By Colby Hamilton | December 14, 2017
Randy Wang is alleged to have purchased more than $2 million in electronics on the company card, while a civil suit in state Civil Court alleges he may have tricked the company into wiring him $600,000 owed to an outside vendor.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Thomas J. Hall | December 14, 2017
Commercial Division Update columnist Thomas J. Hall writes: Defendants bear a heavy burden of establishing that New York is not a convenient forum, and courts have discretion in considering a number of factors in determining the issue. While no one factor is controlling, the residency of the parties has emerged in recent Commercial Division decisions as an important factor.
By Angela Turturro | December 11, 2017
In this Special Report: "Five Ways to Eliminate the Need for a Corporate Monitor," "A New Federal Theory of Corruption?," "Challenging the Criticism of Federal Prosecutors in 'Chicken---- Club'" and "DOJ Policies on Corporate and Individual Prosecutions Should Be Reconsidered, Recalibrated."
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Robert J. Anello and Richard F. Albert | December 4, 2017
White-Collar Crime columnists Robert J. Anello and Richard F. Albert write: Mostly lost among the headlines regarding the first charges to be brought by Robert Mueller and the Special Counsel's Office investigating Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election was the simultaneous release of a court opinion compelling one of Manafort's own lawyers to testify in the grand jury. A review of the decision and the indictment indicates that the lawyer is likely to be a key witness against Manafort and Gates at trial.
By Scott Flaherty | December 1, 2017
Former Dewey & LeBoeuf executives Stephen DiCarmine and Joel Sanders may be closing in on a deal to resolve securities claims related to a $150 million bond placement the firm secured before its 2012 collapse.
By Colby Hamilton | December 1, 2017
The government is seeking $7.4 million in asset forfeitures connected to Shkreli's conviction on three fraud counts in August.
By Colby Hamilton | November 29, 2017
Yisroel Schulman, who departed the legal services provider in 2015, diverted millions from NYLAG in what AG Schneiderman's office said was a breach of fiduciary duty.
By Christine Simmons | November 27, 2017
It's been a year of high-profile prosecutions and convictions involving partners at prestigious firms. What keeps leading lawyers astray?
By Josefa Velasquez | November 22, 2017
The state's Department of Corrections and Community Supervision has been reviewing parole appeals handled that were handled by an Albany resident who was convicted for fraudulently posing as a lawyer. Antonia Barrone, who is not a licensed attorney, was sentenced to one-and-a-half to three years in state prison on criminal charges earlier this month.
By The Associated Press | November 21, 2017
For the second time in two years, federal prosecutors have charged foreign businessmen with paying millions of dollars in bribes to secure business deals, with one of the schemes relying on gifts paid to a former president of the United Nations General Assembly.
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