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August 03, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Former state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver will get to remain a free man a little bit longer, thanks to a new ruling from a federal appeals panel.

By B. Colby Hamilton

6 minute read

August 02, 2017 | New York Law Journal

The plaintiff in an ongoing securities fraud class action suit against Fiat Chrysler Automobiles over emissions violations faced a setback on Tuesday.

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3 minute read

August 01, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Last week, news broke that Wells Fargo had forced 800,000 auto loan consumers to take on unwanted auto insurance over a 10-year period. This week, the filing of class action suits against the bank began.

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2 minute read

July 31, 2017 | New York Law Journal

U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer of the Southern District of New York will allow to go forward a suit claiming a dozen of the biggest banks colluded against competition in the $230 trillion interest rate swap market.

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4 minute read

July 28, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Federal law enforcement's growing reliance on foreign partners as U.S. prosecutors build cases against targets abroad will have to adjust to a new reality after the Second Circuit curtailed compelled testimony use in cross-border prosecutions.

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5 minute read

July 26, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Class action security fraud suits were filed at a record clip in the first half of 2017, according to a new report by Cornerstone Research.

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21 minute read

July 25, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Former Long Island investment adviser Tibor Klein, who pleaded guilty Tuesday to a single count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud, was accused of using information obtained from his client and friend, former Arent Fox partner Robert Schulman, about the $3.6 billion merger of Pfizer Inc. and King Pharmaceuticals.

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2 minute read

July 24, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Attorneys for Brazilian energy giant Petrobras are asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sec-ond Circuit to reconsider its order that would largely have allowed the class action suit against it to proceed.

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4 minute read

July 21, 2017 | New York Law Journal

A bond trader can keep his $1 million arbitration award after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed, in part, a lower court's refusal…

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4 minute read

July 21, 2017 | New York Law Journal

The Southern District U.S. Attorney's Office has moved to drop charges against two former JPMorgan Chase & Co. traders in the "London Whale" over concerns about testimony from the whale himself, Bruno Iksil.

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2 minute read