By B. Colby Hamilton | August 3, 2017
Former state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver will get to remain a free man a little bit longer, thanks to a new ruling from a federal appeals panel.
By Meghan Tribe | August 2, 2017
Greg Andres, a 13-year veteran of the U.S. Department of Justice, has left Davis Polk & Wardwell's New York office to become the 16th lawyer on a team led by special counsel Robert Mueller III—formerly of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr—probing potential Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
By Andrew Denney | August 1, 2017
Jurors in the Martin Shkreli securities fraud trial did not reach a verdict on Tuesday, the second day of deliberations, but issued their first substantive jury note, in which they asked the court to define "fraudulent intent" and the investment term "assets under management."
By Robert J. Anello and Richard F. Albert | July 31, 2017
White-Collar Crime columnists Robert J. Anello and Richard F. Albert look at a recent high-profile Fourth Amendment victory for the defense in 'U.S. v. Wey' in light of the Second Circuit's final opinion in 'U.S. v. Ganias,' as well as a recent decision in 'In re 650 Fifth Avenue and Related Properties,' which declined suppression despite agents' reliance on a search warrant having constitutional infirmities strikingly similar to those in 'Wey.'
By B. Colby Hamilton | July 28, 2017
Federal law enforcement's growing reliance on foreign partners as U.S. prosecutors build cases against targets abroad will have to adjust to a new reality after the Second Circuit curtailed compelled testimony use in cross-border prosecutions.
By Andrew Denney | July 27, 2017
Lawyers making closing arguments in the securities fraud trial of ex-pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli on Thursday painted contrasting portraits of investors who were allegedly defrauded by the so-called "Pharma Bro."
By Hervé Gouraige | July 27, 2017
Hervé Gouraige writes: The federal courts since the 1960s have imposed criminal sanctions for insider trading violations, based on a statute that authorizes criminal sanctions for violations of rules promulgated by the SEC and an SEC regulation that prohibits, without defining, conduct we have come generally to call "insider trading." Yet, in 1812 the U.S. Supreme Court held that federal courts lack constitutional authority to define criminal conduct and decide common-law criminal cases. It is time for the federal courts to get out of the business of enforcing an administrative agency's rule as a crime.
By Sue Reisinger and C. Ryan Barber | July 25, 2017
The Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday awarded nearly $2.5 million to a government worker who helped regulators launch an investigation and eventually crack down on a company's misconduct, the first such whistleblower bounty issued to an employee of a government agency.
By B. Colby Hamilton | July 25, 2017
Former Long Island investment adviser Tibor Klein, who pleaded guilty Tuesday to a single count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud, was accused of using information obtained from his client and friend, former Arent Fox partner Robert Schulman, about the $3.6 billion merger of Pfizer Inc. and King Pharmaceuticals.
By Andrew Denney | July 24, 2017
The securities fraud trial for pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli, now in its fifth week, is grinding to its conclusion.
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