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Join the Securities Litigation and Enforcement Group on LinkedInU.S. Supreme Court rejects insider trading appeal by Las Vegas gambler – Reuters
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear Las Vegas sports gambler William “Billy” Walters’ appeal of his 2017 insider trading conviction that landed him a five-year prison sentence in a case that also drew attention because of his ties to billionaire investor Carl Icahn and golfer Phil Mickelson. Walters had asked the justices […]
In Theranos Civil Case, Cooley Says Elizabeth Holmes Has Growing Unpaid Legal Bill | The Recorder
Cooley chairman Stephen Neal, Palo Alto partner-in-charge John Dwyer and associate Jeffrey Lombard filed the motion on Sept. 30 in U.S. District Court in Phoenix, claiming that “Ms. Holmes has not paid Cooley for any of its work as her counsel of record in this action for more than a year. “Further, given Ms. Holmes’s […]
Meet the former prosecutor who became the face of crypto VC investing
Haun’s view on cryptocurrency has evolved, and so has her career path. After spending much of her professional life prosecuting prison gangs, corrupt officials, and the mafia, she’s now the first female general partner at Silicon Valley investing powerhouse Andreessen Horowitz. Haun runs the $350 million cryptocurrency fund that launched last summer and was an […]
ANALYSIS: Lack of Removal Power Could Threaten SEC ALJ Regime
Are the job security provisions enjoyed by SEC administrative law judges unconstitutional? The Supreme Court majority kicked that question down the line in its 2018 Lucia v. SEC decision. The Fifth Circuit may just have picked it up, as a three-judge panel enjoined an administrative rehearing of a pre-Lucia accounting violations case against Michelle Cochran. […]