By Colby Hamilton | January 8, 2019
The charges against Natalia Veselnitskaya, who was one of the key people in a June 2016 meeting with Trump campaign officials, stem from an unrelated money laundering probe.
By Colby Hamilton | January 7, 2019
The panel's decision represented the latest retreat from the appellate court's holding in 2014's "U.S. v. Newman," which narrowed prosecutors' ability to prove insider trading.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Elkan Abramowitz and Jonathan S. Sack | January 7, 2019
White-Collar Crime columnists Elkan Abramowitz and Jonathan S. Sack provide a brief examination of the heavy burden on defendants who claim misconduct in grand jury proceedings. They then discuss a recent Second Circuit decision, which illustrates the reluctance of federal courts to dismiss charges and overturn jury verdicts based on prosecutorial misconduct, even when the government concedes that serious misconduct occurred.
By Colby Hamilton | January 2, 2019
Laura Grossfield Birger had been a partner with Cooley since 2007, where she handled white-collar and other matters.
By Mike Scarcella | December 28, 2018
Geoffrey Berman, the U.S. attorney for SDNY, reported earning about $3.5 million in salary and bonus last year at Greenberg Traurig. Marc Berger, director of the SEC's New York office, earned a partnership share of $2.4 million last year from Ropes & Gray.
By Colby Hamilton | December 26, 2018
The former Manhattan federal prosecutor who oversaw the government's investigation into Madoff's Ponzi scheme speaks about enforcement changes, and what he brought with him to private practice from the experience.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Margaret A. Dale and Mark D. Harris | December 21, 2018
In their Corporate and Securities Litigation column, Margaret Dale and Mark Harris analyze the significance of the Department of Justice's new guidance on the requirements for corporate cooperation credit as it pertains to investigations and defense.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Joel Cohen | December 14, 2018
Virtually every judge will tell you that sentencing is the most solemn and difficult decision they must make. Some acknowledge conferring with their clerks, or occasionally with a colleague or two, simply as a gut check when confronted with a difficult sentence, or one with potentially broader ramifications than just the defendant before them. Almost every one of them, though, truly struggles with it every time.
By Colby Hamilton | December 12, 2018
Cohen told the court he wanted history not to remember him as a "villain in [Trump's] story."
By Angela Turturro | December 10, 2018
In this Special Report: "The Global Reach of U.S. Law Enforcement," "Something Old, Something New: Securities Enforcement in the Age of Social Media," "Playing With Fire: When the Government and Outside Counsel Get Too Close in a Corporate Investigation" and "Why the Public (and the President) Are Wrong About What It Means to Take the Fifth."
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