By Carla Vianna | July 25, 2017
A team of Greenberg Traurig lawyers helped pave the path for a Pennsylvania medical technology company's $280 million acquisition of a Swiss public company.
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.
By B. Colby Hamilton | July 24, 2017
Attorneys for Brazilian energy giant Petrobras are asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sec-ond Circuit to reconsider its order that would largely have allowed the class action suit against it to proceed.
By Michael W. Peregrine | July 24, 2017
On the 15th anniversary of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, enacted July 30, 2002, in-house counsel should pause to reflect on how the on-going legacy of that seminal law continues to impact the role of the general counsel, lawyers' professional responsibilities, and the relationship of corporate counsel to governance.
By By Howard B. Epstein and Theodore A. Keyes | July 24, 2017
In their Corporate Insurance Law column, Howard Epstein and Theodore Keyes discuss 'Kokesh v. SEC,' where the U.S. Supreme Court held that the SEC's use of disgorgement of profits as a remedy in an enforcement action constitutes a penalty that is subject to the federal five-year statute of limitations. They write: The question at issue for the Kokesh court was whether SEC disgorgement is a penalty. The question for the insurance community is whether it is insurable. The question for us is whether these two issues may overlap.
By Jenna Greene | July 21, 2017
Facing firepower from a top securities class action firm, Sullivan and Cromwell partners Robert Giuffra Jr. and Matthew Schwartz on Thursday racked up a win on behalf of department store Kohl's Corp. and two of its executives in Wisconsin federal court.
By B. Colby Hamilton | July 21, 2017
The Southern District U.S. Attorney's Office has moved to drop charges against two former JPMorgan Chase & Co. traders in the "London Whale" over concerns about testimony from the whale himself, Bruno Iksil.
By C. Ryan Barber | July 21, 2017
The Trump administration is touting the number of federal regulations that are on the chopping block. Exxon Mobil Corp.'s suing the U.S. Treasury Department over a $2 million fine for violating Russia sanctions. The Federal Trade Commission's looking at Amazon.com's discounting practices. And financial regulators appear to be pulling back on a plan to restrict Wall Street bonuses. This is a weekly roundup from ALM and around the web.
By Michael Booth | July 20, 2017
A Tinton Falls couple who own two investment companies will pay $2.1 million to settle claims filed by the New Jersey Attorney General's Office for violating state securities laws.
By Roy Strom | July 20, 2017
A pristine start to a Big Law career has been derailed for a former editor-in-chief of Harvard Law School's International Law Review who joined Linklaters in 2015.
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