transfer instructions with clientsā€”that they leave it to the title company to avoid the responsibility and liability. What?!