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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

Corporate Counsel

How to Prepare for an Antibribery Risk Assessment

Antibribery risk assessments are key to helping your company understand the specific corruption risks that it faces and determining how to fine-tune your compliance program to address and mitigate those risks.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Zappala Seeks Eckert Seamans' Disqualification in RICO Suit

Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott's representation in a civil suit of the convicted co-owner of the juvenile detention facilities at the heart of the "kids-for-cash" scandal is under fire given the firm represented one of the detained juveniles who sued the co-owner and others.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Dewey Defendants Win Access to Firm Financials

Former leaders of Dewey & LeBoeuf who are facing criminal charges have been granted limited access to the firm's accounting system as they prepare for a trial anticipated to start early next year.
2 minute read

National Law Journal

SAS Institute Inc.

Selling software to corporations around the globe that collect all sorts of data demands that SAS Institute Inc. know the intricacies of compliance law here and abroad.
4 minute read

Litigation Daily

Madoff Trustee Loses Bid to Block Fairfield, Merkin Deals

Irving Picard, the trustee tasked with unwinding Bernie Madoff's investment firm, has hit another wall in his efforts to block two big-dollar settlements with companies that once funneled cash into Madoff's Ponzi fraud.
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Global Anticorruption Efforts Aimed at Financial Services

Financial service companies need to prepare for more antibribery and anticorruption legislation, and increased enforcement around the world.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Prison for Trading on Insider Knowledge of Marvel Deal

A San Francisco man was sentenced on Thursday to three months in federal prison for buying Marvel Entertainment Inc. stock just before its $4.64 billion sale to The Walt Disney Co. based on what prosecutors alleged were insider tips from his girlfriend.
2 minute read

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