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New York Law Journal

Applying the Proportionality Standard Under Rule 26 Against the SEC in Enforcement Proceedings

Sarah Cave and Terence Healy examine how the proportionality standard under Rule 26 can be used to limit deposition discovery of the government in enforcement proceedings brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Buchwald Signals Defeat for Objections in LIBOR Class Suits

At a fairness hearing Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald indicated she has no issue with the fairness of the proposed settlements in a leading LIBOR class action.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Ballard Spahr Adds Another Partner With SEC Pedigree

Ballard Spahr is continuing to emphasize growth in its securities practice.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Where's the Damages? Proposed LIBOR Class Settlements Leave One Objector Wondering

Arent Fox's Les Jacobowitz asked but no one—not class counsel, the judge, and certainly not the banks—had an answer. So he tried to answer the question himself, and in doing so hopes to convince Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald to blow up proposed settlements with the banks.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

SEC Says Former KPMG Employees Used Leaked Inspection Info to Dodge Audit Review Problems

According to the SEC, former inspectors from the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board used information about upcoming audit reviews to scrub their work on behalf of KPMG clients.
3 minute read

Litigation Daily

Daily Dicta: Litigator of the Week; Dissecting the News of Selendy and Gay's Departure From Quinn Emanuel

A touching tribute by our litigator of the week, Sullivan & Cromwell's Robert Giuffra Jr., to his mentor and friend Vince DeBlasi, plus a look at the PR (or lack thereof) when Philippe Selendy and Faith Gay left Quinn Emanuel.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

FCPA Remedies: Where Do We Stand?

International Criminal Law and Enforcement columnists Philip Patterson and Vera Kachnowski write: The end of 2017 marked both the 40th anniversary of the FCPA and a $965 million FCPA settlement with Swedish telecommunications company, Telia Company AB. As we begin the new year, FCPA watchers will be closely monitoring how remedies such as this evolve under both SEC and DOJ authority, in light of other 2017 developments.
8 minute read

National Law Journal

SCOTUS Picks O'Melveny Partner to Argue in Case Challenging SEC Judges

New York litigator Anton Metlitsky, a former clerk to Chief Justice John Roberts Jr., received the nod to argue his first-ever Supreme Court case after the Justice Department abandoned its defense.
3 minute read

Litigation Daily

Litigator of the Week: This One's For You, Vince

"To the extent we won this case, it's really not my victory. It's much more a victory for Vince [DiBlasi], and all the other partners at the firm that were trained by Vince.”
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

HSBC Agrees to $101M Penalty to Settle FX 'Front Running' Investigation

Documents released Thursday show the bank's foreign exchange traders made "front running" trades ahead of transactions for clients who hired the bank to handle currency conversions.
3 minute read

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