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July 20, 2017 | New York Law Journal

A West Hempstead-based lawyer was charged in a securities fraud case that has led the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida to convict six other alleged co-conspirators.

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July 19, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Two former U.K.-based traders convicted for their involvement in the London Interbank Offered Rate exchange scandal saw the Second Circuit toss their entire case Wednesday, including indictments.

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July 18, 2017 | New York Law Journal

In the wake of the circuit's reversal in 'Silver', MoloLamken name attorney Steven Molo and his team were praised by the bar for having the foresight to anticipate 'McDonnell', which the Supreme Court agreed to review during, but not before the end of, Silver's trial.

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July 17, 2017 | New York Law Journal

The suits were filed by independent publishers in response to the Second Circuit's earlier ruling that Apple and five publishing companies, all of whom were party to the current suit, had conspired when they simultaneously switched from a wholesale business model to an agency pricing model, but the court agreed that neither company could attribute its demise to the unlawful conspiracy.

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July 17, 2017 | New York Law Journal

Three indicted former traders, all U.K. nationals who worked for major international banks, surrendered Monday to U.S. officials.

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July 17, 2017 | New York Law Journal

An international assortment of investors in the co-working startup Bar Works filed a securities fraud suit in the Southern District on Monday over allegations the company co-founder, Renwick Haddow, was operating a Ponzi scheme.

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July 13, 2017 | New York Law Journal

In less than a week, the Second Circuit delivered two clear applications of the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark public corruption case, 'United States v. McDonnell.' The results for two former state assemblymen could not have been more different.

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July 12, 2017 | New York Law Journal

A former Eastern District judge erred when he asserted supervisory powers over a deferred prosecution agreement between the U.S. Department of Justice and HSBC, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit said Wednesday.

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July 12, 2017 | New York Law Journal

A pump-and-dump sting that stretched from New York to San Diego netted 14 in connection with an alleged $147 million stock manipulation scheme, the Eastern District U.S. Attorney's Office announced Wednesday.

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July 12, 2017 | Legaltech News

The plaintiffs claim the move violates the First Amendment, as the president's Twitter account, they allege, represents a public forum.

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