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Lucid Motors Snags General Counsel From Rival Tesla | Law.com
Electric car maker Lucid Motors Inc. has picked up a new general counsel from rival Tesla Inc.’s legal department, which still remains without a named top lawyer after losing three general counsel last year. Lucid announced this week that it hired former Tesla deputy general counsel Jonathan Butler to serve as the Newark, California-based company’s general […]
Former SEC Commissioner Gallagher to Join Robinhood | ThinkAdvisor
Dan Gallagher, former commissioner at the Securities and Exchange Commission, will become chief legal officer of Robinhood, the commission-free trading website. Gallagher, who has been a member of Robinhood’s board of directors since October, was most recently partner and deputy chair of the securities department at the international law firm WilmerHale in Washington. via Former […]
BakerHostetler Adds Well-Known Trial Litigator David Aronoff in Los Angeles | BakerHostetler
BakerHostetler announced today that David Aronoff has joined the firm’s Litigation Practice Group as a partner in Los Angeles. During his more than 30-year career, Aronoff has handled a broad range of complex litigation matters, including financial services litigation under the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), securities work, business disputes and products liability. Aronoff led […]
Andrew Weissmann – Former Department Of Justice Fraud Section Chief, FBI General Counsel and Special Counsel Lead Prosecutor – To Rejoin Jenner & Block
Jenner & Block announced today that Andrew Weissmann is rejoining the firm, effective July 1, where he was a partner for five years from 2006-2011. Mr. Weissmann is the former Chief of the Fraud Section in the US Department of Justice (DOJ) Criminal Division, the former General Counsel of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) […]
Statement of Commissioner Brian D. Quintenz on the End of His Term and Future Plans | CFTC
I am deeply honored to have served as a Commissioner at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission over the last two and half years, as well as to have been a part of an administration that has assembled one of the best financial regulatory teams across the federal government. My five-year statutory term as a Commissioner […]
King & Spalding Significantly Expands Trial and Global Disputes Team in California – King & Spalding
King & Spalding today announced that 13 partners will be joining the firm in its trial and investigations practices in Los Angeles and San Francisco. The firm’s new partners include: Quyen Ta, David Willingham, Albert Giang, Luan Tran, Michael Leslie, Michael Roth, Eric Pettit, Jeanne Fugate, Arwen Johnson, Craig Bessenger, Kelly Perigoe, Julia Bredrup and […]
Faegre Drinker White-Collar Co-Leader Leaves for Duane Morris | The Legal Intelligencer
Just as she expects her practice to pick up in the wake of economic downturn and resulting increased financial regulatory scrutiny, a Philadelphia-based former SEC lawyer has made a move from Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath to Duane Morris. Mary Hansen, who joined Duane Morris on Monday, is a partner in the firm’s trial practice […]
Goldman Sachs picks global regulatory head, compliance chief – InvestorDaily
An investment banking giant has appointed a new global head of regulatory affairs and a chief compliance officer. Kathryn Ruemmler has joined the group as its global head of regulatory affairs while Michael Richman has taken the role of chief compliance officer. Ms Ruemmler will oversee the management of the firm’s regulatory infrastructure, including Goldman […]
Stanley Sporkin, Bane of Corporate Corruption, Dies at 88 – The New York Times
Stanley Sporkin, a legal crusader who, as the chief enforcement officer at the Securities and Exchange Commission, held American corporations accountable for making illicit campaign contributions in the United States and for bribing public officials abroad, died on Monday in Rockville, Md. He was 88. His death, from congestive heart failure in a hospice, was […]
Stanley Sporkin, crusading SEC enforcer and tough-minded U.S. judge, dies at 88 – The Washington Post
Stanley Sporkin, who was the scourge of industry in the 1970s as the crusading chief enforcement officer of the Securities and Exchange Commission and who later had a colorful and controversial tenure as a federal judge in Washington with strongly worded rulings on high-profile cases, died March 23 at a hospice center in Rockville, Md. […]