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Dechert Used FBI 'for Improper Purposes', Alleged Hacking Victim Claims

In February, Azima accepted Dechert's offer to settle the portion of their dispute playing out in London without any admission of the firm's liability, which involved £3 million in damages and likely many million more in costs.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

'Cheeto-dusted Cartoon Villain'?: Trump Defense Tries to Pierce Michael Cohen's Sober Image

Defense counsel Todd Blanche mined the disbarred lawyer's social-media output in an attempt to show that Cohen was obsessed with his ex-employer, the ex-president.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

British Billionaire's Private Pilot Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion After Insider Trading Indictment

Bryan "Marty" Waugh told U.S. District Judge Jessica G. L. Clarke that he failed to inform the IRS about payments received from his employer.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Michael Cohen Testifies Donald Trump Approved Phony Legal Fees Payments

Cohen was paid $420,000 across 12 months in 2017, he testified. The payments were falsely billed as for "legal services rendered" and would be concealed given his new role as personal attorney to the president.
8 minute read

New York Law Journal

'Wanted To Be a Legend of Wall Street': Fraud Trial Begins for Archegos Executives

Defense counsel Barry Berke said his client, Sung Kook "Bill" Hwang, didn't break the law in the run-up to the the collapse of a $36 billion investment fund.
3 minute read

Law.com

U.S. Regulators Emphasize Pursuit of Enforcement Actions Against Non-U.S. Persons and Entities

The guidance mirrors the recent, broader impulse among U.S. prosecutors and regulatory agencies to extend application of U.S. law to foreign persons and entities, even when those persons and entities have only threadbare connections to the U.S.
11 minute read

New York Law Journal

Ex-Trump Org CFO Weisselberg Could Take Stand at Criminal Trial

The issue arose as prosecutors wound down their case in chief. An assistant Manhattan DA said the prosecution had two more witnesses and could rest by the end of next week.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Growing Exterritorial Expansion of RICO

Within months of the Supreme Court's decision in 'Yegiazaryan v. Smagin', a significant number of federal appellate courts applied the new precedent with impressive speed, thoroughness and consistency. In doing so, the Courts of Appeals have expanded the scope of RICO into terrain in which older decisions had not dared to tread.
16 minute read

New York Law Journal

Trump Defense Errors Allowed Sexual Details Into Evidence, Merchan Rules

Defense denial of any affair between Donald Trump and Stormy Daniels during their opening statements immediately "pitted" Daniels' credibility against Trump's, allowing explicit testimony, the judge ruled.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Ex-Board Member of Trump Media SPAC Merger Partner Is Guilty in Insider Trading Case

Prosecutors had accused Garelick of using information he obtained through his seat on the board of Digital World Acquisition Corporation to tip off two Florida brothers about the upcoming SPAC merger.
3 minute read

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