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Former Top Prosecutor Joins Private Practice – Risk & Compliance Journal. – WSJ
Robert Capers, the former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, starts Monday as the co-lead of Arent Fox LLP’s government enforcement and white collar practice. He will also join a business compliance and integrity monitorships team at the firm that advises major companies on governance best practices, conducts internal investigations, counsels directors […]
Catherine McGuire to Retire After More Than 40 Years at the SEC
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Catherine McGuire, Counsel in the Division of Trading and Markets, is retiring after 44 years at the SEC. via Catherine McGuire to Retire After More Than 40 Years at the SEC
Former SEC Enforcement Chief and Deutsche Bank General Counsel Richard H. Walker Joins King & Spalding in New York – King & Spalding
King & Spalding announced that Richard H. Walker, former Director of Enforcement at the Securities and Exchange Commission who for 14 years served as Global General Counsel of Deutsche Bank, has joined the firm as a partner in the Special Matters & Government Investigations group, resident in the New York office. via Former SEC Enforcement […]
DOJ Fraud Section Assistant Chief Laura Perkins Joins Hughes Hubbard
Hughes Hubbard & Reed announced today that Laura N. Perkins has joined the firm as a partner in its Anti-Corruption & Internal Investigations practice and White Collar & Regulatory Defense group. Perkins was most recently an Assistant Chief for Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement in the Fraud Section of the Department of Justice’s Criminal […]
Bridget Fitzpatrick Named Chief Litigation Counsel — SEC Press Release
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the leadership of the agency’s trial unit. Bridget Fitzpatrick has been named Chief Litigation Counsel of the SEC and David Gottesman will continue to serve as the agency’s Deputy Chief Litigation Counsel. via Bridget Fitzpatrick Named Chief Litigation Counsel — SEC Press Release
FCPA Prosecutor Returns to Foley’s Litigation Department in Washington | Foley & Lardner LLP
Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that former federal prosecutor Rohan Virginkar is returning to the firm as a partner in its Government Enforcement, Compliance & White Collar Defense Practice. Virginkar most recently served as a trial attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Unit. He also served as counsel to […]
Seeking Nominations for Securities Docket’s ‘Enforcement 40′
Securities Docket welcomes your nominations for our updated ‘Enforcement 40′ — the 40 best and brightest securities enforcement defense professionals in the industry.
Senior FCPA Counsel Leaves SEC to Join K&L Gates | Corporate Counsel
K&L Gates has just pulled in its second top lawyer in the past year from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. This time it’s Neil Smith, former senior counsel in the SEC’s Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Unit. After investigating FCPA cases globally over the last seven years for the SEC, Smith joined the firm July […]
Fired by Trump, former US Attorney Preet Bharara launches podcast
The 48-year-old is launching the weekly show “Stay Tuned With Preet,” in partnership with WNYC Studios, a subsidiary of New York Public Radio. The podcast will be produced by Some Spider Studios, a media company owned by Bharara’s brother, Vinit, where Preet Bharara became an executive vice president earlier this year. via Fired by Trump, […]
Trump May Nominate a Giuliani Law Partner as U.S. Attorney in Manhattan – The New York Times
The Trump administration is considering naming Geoffrey S. Berman, a law partner of the former New York City mayor and ally of the president — Rudolph W. Giuliani, to assume the powerful position of United States attorney in Manhattan, according to two people familiar with the matter. via Trump May Nominate a Giuliani Law Partner […]