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Join the Securities Litigation and Enforcement Group on LinkedInBaker Botts Boosts White Collar Practice With Addition of Former Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York | News | Baker Botts
Baker Botts L.L.P., a leading international technology and energy law firm, is pleased to announce that Brendan Quigley, a former Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, has joined the firm’s White Collar Defense and Corporate Investigations practice as a partner in New York. “We are thrilled to have Brendan join Baker […]
Leading FCPA Attorney Palmina Fava Joins V& E’s Government Investigations Practice in New York – Vinson & Elkins LLP
Vinson & Elkins continues to expand its nationally recognized Government Investigations and White Collar Criminal Defense practice with the addition of New York-based partner Palmina M. Fava, who brings to the firm more than two decades of experience handling a wide range of internal and government investigations and compliance matters. Fava joins V&E from Paul […]
In the Decade Since Madoff, Ponzi Schemers Try New Tactics – The New York Times
Whether the increase is the result of enhanced enforcement or a proliferation of scammers, records show that Ponzi victims lost $31 billion in the decade beginning 2009, more than three times the amount lost in non-Madoff schemes in the previous decade. (The figures are not adjusted for inflation.) Sioux Schaefer was one of those millions […]
SEC Charges Former Company Executive with Fraud for False Disclosures About Management
The SEC alleges that Tom Simeo, a resident of New York City, New York, created the false impression to the public that Viking had an experienced financial professional involved in its operations and financial reporting as its CFO, when in reality, the Company had no CFO. According to the complaint, between November 2014 and May […]
Leading White Collar and Litigation Partner Shawn Cleveland Joins BakerHostetler in Texas | BakerHostetler
BakerHostetler announced today that Shawn Cleveland has joined the firm as a partner on its White Collar, Investigations and Securities Enforcement and Litigation team. Cleveland was most recently with Winston & Strawn LLP…. via Leading White Collar and Litigation Partner Shawn Cleveland Joins BakerHostetler in Texas | BakerHostetler.
Nobody Is That Lucky, Prosecutor Tells Insider-Trading Jury – Bloomberg
For anyone to successfully trade five times in a row on health-care mergers, they need inside information, a prosecutor told a jury in the retrial of former Perella Weinberg Partners LP managing director Sean Stewart. “Winning the lottery once takes astronomical odds, winning it five times — that doesn’t happen,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Samson Enzer […]
Some Good News for the Cybersecurity Class Action Bar | LinkedIn
The cybersecurity class action bar might be celebrating the holidays a bit early this year. The enthusiasm stems from a recent (but barely noticed) judicial letter from Judge Paul W. Grimm, of the United States Federal District Court for the District of Maryland, who oversees class action litigation arising out of last year’s data breach […]
Deviating from Whistleblower Programs may have more risk than payoff – Lexology
That said, the Ontario Whistleblower Program is demonstrating signs of promise and robust take-up among whistleblowers. It is more important than ever for businesses to have in place a strong controls system and corporate culture in order to detect potential problems as early as possible and to protect employees who come forward to report those […]
Insider-trading law fix is within reach | Reuters
The act still has a ways to go before becoming law. It won approval from the U.S. House of Representatives’ Financial Services Committee in May, drawing support from Republicans and Democrats alike – no small feat in a highly partisan Congress. The full House is expected to take it up in the fall. Like a […]
Former SDNY Prosecutor Amanda Kramer Joins Covington | Covington & Burling LLP
Amanda Kramer, former Assistant U.S. Attorney for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, has joined Covington’s White Collar Defense and Investigations Practice in New York as a partner. Ms. Kramer served for more than 11 years as a federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York. Most recently, she […]