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Neil Gorsuch Once Decried the Ever-Increasing Number of Criminal Laws

Neil Gorsuch, standing before an audience of conservative lawyers in Washington several years ago, decried the thousands of federal criminal statutes on the books. "And the spigot keeps pouring, with hundreds of new statutory crimes inked every few years," Gorsuch, now President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, said then. Gorsuch's confirmation would bring some comfort to the white-collar defense bar and business advocates.
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Litigation Daily

War Stories: David Boies on the Long Fight—and 'Maddening' Finale—in Defending Hank Greenberg

In an interview by phone from a sailboat in the Caribbean, David Boies tells the story of how he whittled down the epic litigation against ex-AIG CEO Hank Greenberg, why the case finally settled after 12 years of fighting and what he thinks of New York AG Eric Schneiderman's attempt to spin the settlement.
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New York Law Journal

Choi v. Tower Research Capital LLC

By | February 16, 2017
Korean Futures Contract Price Manipulation Suit Dismissed; Platform Not American Exchange
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New York Law Journal

Due Process Rights in Multi-Jurisdiction Shareholder Derivative Actions

Corporate and Securities Litigation columnists Mark D. Harris and Margaret A. Dale write: In several recent cases, the Delaware Court of Chancery has addressed due process issues arising out of shareholder derivative actions. The Delaware Supreme Court has now taken up the baton in a case that raised the question of when a court in a subsequent action is obligated to honor an earlier dismissal of a shareholder derivative action for failure to plead demand futility.
18 minute read

The American Lawyer

Sidley Recruits Ex-SEC Associate Enforcement Director

Stephen Cohen, who spent the past five years as associate director of enforcement at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, has joined Sidley Austin as a securities and derivatives enforcement and regulatory partner in Washington, D.C.
23 minute read

New York Law Journal

SEC Charges Chinese Investors Over $56M Insider-Trading Windfall

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced charges Friday against a Chinese investment manager and five brokerage account holders for allegedly reaping $56 million from insider trades in advance of the 2016 Comcast-DreamWorks merger.
4 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

Robinson Lets Common-Law Fraud Claims Stand in Fisker Litigation

A Delaware federal judge on Tuesday let stand common-law fraud claims in a securities fraud suit accusing Fisker Automotive Holdings Inc. executives of withholding important information regarding the state of the now-bankrupt hybrid car company's business.
10 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Google Alerts, Blogs and Deep Dives: Keeping Up with Deregulation

The early days of the Trump administration have come as a gift horse for opponents of the Dodd-Frank Act, the 2010 financial reform law the president and Congress are moving swiftly to shred. The flurry of activity has Covington & Burling's Keir Gumbs in Washington feeling more like a news reporter than a Big Law partner. Still, Gumbs and other lawyers are telling clients not to rest easy.
14 minute read

New York Law Journal

Jones v. Party City Holdco, Inc.

By | February 07, 2017
Firm's Success Due to 'Frozen' Movie Rejected; Securities Act §§11, 12 Violation Not Pleaded
3 minute read

The Recorder

Sharemaster v. U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission

By | February 02, 2017
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