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August 06, 2009 | New York Law Journal

New York as the World's Courthouse in Enforcing Economic Sanctions

Benito Romano, a partner with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer U.S., and Glen Kelley, counsel with the firm, write: Abduwali Abdukhadir Muse?the headline-grabbing Somali pirate awaiting trial for attacking the Maersk Alabama in April?was probably surprised when his activities in the Gulf of Aden landed him in a defendant's chair in federal court in downtown Manhattan. He is not the only one. In recent years, foreign individuals, banks and companies that deal with Iran or other targets of U.S. economic sanctions have also been surprised to learn that they have become the subjects of unexpected criminal proceedings in New York. If, as expected, the Obama administration continues to emphasize the use of sanctions to increase pressure on Iran to respond positively to U.S. and multilateral nuclear proliferation and anti-terrorism concerns, this will mean still more extraterritorial enforcement against foreign persons.
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May 13, 2004 | New York Law Journal

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May 05, 2011 | New York Law Journal

Recusal Plan Draws Wide Range of Comments

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March 04, 2010 | New York Law Journal

Paterson Hit With Ethics Charge For Accepting Yankees Tickets

The state Commission on Public Integrity charged that Governor David A. Paterson accepted as many as five $425-a-seat tickets from the New York Yankees as gifts and did not intend to pay for the tickets, trying to do so only after media inquiries about the presence of his party at the Oct. 28 opening Series game against the Philadelphia Phillies. The commission also referred the matter to Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo and Albany County District Attorney P. David Soares to examine whether the "governor or anyone else may have committed a crime or crimes by swearing falsely during the Commission's interview of him and by causing a check to be back-dated" as the governor's office sought to pay for the tickets.
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October 07, 2011 | New York Law Journal

Five Chiefs: A Supreme Court Memoir

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May 16, 2006 | New York Law Journal

Bankruptcy Law

Harold D. Jones, a partner at Jaspan Schlesinger Hoffman, and Lori Lapin Jones, a Great Neck practitioner, write that creditors should think carefully before including �727(a), blanket denial of a debtor's discharge, causes of action in a �523(a), denial of discharge of the debt owed to only that creditor, complaint. Although �727(a) offers significant leverage, a creditor invites greater scrutiny if it settles the �523(a) causes of action and seeks to dismiss or withdraw the �727(a) causes of action.
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December 19, 2012 | Law.com

No Prison Time for Lawyer Who Laundered Money Through Firm

Former Winston & Strawn partner Jonathan Bristol, who laundered money through attorney escrow accounts for investment advisor Kenneth Starr and his Ponzi scheme, will not serve any prison time, Southern District Judge Deborah Batts ruled yesterday.
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May 03, 2012 | New York Law Journal

Disclosure Duties Evolve in Parallel Criminal, Civil Cases

In his Corporate Crime column, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson partner William F. Johnson writes: Although 'Brady' obligations have historically been limited to criminal cases, a recent ruling in 'United States v. Gupta' suggests that 'Brady' considerations must be adhered to in analyzing defense discovery requests in civil cases with a parallel criminal component, where civil and criminal government agencies have conducted a "joint investigation." For this and other reasons, the 'Gupta' decision raises legal and practical issues in an era of continued high coordination between the DOJ and the SEC.
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March 24, 2006 | New York Law Journal

Public Interest Projects

Lawyers from the Paris, London and New York offices of Weil, Gotshal & Manges used their derivatives expertise to assist the United Nations World Food Programme and the World Bank with a unique pilot famine relief program in Ethiopia. Also, as the result of efforts by an unlikely alliance of lawyers, small business owners in hurricane-ravaged New Orleans have begun to rally under the banner of "Second Wind," a nonprofit advocacy group.
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