India’s CBI: Auditors Aware of Satyam Misstatements. http://bit.ly/12rn7B #sdx # Lanny Breuer Confirmed as Head of DOJ Criminal Division. http://bit.ly/WU1dV #sdx # New Charges in Dreier Case as Hearing Airs Forfeiture Issues. http://bit.ly/19vhGd #sdx # Jury Finds Six Defendants Guilty of Conspiring in “Squawk Box” Case. http://bit.ly/cH21Z #sdx # Alierta Insider Trading Trial Adjourns, Judge To Study Verdict. http://bit.ly/N2a4d #sdx…
George Curtis, the Deputy Director of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement, will join us on April 28, 2009, for a webcast entitled “Inside the SEC Enforcement Division: Current and Former SEC and DOJ Prosecutors Discuss Important Changes Ahead.” Sponsored by KPMG Forensic and also featuring Pamela Parizek of KPMG Forensic and David Seide of the law firm Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, the webcast provides a rare opportunity to pose questions to one of the Enforcement Division’s most senior officials, and learn about actions being taken by the Enforcement Division’s new leadership right now to address the financial crisis and the intense scrutiny of its recent performance.
When Michael J. Sullivan, the United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, announced in mid-April that he planned to resign his post to pursue a private law practice in Boston, he didn’t identify his new destination. The WSJ reports today, however, that Sullivan, like three other U.S. Attorneys (discussed here), will join the new law firm of former U.S.…
The jury in the long-running “squawk box” prosecution returned a verdict of guilty on a charge of conspiracy yesterday for three former brokers and three former day traders. The defendants, who were from Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, and Lehman Brothers, allegedly conspired to misuse information from company squawk boxes for insider trading. Reuters reports that the six defendants were charged with…
Gregory Little (pictured) and Scott Hershman have joined law firm White & Case as partners in its New York office. The firm announced yesterday that Little and Hershman have joined its Commercial Litigation Practice. Before joining White & Case, Little and Hershman were both partners at Hunton & Williams, where Little was head of the firm’s New York Litigation Group. …