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Join the Securities Litigation and Enforcement Group on LinkedInSam Bankman-Fried parts ways with Paul Weiss lawyers | Semafor
Sam Bankman-Fried has parted ways with the white-shoe lawyers helping him as he faces federal investigations into the collapse of his crypto empire, people familiar with the matter said. Bankman-Fried, the 30-year-old whose FTX exchange and web of related crypto firms unraveled last week, had been working with Martin Flumenbaum at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton […]
DLA Piper grows Litigation practice with financial services team in Los Angeles | DLA Piper
DLA Piper continues the expansion of its West Coast litigation practice with the addition of partners John “Jake” Loftus and Christine Ellice in Los Angeles. Loftus and Ellice bring extensive experience to DLA Piper in financial services litigation matters involving equities, bonds, mutual funds and countless other investment products, as well as representing underwriters in securities class actions. Source: […]
Preeminent Litigator Michelle N. Lipkowitz Joins Mintz | Mintz
Mintz is pleased to announce that Michelle N. Lipkowitz has joined the Washington, DC office as a Litigation Member. She will also sit on the firm’s Equity Advisory Council, a subcommittee of the Policy Committee, which advances efforts to enhance diversity and inclusion in the legal profession. Source: Preeminent Litigator Michelle N. Lipkowitz Joins Mintz | Mintz
Katten Expands NYC Securities Litigation Group with Sarah Eichenberger | Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Katten announced today that Sarah Eichenberger, former in-house counsel at Amazon.com, has joined the firm’s Securities Litigation practice as a partner in New York. ichenberger most recently oversaw commercial litigation for Amazon.com where she led its response to securities litigation, Section 220 books and records litigation, and derivative matters, and managed a variety of consumer […]
Big Law Attorneys Buy Crypto Despite Lack of Firm Guidance
Big Law attorneys are feeling free to buy cryptocurrencies—and some are doing so—as most firms lack policies that restrict investments in digital assets. Lawyers including Joshua Ashley Klayman of Linklaters and Joe Cutler of Perkins Coie confirm they have purchased Bitcoin, and in Cutler’s case Ethereum as well, and others say they have opened crypto […]
Renowned Trial Lawyer Mark Kirsch Joins King & Spalding’s Trial and Global Disputes Practice in New York – King & Spalding
King & Spalding announced today that leading trial lawyer and litigator Mark Kirsch has joined the firm as a partner in the Trial and Global Disputes practice group in New York. Source: Renowned Trial Lawyer Mark Kirsch Joins King & Spalding’s Trial and Global Disputes Practice in New York – King & Spalding
Will SEC Defense Work Now Ramp Up? White-Collar Litigators on Alert | Law.com
Kornblau, at Dentons, noted that when markets are down, it often leads to more investigations, private shareholder actions and SEC enforcement. *** Kornblau said until now, enforcement had not gone up in the “blockbuster way” that many were expecting since the beginning of the Biden administration. He added there was a lot of work to […]
Latham Adds Two Acclaimed White Collar Partners In New York
Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Christopher L. Garcia and Raquel Kellert have joined the firm’s New York office as partners in the White Collar Defense & Investigations Practice and members of the Litigation & Trial Department. Garcia and Kellert represent companies and individuals in connection with a wide range of white […]
Sky Mavis Taps Robinhood Compliance Exec as New Legal Chief
Sky Mavis Inc., a non-fungible token-focused startup reeling from a massive hack earlier this year, has hired its first-ever general counsel in James Nguyen from Robinhood Markets Inc. Nguyen, who will lead legal and regulatory affairs for the Vietnamese company, most recently was general counsel and chief compliance officer for Robinhood’s cryptocurrency unit. Robinhood, which […]
Snap Hires New Compliance Chief From Peloton – WSJ
The head of compliance and risk at Peloton Interactive Inc. has left the company and joined Snapchat parent Snap Inc. Bertrand Lanciault III, who goes by Lance Lanciault, joined Snap in August as the new chief compliance officer, overseeing its compliance and integrity efforts, according to a spokesman for the technology company. He joined Peloton […]