Mark Hamblett

December 27, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Three Chinese nationals face federal charges for allegedly hacking into two major U.S. law firms in a scheme to trade on information about imminent mergers and acquisitions.

By Mark Hamblett

18 minute read

December 27, 2016 | New Jersey Law Journal

Three Chinese nationals face federal charges for allegedly hacking into two major U.S. law firms in a scheme to trade on information about imminent mergers and acquisitions.

By Mark Hamblett

18 minute read

December 27, 2016 | Legaltech News

By Mark Hamblett, The Am Law Daily

20 minute read

December 27, 2016 | The American Lawyer

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara issued a warning Tuesday to law firms: "You are and will be targets of cyber hacking, because you have information valuable to would-be criminals."

By Mark Hamblett

18 minute read

December 22, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Lawyers challenging outrageous delays and backlogs in Bronx Criminal Court can still pursue relief in federal court, but they will need new plaintiffs after Southern District Judge George Daniels accepted the state's arguments that the current plaintiffs, who no longer have pending charges against them, lack standing to sue.

By Mark Hamblett

8 minute read

December 22, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Barclays Bank and two of its former executives were sued Thursday by the federal government for an allegedly fraudulent scheme to sell residential mortgage-backed securities built on subprime mortgages.

By Mark Hamblett

7 minute read

December 21, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Settling wide-ranging bribery allegations for a record amount of money, Brazilian construction conglomerate Odebrecht SA admitted guilt Wednesday and agreed to pay $2.6 billion.

By Mark Hamblett

14 minute read

December 21, 2016 | New York Law Journal

An FBI agent's admission that he was the source of leaks to the media about a pending insider trading investigation was before Southern District Judge Kevin Castel on Wednesday.

By Mark Hamblett

8 minute read

December 20, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The briefing is almost complete on the prosecution's appeal of a former hedge manager's claim that his business was wrecked because of fabricated evidence in a search warrant and a highly publicized raid on his offices by Southern District U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara.

By Mark Hamblett

12 minute read

December 20, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Little was revealed Tuesday with the unsealing of the search warrant for the computer of former New York Congressman Anthony Weiner and related materials in the renewed investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server while Secretary of State.

By Mark Hamblett

4 minute read