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New York Law Journal

SEC's N.Y. Head Says He Follows the Evidence

By Beth Bar | March 28, 2007

Mark K. Schonfeld, 44, oversees nearly 400 enforcement attorneys, accountants, investigators and compliance examiners as director of the New York regional office of the Securities and Exchange Comm

Business Crimes Bulletin

Send an E-Mail, Go to Jail

By Jodi Misher Peikin and John Rizio-Hamilton | February 10, 2006

E-mail evidence is one of the newest and sharpest arrows in the government's quiver. In recent years the government has won several convictions based on little more than damning e-mail evidence. No

The Recorder

Charity Can Begin In-House

By Petra Pasternak | October 16, 2006

In his years at Cooley Godward, and later at the Legal Strategies Group, Jeffrey Hyman did fair housing and consumer fraud litigation on the side. In one case, he defended and won a settlement

The Corporate Counselor

In-House Counsel Can Help Create an Ethical Corporate Culture

By Lynn D. Lieber | January 29, 2007

Corporate counsels' ethical obligations are primarily seen as directing the corporation to comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the Federal Sentencing Guidelines. Typically, the more amorphous co

The Recorder

In-House Attorney Author: Grisham Meets McMillan

By Kellie Schmitt | April 11, 2007

Last week, Los Angeles attorney Pamela Samuels-Young was sitting in a Kansas City, Mo., mediation room, staring at the vent in the wall, and wondering if her voice could be heard on the other side.

The Recorder

San Francisco SEC Chief Goes In-House

By Zusha Elinson | October 22, 2007

Helane Morrison is cashing in her eight years of experience leading the Securities and Exchange Commission's San Francisco office to join investment advisory firm Hall Capital Partners as general c

International Edition

Music Giant EMI Conducting Post-Takeover Legal Review

By Michelle Madsen | December 11, 2007

The legal function of music giant EMI is set for a major overhaul in the wake of the company's a class="linelink" href="http://www.thedeal.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=TheDeal/TDDArticle/TDS

Law.com

GC Mary Doyle Has the World in Her Palm

By Scott Martin | May 18, 2006

Silicon Valley veteran Mary Doyle came to Palm Inc. during a period in 2003 when competitor RIM was locking horns with NTP in what would later resolve in the $612 million landmark settlement over p

SEC Limits Liability Threat on Use of Tender Offers

By Ron Orol | October 20, 2006

Tender offers, frequently a bypassed option for structuring mergers, could become a lot more popular after the Securities and Exchange Commission's decision Wednesday to limit legal liabilities tha

New Jersey Law Journal

Hidden Within the Balance Sheets

By Peter J. Herzberg and James P. Spielberg | October 28, 2005

The requirements for the disclosure of environmental liabilities by publicly traded companies are well known. The Securities and Exchange Commission has set forth specific disclosure rules wit