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Corporate Counsel

Autonomy CEO Acquitted on All Counts in HP Fraud Trial

A federal jury on Thursday found the British tech tycoon not guilty of 14 counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy.
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New York Law Journal

Partners in Westchester Accounting Firm Plead Guilty to Conspiracy to Defraud the IRS

Defendants were accused of scheming to conceal their clients' personal income and conceal wages paid to their clients' employees, reducing their payroll tax liability.
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New York Law Journal

Trump Seeks to Lift Manhattan Gag Order Following Guilty Verdict

The Manhattan DA's office, in response, opposed "any immediate termination" of the order.
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Corporate Counsel

'Follow the Money': Feds Close Case Against Michael Lynch in HP Fraud Trial

"Dr. Lynch essentially testified that he doesn't read his email," Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Leach told the jury. "There's no reason to think he wasn't paying attention."
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

'Not Your Typical Conviction': Past Fraud, Contempt Findings Against Trump Likely to Inform Sentencing, Experts Say

This may be Donald Trump's first criminal conviction, but observers say his past fraud and contempt findings make a non-carceral sentence far from assured.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

SDNY US Attorney Names New Deputy, Executive Assistant US Attorneys

Edward Kim, who served as an assistant U.S. attorney from 2008 to 2017, rejoined the office in February after co-founding the litigation boutique now known as Krieger Lewin with two other alums of the SDNY.
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New York Law Journal

Outgoing SDNY Deputy US Attorney Lands at Skadden

Andrea Griswold had been in the U.S. Attorney's Office for more than a decade, moving from line prosecutor to chief counsel to the U.S. attorney and then to deputy U.S. attorney.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Feds Using Data Analytics to Turbocharge Insider Trading Enforcement

"There are very powerful tools out there that the government is using, and they're clearly going to get better and better," said Shannon Eagan, a partner at Cooley.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Likely Trump Hush Money Appeal Could Center on New York Election Law Theory

"I think the odds are against getting the conviction reversed," said Richard Schoenstein, vice chair of Tarter, Krinsky & Drogin. "But there are genuine issues."
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Ambiguity of Trump Gag Order Leaves Him at Risk of Contempt, Jail

"You could fashion an argument that the restrictions on speech generally are really geared toward protecting the trial or any interference with the trial, but the jurors' safety issue is one that would continue past them returning a verdict," opined one observer. Trump's defense team did not seek clarification of the orders following his conviction on Thursday.
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