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Connecticut Law Tribune

Mistakes by Lifeguard, Club Led to $12 Million Drowning Verdict

A jury has awarded $12.3 million to the family of a 5-year-old girl who drowned in the indoor pool at Waterbury's Boys & Girls Club in 2008.
7 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Connecticut Ex-Governor Convicted of New Crimes

Former Connecticut Gov. John G. Rowland, who resigned from office a decade ago in a corruption scandal, was convicted Friday of federal charges that he conspired to hide payment for work on two congressional campaigns.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

Ex-Law Firm Controller Pleads Guilty in $960K Theft Case

An ex-controller at a Washington law firm pleaded guilty this week to one count of wire fraud for siphoning nearly a million dollars from the firm's account over a four-year period.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Why Individuals Aren't Prosecuted for Conduct Companies Admit

13 minute read

New York Law Journal

Dodd-Frank's New Deputies—States

In their Federal Civil Enforcement column, Richard Strassberg, William Harrington and Benjamin P. Saul write: In the wake of the Financial Crisis, the federal government has invigorated its civil fraud enforcement. The DOJ has dominated the headlines in this area with a series of significant lawsuits and resolutions involving mortgage lenders. Yet, behind the headlines, a curious, new category of enforcers is emerging to target violations of federal civil consumer financial protection laws: state agencies and attorneys general.
11 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Holder Wants Bigger Corporate Whistleblower Payments

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder called on Congress to offer whistleblowers who speak out against fraud at financial institutions more money as an incentive to come forward.
4 minute read

International Edition

Silence isn't golden: blowing the whistle on corporate crime

In this video, Legal Week Intelligence director of research Des Cahill talks to Benedict Hamilton, a managing director at global investigations firm Kroll, about the findings of the Legal Week Intelligence Benchmarker report - Silence isn't golden: blowing the whistle on corporate crime.
1 minute read

New York Law Journal

SEC Settles With Controller in Dewey LeBoeuf Case

Southern District Judge Valerie Caproni has approved a partial settlement between the SEC and Dewey & LeBoeuf's former controller, Thomas Mullikin.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

Holder Touts Bigger Payouts For Whistleblowers

Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday called on the government to increase rewards for those who blow the whistle on financial crimes, arguing that greater incentives are needed to induce people to come forward with insider information.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Former Hoboken Mayor Disbarred for Taking Bribes

The New Jersey Supreme Court on Sept. 17 disbarred former Hoboken, N.J., mayor Peter Cammarano III, who admitted four years ago that he took $25,000 in bribes from a federal informant in exchange for promising his help in getting approval for a high-rise.
5 minute read

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