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Cliff Stricklin and Michael MacPhail Join Holme Roberts & Owen in Denver
Cliff Stricklin and Michael MacPhail have joined law firm Holme Roberts & Owen LLP as partners in its Denver office. The firm announced last week that Stricklin and MacPhail have joined the firm’s White Collar and Securities Litigation practice. Both attorneys were previously with Holland & Hart. Stricklin, who will chair the White Collar and [...]
SEC’s Michael Scott Joins Miller Buckfire
Michael Scott, an adviser to former SEC chairman Christopher Cox and then Mary Schapiro, has joined boutique investment bank Miller Buckfire. DealBook reports that Scott will start up a new practice for the bank to advise companies on government relations. While at the SEC, Scott worked on the Troubled Asset Relief Program and the conservatorships [...]
CNBC Video: Live From the Butner Federal Correctional Complex
CNBC’s Scott Cohn reports live from the Butner Federal Correctional Complex, where Bernard Madoff is expected to spend the rest of life. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy
Marc Dreier Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison
In the Southern District of New York yesterday, U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff sentenced Marc Dreier to 20 years in prison. Reuters reports that in handing down his sentence, Judge Rakoff stated that “when you turn to the facts of the crime that Mr. Dreier committed, one must still be appalled. It is a huge [...]
Securities Docket A.M. News Wire for July 14, 2009
UK: Shake-up was only way to save Serious Fraud Office, director says; SEC to create group to check rating agencies; U.S. judge gives lawyer Marc Dreier 20 years in prison; July 21 Webcast – Securities Litigation Issues Facing Institutional Investors; Madoff to Serve 150-Year Sentence at Butner Federal Correctional Complex in N.C.; Stanford Victims Sue Nation of Antigua; Countrywide builds its defense to SEC case; and more.
July 21 Webcast – Securities Litigation Issues Facing Institutional Investors
On July 21, 2009, Riskmetrics Group’s Securities Class Action Services will sponsor a webcast entitled “Securities Litigation Issues Facing Institutional Investors.” The webcast will feature a dynamic panel of securities litigation experts who will examine the fiduciary duties of institutional investors and discuss significant topics, such as: Monitoring the portfolio: When and why you would [...]
Madoff to Serve 150-Year Sentence at Butner Federal Correctional Complex in N.C.
Bernie Madoff will serve his 150-year sentence at the Butner Federal Correctional Complex, about 45 minutes northeast of Durham, NC. Clusterstock reports that the North Carolina prison is considered “the crown jewel” of the federal prison system, “a place where many convicts hope to be sent. It may not be ‘club Fed’ but it is [...]
South Korea: Donga Ilba CEO Probed for Insider Trading
In South Korea, Donga Ilbo CEO Kim Jae-ho and several senior staff members of the company are reportedly under investigation for illegal stock trading. Together, the illegal profits total about 5 billion won ($3.9 million), the Korea Times reports. The Korea Times reports that The Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) told the Seoul Central Prosecutors’ Office [...]
Law Firm Baker & Hostetler Seeks $15 Million in Fees for Madoff Trustee Work
Law firm Baker & Hostetler submitted a bill on Friday seeking about $15 million in fees for the firm’s work as trustee in the Bernard Madoff case. The AmLaw Daily and the New York Law Journal report that the trustee, Irving Picard of Baker & Hostetler, has had about 80 Baker partners and more than [...]
Mayer Brown Partner Collins Found Guilty in Refco-Related Case
On Friday, Mayer Brown partner Joseph P. Collins was found guilty of conspiracy and four other charges related to the fraud at Refco Inc. The NYLJ reports that Collins was convicted of a single count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud, bank fraud, wire fraud, money laundering and make false filings with the Securities and [...]