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New York Law Journal

Ex-Dewey & LeBoeuf Executive DiCarmine Reaches Tentative SEC Settlement

DiCarmine was acquitted in 2017 at a second jury trial of fraud and conspiracy charges related to the collapse of the firm five years prior.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

Securities Class Actions Hit Record Levels in 2017, Studies Say

Securities class action filings hit record levels in 2017, driven primarily by lawsuits challenging mergers and acquisitions, according to two prominent studies that came out this week.
5 minute read

Litigation Daily

Daily Dicta: Simpson's Big CDS Win; Righting Copyright Wrongs

You don't have to know much about the credit-default swaps market to know this: A team from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett led by partner Lynn Neuner and co-counsel from Friedman Kaplan Seiler & Adelman just pulled off a big win.
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Big Pharma Becoming a Big Target in Shareholder Class Actions: Study

Driven largely by plaintiffs firms Pomerantz & Co., The Rosen Law Firm and Glancy Prongay & Murray, shareholder class-action lawsuits against life sciences companies, particularly those in the pharmaceutical space, were on the rise last year, continuing a decade-long trend, according to a new report.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Cryptocurrencies: Despite Popularity, the SEC Still Has Concerns

Everyone is talking about them. Cryptocurrencies have become one of the most interesting technology tools of the last decade.
7 minute read

Daily Business Review

California Attorney Pleads Guilty in National Securities Fraud

A California attorney pleads guilty to a securities conspiracy charge in a pump-and-dump stock scam.
2 minute read

The Recorder

California Attorney Pleads Guilty in National Securities Fraud

A California attorney pleads guilty to a securities conspiracy charge in a pump-and-dump stock scam.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

BNP Paribas Pleads to Antitrust Conspiracy, Agrees to $90M Fine

The plea is the sixth by a major bank as part of an ongoing DOJ investigation into antitrust and fraud crimes in the FX market.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Decisions Highlight Risk of Unintended Implied Waivers of Privilege

White-collar attorneys will continue to employ the attorney proffer to advance their clients' interests in responding to investigations, even while on occasion accepting the consequence of some limited waiver of privilege over the facts they strategically divulge.
10 minute read

New York Law Journal

Preserving Privilege in Government Investigations in Light of 'SEC v. Herrera'

In terms of practical impact, the decision in 'SEC v. Herrera' appears to expand the scope of materials that may be obtained as a result of actual waiver through disclosure, and further blurs the line between subject matter waiver and actual waiver. Both results unfortunately provide potent new tools for litigants seeking to obtain materials previously considered privileged.
8 minute read

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