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New York Law Journal

Victims' Rights and White-Collar Defense

White-Collar Crime columnists Elkan Abramowitz and Jonathan Sack discuss the Crime Victim Rights Act, writing: To be sure, advocacy by putative victims can exert influence on prosecutors and courts in a manner that complicates defense of a white-collar case. At the same time, the rights of putative victims may, on occasion, give rise to disclosures that assist the defense.
11 minute read

National Law Journal

As Priorities Shift at DOJ, Health Care Corporate Fraud Strike Force Gutted

Last fall the U.S. Department of Justice proudly claimed a major victory for its Health Care Corporate Fraud Strike Force when it nailed Tenet Healthcare Corp. for a multimillion-dollar kickback and bribery scheme. It was the strike force's first major victory—it also may have been its last.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Trump's FBI Pick Christopher Wray Earned $9.2M Partnership Share at King & Spalding

Christopher Wray, the King & Spalding white-collar partner who was nominated to replace fired FBI director James Comey, reported earning $9.2 million in his partnership share from 2016 and so far this year, according to financial documents made available Monday. Wray, a King & Spalding partner for nearly 12 years in the firm's Washington and Atlanta offices, also revealed numerous big-name clients in the required disclosure, released by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics. Wray is set to appear Wednesday for his confirmation hearing.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Class Status Overturned in Suit Against Oil Company

The district judge presiding over a proposed securities fraud class action suit against Brazilian petroleum giant Petrobras should have taken a closer look at the types of stock purchases the plaintiffs made before class certification, an appeals court has ruled.
13 minute read

New York Law Journal

Ex-Broker Gets 18 Months for Securities Fraud Scheme

Gerald Cocuzzo pleaded guilty to a single count of securities fraud after prosecutors alleged he was part of a scheme to defraud investors in the LED lighting company ForceField by controlling the price and volume of its shares.
2 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

'Runner' Scheme Means Prison for NJ Brothers

Two Colts Neck brothers have been sentenced to six-and-a-half-year prison terms for operating an insurance fraud ring in which they paid "runners" to recruit car crash victims as patients for chiropractic facilities they owned and operated.
6 minute read

The American Lawyer

Former Cayman Islands Finance Lawyer Caught Up In Soccer Corruption Probe

A Cayman Islands' soccer federation official and former longtime associate at offshore law firm Maples and Calder was arrested late last week in connection…
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Covington's LA Office Makes Another Lateral Addition

Carolyn Kubota, a litigator and former member of the policy committee at O'Melveny & Myers, has joined Covington & Burling's new office in Los Angeles.
15 minute read

New York Law Journal

DOJ's Increasing Involvement in Internal Investigations

In his Corporate Crime column, William F. Johnson writes: Corporations and individuals cooperating in government investigations must be sharply focused on finding out the essential facts of the historical conduct at issue—what happened and why it happened. For its part, the government is also sharply focused on what happened and why. In the last few years, however, the interest of the DOJ, in particular, has expanded beyond just the what and why and it is now significantly involved in how companies actually conduct internal investigations.
16 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Mission Matters to Hui Chen, Including Electing Ethical Candidates

Hui Chen, the U.S. Department of Justice's former compliance counsel, who left on June 23, has unleashed her feelings about the Trump administration and her job in a sort of "exit letter" linked to her Twitter account. She called it "Mission Matters."
3 minute read

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