David Bario

December 01, 2007 | The American Lawyer

By David Bario

4 minute read

September 28, 2007 | Law.com

In July, when Judge Lewis Kaplan ruled that prosecutors had bullied KPMG over legal fees, the government's case against the accounting firm imploded, but the case against tax lawyer Raymond "R.J." Ruble may just be heating up. Ruble, a former partner at Brown & Wood (now Sidley Austin), faces trial in October on 43 counts of tax evasion and conspiracy to defraud the IRS. He allegedly worked with KPMG to cook up and sell illegal tax shelters, and hid a portion of his earnings from his firm and the feds.

By David Bario

4 minute read

June 01, 2009 | The American Lawyer

John Ashcroft is forming a Republican government in exile.

By David Bario

4 minute read

November 28, 2011 | The American Lawyer

Manhattan federal district court judge Jed Rakoff has been stewing for years over the SEC's approach to settlements with alleged Wall Street malefactors. In his ruling Monday rejecting the agency's settlement with Citigroup over is marketing of an ill-fated CDO, the judge finally boiled over.

By David Bario

5 minute read

January 10, 2011 | New York Law Journal

By David Bario | The American Lawyer

4 minute read

January 01, 2010 | The American Lawyer

When other firms and conventional strategies come up short, clients in deep trouble turn to Gibson Dunn for fresh, aggressive thinking and innovative rescues.

By David Bario

16 minute read