New FDIC Rule Averts IOLTA Trouble

From: The National Law Journal, 2 December 2008

The FDIC has announced that, effective immediately, client funds deposited in Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts — regardless of amount — are eligible for full deposit insurance coverage under the Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program through Dec. 31, 2009. The ABA, law firms and individual lawyers had mounted a nationwide campaign to persuade the FDIC to include IOLTA funds in the expanded insurance program.  For full article click here: