Book Description
In the past decade, money laundering has gone from an obscure legal topic to a practice area of major prominence in federal criminal law. Under the federal sentencing guidelines, punishment for money laundering is substantially higher than for most other "white collar" offenses, including, in most cases, the underlying offense that gave rise to the money laundering charges in the first place. For example, under recent legislation, financial institutions that are found guilty of laundering money face a literal "death penalty". Also, as of October 17, 2001, the House of Representatives has passed a new money laundering bill.Given the close tie between money laundering and drug trafficking, organized crime and international terrorism, the boom in money laundering prosecutions is expected to grow, making this are of the law a rising and developing "hot" area of the law, becoming the new RICO.Federal Money Laundering Regulation: Banking, Corporate and Securities Compliance focuses on three related topics:

1. The federal money laundering statutes (18 U.S.C. §§ 1956 and 1957) 2. The federal asset forfeiture statutes applicable to money laundering activities (18 U.S.C. §§ 981 and 982) 3. The numerous domestic currency transaction reporting requirements as set forth in Title 31 of the U.S. Code.Federal Money Laundering Regulation: Banking, Corporate and Securities Compliance provides comprehensive legal analysis as well as practical information that the reader can use to deal with real-life, day-to-day situations. This book is the most authoritative but practical publication available on this subject area. It is written in an easy-to-read format designed to offer timely and practical analysis and discussion to attorneys, executives, business owners of all types, financial personnel, government regulators, investors and launderers who all face the issues of money laundering and asset forfeiture.For example, financial institutions can learn how to prevent inadvertent non-compliance with these pervasive laws. Attorneys can consult the book to create an effective plan of action for clients. Law enforcement agents dealing with financial crime issues and prosecutors preparing indictments can use the book as an essential reference tool.Because the subject area has expanded quickly and still rapidly evolving, Federal Money Laundering Regulation: Banking, Corporate and Securities Compliance will be updated on an annual basis. The book cites the relevant statutes and the most recent and useful cases. The organization of the book is logical and offers step-by-step guidance through each topic. Also, the book provides numerous illustrations, examples and practice pointers, based on real cases. ... Read more

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Leading Treatise on Anti-Money Laundering Regulation
The book contains practically everything needed to ensure anti-money laundering compliance for banks, securities firms and other financial institutions, as well as extensive coverage of money laundering crimes and forfeitures.There is also plenty of interesting background material on money laundering techniques and terrorist financing.Recomended as a "must-have" core holding for every in-house corporate and white-collar crime library.

An authoritative, practical compliance guide
I would recomend Federal Money Laundering Regulation as a well-written guide to understanding and complying with U.S. laws and regulations covering money laundering and terrorist financing.

As noted in the preface, the book is a comprehensive and practical resource not only for banks and savings and loans, and their legal counsel, but also for the many other businesses that are now governed by anti-money laundering regulations, such as casinos, investment companies, securities broker-dealers, insurance companies, check cashers, travel agencies, and businesses involved with vehicle sales, real estate closings, or precious metals.

Federal Money Laundering Regulation contains 27 chapters:

1.Introduction to money laundering
2.How money is laundered
3.U.S. money laundering laws
4.Law enforcement and regulatory agencies
5.Recordkeeping requirements
6.Reporting requirements--general
7.Suspicious activity report
8.Currency transaction report
9.Currency and monetary instrument report
10. Reporting of foreign bank and financial accounts
11. Report of cash received in trade or business
12. Registration of money services businesses
13. Anti-money laundering programs for financial institutions
14. Customer identification programs
15. Due diligence for correspondent accounts and private banking
16. Information sharing among financial institutions and law enforcement
17. Money laundering crimes--general
18. Domestic money laundering transactions
19. International money laundering offenses
20. Undercover "sting" operations
21. Monetary transactions in unlawfully derived property
22. Conspiracy to commit money laundering
23. Asset forfeiture--general
24. Civil asset forfeiture
25. Criminal asset forfeiture
26. State money laundering laws
27. Worldwide efforts against money laundering

There are also dozens of sample forms, checklists, and other compliance aids.

An excellent book well worth considering. ... Read more

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Recomended
This recomended book has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and other developments, and is now in three-ring binder format to accomodate future annual supplements.The revised book is titled "Regulation of Securities: SEC Answer Book, Third Edition," published by Aspen Publishers.

Useful addition for the corporate governance library
Regulation of Securities: SEC Compliance and Practice is a useful handbook on securities compliance for public companies.The Second Edition adds a new chapter on going private transactions, and seems to expand and update the previous material fairly extensively.

The book is not an academic treatise.There are no lengthy footnotes, and no theoretical discussions about what the securities laws might be or should be.Rather, the book answers real-world questions in a straightforward manner, gives contextual background, provides illustrative examples, and points you to the most relevant primary sources if further information is required.

There are 12 chapters:

1. Introduction to securities regulation (including a section on EDGAR)

2. Periodic reporting under Sections 13(a) and 15(d)

3. Reporting of beneficial ownership under Sections 13(d) and 13(g)

4. Insider reporting under Section 16(a)

5. Short-swing trading and exemptions under Section 16(b)

6. Tender offer disclosure requirements

7. Proxy solicitations under Section 14(a)

8. Securities fraud under Rule 10b-5

9. Use of electronic media

10. Selling restricted and control securities under Rule 144

11. Private resales to institutional investors under Rule 144A

12. Going private transactions under Rule 13e-3.

This is a good book to consider for any corporate governance library.

Authoritative, Well-Written Guide
I would give this book high marks as a thorough but very readable guide to complying with SEC rules and regulations on a day-to-day basis for public corporations, corporate insiders and their counsel.
I actually like the question and answer format, which makes it fairly easy to find the exact information you are looking for.The index and tables are also well done. The other nice feature is that the book not only gives the rules and how to comply with them (for example, periodic reporting, Rule 144, short-swing profits, insider trading, etc.) but also the rationale behind the rules and historical background.
Overall, a good investment and a five-star rating.

Authoritative, Well-Written Guide
I would give this book high marks as a thorough but very readable guide to complying with SEC rules and regulations on a day-to-day basis for public corporations, corporate insiders and their counsel.
I actually like the question and answer format, which makes it fairly easy to find the exact information you are looking for.The index and tables are also well done. The other nice feature is that the book not only gives the rules and how to comply with them (for example, periodic reporting, Rule 144, short-swing profits, insider trading, etc.) but also the rationale behind the rules and historical background.
Overall, a good investment and a five-star rating. ... Read more

Book Description
This digital document is an article from National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management, published by The National Underwriter Company on January 29, 1990. The length of the article is 1281 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Continuing downcycle foreseen. (Financial & Investment Review)
Author: Alan Levin
Publication: National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 29, 1990
Publisher: The National Underwriter Company
Issue: n5Page: p9(4)

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Book Description
This digital document is an article from Journal of Higher Education, published by Ohio State University Press on March 1, 2005. The length of the article is 11780 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: From the liberal to the practical arts in American colleges and universities: organizational analysis and curricular change.
Author: Steven Brint
Publication: Journal of Higher Education (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 2005
Publisher: Ohio State University Press
Volume: 76Issue: 2Page: 151(30)

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Book Description
Now in it's seventh edition, this OB reader continues to both instruct and entertain the current generation of students and professionals about workplace realities.  This book consists of a series of short, interwoven stories about the operations at a single, mythical company seen through the eyes of an employee. It reveals the psychological processes and social mores at work in a company, and it is uniquely valuable for helping to bridge the gap between theory and practice. It immerses readers in the “real-world” workplace as no other text does, and provides just enough theory to make sense of it. The new edition will continue with the same premise and will contain updated stories and chapters.  ... Read more

Customer Reviews (10)

The most inane drivel that I have ever read.
This book is truly the most inane drivel that I have ever read. I am being forced to read it for a class. Unless you must read it at the point of a bayonnet, pass on the opportunity. The authors offer politically-correct socialization, under the guise of an exploration of modern day corporate culture. What else is new? But, this is offered via some of the most poorly-written vignettes that I have ever read. One can only guess that somebody watched a 1960s Doris Day movie, and decided to describe modern corporate culture based on that single viewing. Essentially, the book stereotypes white male "corporate" archetypes as a way of explaining them, and highlighting their many failings, while painting women and minorities as helpless victims. Mercifully, it is writtten in short vignettes, so you can read one, throw up, and read another. Truly awful!

good practical reference
This is a great reference for anyone who is first starting out in business or for the seasoned employee or manager who wants to know why crazy, stupid things happen at work.This is an owner's manual for your job, especially if you work for a big company.The book is laid out in a series of small stories or tales.Each tale goes on to describe an event in the life of a fictitious employee and company.The tales will ring true to anyone who has spent time in the trenches.The book then goes on to explain these events from an organizational behaviorists point of view.You will be saying..."ah hah" alot.

speedy delivery - new condition
Thank you for a speedy delivery and the nice new condition of the text.

Excellent view of corporate culture
Ritti writes an excellent view of corporate culture explaining the "why" decisions are made and "why" people act as they do in corporate America.It really helps to put the discipline of change management into perspective.I strongly recommend this book for anyone interested in organizational behavior (American companies only).My only criticism is that there is no short and simple explanation for each of the behaviors.The reader is forced to read the entire chapter and all of the short stories in order to get an idea as to what behavior is being described.

Excellent view of coporate culture
Ritti writes an excellent view of corporate culture explaining the "why" decisions are made and "why" people act as they do in corporate America.It really helps to put the discipline of change management into perspective.I strongly recommend this book for anyone interested in organizational behavior (American companies only).My only criticism is that there is no short and simple explanation for each of the behaviors.The reader is forced to read the entire chapter and all of the short stories in order to get an idea as to what behavior is being described. ... Read more

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Packed with information!
This specialist volume deals with both open, or "galactic", clusters and globular clusters. Written for the amateur astronomer or backyard stargazer, there is loads of detailed information to assist the finding and observing of these objects. Although there are a few typos and spelling errors, these can be overlooked in respect to the wealth of information made available at such a reasonable cost. Recommended.

Great concept, not as great execution
A much-needed book for amateurs, as there is little info out there on star clusters (there are some graduate-level textbooks, but not even many of these). The information is rather disjointed and the pictures could be improved. Many typos...hopefully all will be improved in a 2nd edition. Still has a lot of interesting info not reaily available elsewhere. A nice big hardbound book at a very reasonable price. ... Read more

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Highly Recommended
Steve Leimberg is a living legend in the estate planning world, and this book is another must-read. ... Read more