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Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes to undergo psychological evaluation – NZ Herald
In December last year, Holmes’ lawyers informed the court they intended to argue a case of mental impairment, with plans to cite “expert evidence relating to a mental disease or defect or any other mental condition”. The expert they wanted to bring to court was named in court documents obtained by Ars Technica as California […]
T.I. Charged by SEC for Role in Fraudulent Cryptocurrency Scheme – Rolling Stone
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced Friday it has charged T.I. for the rapper’s role in a fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme. The SEC implicated five Atlanta-area people — including Clifford “T.I.” Harris — for promoting FLiK and CoinSpark, “two unregistered and fraudulent initial coin offerings (ICOs)” led by film producer Ryan Felton, in the summer of […]
2nd Circuit Is Urged to Find SEC ‘Tolling’ Agreements Unenforceable | New York Law Journal
The novel argument, which takes aim at the validity of so-called tolling agreements allowing the SEC to extend the statutory five-year window for filing an enforcement action, has never before been offered in court, and very little has been written on the subject. That is, outside of an article by a former SEC lawyer, who says […]
Mental state of Elizabeth Holmes at issue in Theranos fraud case
Lawyers for one-time Silicon Valley wunderkind Elizabeth Holmes at her trial may pursue a “mental disease” defense against charges that she misled patients and investors about the capabilities of her company Theranos’ blood tests. The potential defense was disclosed in a ruling late Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Edward Davila in San Jose, who ordered […]
Seeking Nominations for Securities Docket’s ‘Enforcement 40′ for 2020
Securities Docket welcomes your nominations for our ‘Enforcement 40′ for 2020 — the 40 best and brightest securities enforcement defense professionals in the industry.
Justice Department Gets New Acting Fraud Section Chief – WSJ
Robert Zink, chief of the Justice Department’s fraud section, has been promoted to serve as acting deputy assistant attorney general of the department’s criminal division, where he will oversee its fraud and appellate sections, a spokesman confirmed Thursday. Mr. Zink will fill a role created by the departure of John Cronan, who was nominated by […]
What About All Those Tainted SEC Disgorgement Awards? | LinkedIn
The Liu decision also planted a big, leafy money tree for securities lawyers by expressly declining to answer a number of related questions and sending them all back down to the lower courts to figure out over the course of many more years of litigation. Oddly enough, however, the Court didn’t mention perhaps the thorniest unanswered […]
SEC Cancels Vote on Controversial Whistleblower Program Reforms – WSJ
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has called off a second attempt to vote on long-pending amendments to its whistleblower award program—a sign the agency’s commissioners still haven’t reached a consensus on a final version of the rules. The amendments, in the works for more than two years, would give the SEC the ability to […]
Head of German financial watchdog resists calls to resign over Wirecard | Financial Times
The head of Germany’s financial watchdog has rejected calls to resign over the scandal at Wirecard, while saying that with hindsight he should have called for prosecutors to open an investigation sooner. Felix Hufeld said at a conference on Wednesday that he would not resign “as long as my country and Europe have trust in […]
Securities Litigation Partner Craig Varnen Joins Gibson Dunn in Los Angeles
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Craig Varnen has joined the firm’s Los Angeles office as a partner. Varnen, formerly a partner at Irell & Manella, will continue to focus on securities litigation and other complex litigation at Gibson Dunn. via Gibson Dunn | Securities Litigation Partner Craig Varnen Joins Gibson […]