Larry Neumeister

November 18, 2014 | Daily Report Online

Employees of a Georgia debt collection agency were coached to threaten people with arrest to get them to pay money they sometimes did not owe, authorities said Tuesday as they announced charges against seven individuals.

By Larry Neumeister

2 minute read

October 01, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Southern District Judge Thomas Griesa, calling civil contempt a rarity, ruled that Argentina was in contempt of court on Monday for openly defying his orders requiring that U.S. hedge funds holding Argentine bonds be paid the roughly $1.5 billion they are owed if the majority of the nation's bondholders are paid interest on their bonds.

By Larry Neumeister

3 minute read

September 30, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Bernard Madoff's last surviving son was under investigation for possible involvement in his father's multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme until the day he died from cancer earlier this month, but scrutiny over his $16 million estate lives on.

By Tom Hays and Larry Neumeister

5 minute read

July 10, 2014 | New York Law Journal

A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled that $1.75 billion for terrorism-related judgments against Iran can be distributed to victims of attacks, including a 1983 bombing that killed 241 Marines in Lebanon.

By Larry Neumeister

3 minute read

June 10, 2014 | Daily Report Online

The creation of a full-text searchable database of millions of books is a fair use of copyrighted works, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday, saying it also is permissible to distribute the books in alternative forms to people with disabilities.

By Larry Neumeister

3 minute read

April 24, 2014 | New York Law Journal

"We sit in the financial capital of the world, and the amorphous theory that you have, that you tried this case on, gives precious little guidance to all these institutions ... trying to come up with some bright line rules about what can and what cannot be done," Second Circuit Judge Barrington Parker said during arguments in the appeals of two former portfolio managers' convictions.

By Larry Neumeister

3 minute read

March 25, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Five former former employees of imprisoned financier Bernard Madoff were convicted Monday at the end of a six-month trial that portrayed them as telling an elaborate web of lies to hide a fraud that enriched them and cheated investors out of billions of dollars.

By Larry Neumeister

4 minute read

March 21, 2014 | New York Law Journal

Toyota's misleading statements presented a "reprehensible picture of corporate misconduct" as it failed to properly protect consumers from unexpected acceleration in its vehicles, a judge said as he nevertheless accepted a deal that lets the Japanese automaker escape prosecution with a $1.2 billion penalty.

By Larry Neumeister

4 minute read

March 19, 2014 | Daily Report Online

In surprise testimony in a Manhattan courtroom Wednesday, Osama bin Laden's son-in-law recounted the night of the Sept. 11 attacks, when the al-Qaida leader sent a messenger to drive him into a mountainous area for a meeting inside a cave in Afghanistan.

By Larry Neumeister and Tom Hays

5 minute read

February 06, 2014 | New York Law Journal

The Second Circuit heard oral arguments Tuesday on Apple's request to shut down a monitor reviewing the company's antitrust procedures until the court decides whether his appointment is appropriate and suggested they may allow the monitor to proceed after limiting his duties.

By Larry Neumeister

3 minute read