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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

Corporate Counsel

Construction Company Reaches Deal Over Bribery Case With World Bank, DOJ

The foreign bribery case against CDM Smith Inc., a private engineering and construction firm, cost the company $4 million last week.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

USA v. Weaver

Contractual Disclaimers of Reliance Do Not Render Oral Misrepresentations Immaterial
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Shkreli Lawyer: 'Strange' Client Lacked Intent to Defraud

In opening arguments for the securities fraud trial for pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli, his attorney called on jurors to keep an “open mind” to weigh accusations against a defendant that they may find detestable.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Previously Secret FIFA Report Finds 'Appearance of Improprieties'

FIFA has released a previously secret report revealing "serious problems" with the World Cup bidding process and noting "possible" ethical violations.
3 minute read

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