Mark Hamblett

September 30, 2016 | Litigation Daily

Cravath, Swaine & Moore Chairman Evan Chesler won vindication for American Express before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit--and handed the U.S. Department of Justice a major loss.

By Mark Hamblett

12 minute read

September 28, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Judge William Pauley had a lot of problems Wednesday with a consent decree the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission reached with a Cayman Islands bank accused of a pump-and-dump scheme—but he had to approve it anyway.

By Mark Hamblett

8 minute read

September 28, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has clarified the law on when the dismissal of a single case among several consolidated cases can be considered a final, appealable decision.

By Mark Hamblett

10 minute read

September 27, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Vivendi's rosy statements about its prospects while it was struggling to pay massive debts run up during its global media acquisition spree justified a jury verdict for securities fraud, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held Tuesday.

By Mark Hamblett

10 minute read

September 26, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A man who intentionally planted an incomplete bomb at a Home Depot to try to force the company to pay him $2 million is still guilty of planting a "destructive device" within the meaning of the extortion statute, a federal appeals court has ruled.

By Mark Hamblett

7 minute read

September 26, 2016 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Summary judgment should not have been granted to the state Department of Transportation on claims it moved too slow to treat black ice on the Gold Star Memorial Bridge over the Thames River, a state appellate court held.

By Mark Hamblett

5 minute read

September 21, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The conviction of former attorney Paul Daugerdas in the massive tax shelter fraud scandal that destroyed Dallas-based law firm Jenkens & Gilchrist was affirmed Wednesday by a federal appeals court.

By Mark Hamblett

7 minute read

September 21, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A requirement barring a convicted possessor of child pornography from his church has been rejected by a federal judge as unconstitutional.

By Mark Hamblett

5 minute read

September 20, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Chinese vitamin C sellers are off the hook for violating U.S. antitrust law because they were compelled by the Chinese government to set prices and reduce quantities for the vitamin.

By Mark Hamblett

10 minute read

September 19, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A romantic relationship and a close friendship between Ernst & Young auditors and executives with the companies they audited has cost the firm $9.3M.

By Mark Hamblett

8 minute read