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Rising Stars 2014: Jamila M. Hall | 35

Jamila Hall is committed to justice, whether it is found in her white-collar defense and business and tort litigation practice at Jones Day, her past as an assistant U.S. attorney or as a child writing a brief to her parents citing the Bill of Rights and the Constitution on why her curfew should be extended.
3 minute read

Law.com

The Global Lawyer: Hamas on Trial

As Israeli-Palestinian violence swirls anew, a jury judges the terror crimes of old.
12 minute read

New York Law Journal

Ex-Bronx GOP Chairman Disbarred After Conviction

Joseph J. Savino has been disbarred as a result of pleading guilty to his role in a scheme to buy a spot on the mayoral ballot for a state senator, according to an order from Second Department panel.
2 minute read

The Recorder

Federal Trade Commission v. Kimoto

By | August 15, 2014
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

The Wrongful Act Requirement for Piercing the Corporate Veil

In their Commercial Division Update, George Bundy Smith and Thomas J. Hall review recent decisions that make it clear that abuse of the corporate form is not enough to impose a corporation's liabilities on its shareholders. A party seeking to pierce the corporate veil needs to prove a wrong committed against it, and must also establish a causal connection between the abuse of the corporate form and the wrongful conduct for which relief is sought.
11 minute read

New York Law Journal

Compliance Officers Beware: A Firm's Failure Can Get Personal

Linda Riefberg and Joseph Dever write that the SEC and FINRA currently have different approaches to Compliance Officers. The SEC requires as a threshold matter supervisory responsibility over other individuals. FINRA, on the other hand, is satisfied if the compliance professional has supervisory responsibilities over businesses or program areas that had failures, even if the person was not an actual supervisor.
11 minute read

Litigation Daily

FCPA Targets Ask Supreme Court to Define 'Foreign Official'

With their clients facing a combined 22 years in prison, lawyers at Perkins Coie and Foley & Lardner are urging the U.S. Supreme to shed light on what it means to bribe a foreign official in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
3 minute read

Litigation Daily

Judge Trims Madoff Trustee's Suit Against Merkin Funds

Irving Picard of Baker & Hostetler, the liquidation trustee for Bernie Madoff's fraud-soaked investment firm, suffered a second setback this week in his bankruptcy court fight with J. Ezra Merkin and the Madoff feeder funds he managed.
4 minute read

International Edition

Coming clean - the argument for cooperating with the SFO on corporate crime

There is an overwhelming imperative on executives who suspect corruption in their organisation to speak up, argues the SFO's Ben Morgan
6 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Corruption Risk Can Surge After Regime Change

A change in governmental leadership often leads to a climate ripe for bribery as companies rely on third-party intermediaries to do their business.
1 minute read

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