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Corporate Counsel

For Avon, $135M FCPA Settlement Is Just a Start

While Avon Products Inc. works to resolve its long-running Foreign Corrupt Practices Act case, its proposed settlement is part of a recent trend in overseas bribery cases.
4 minute read

Law.com

Smith & Wesson Pays $2M in Overseas Bribery Penalties

Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. agreed on Monday to pay $2 million to settle charges brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission claiming that the firearms manufacturer bribed foreign officials to boost sales.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Acquitted Lawyers' Lives, Practices Shaken by Six-Year RICO Case

"All's well that ends well" is one way to look at what happened to three lawyers charged with criminal racketeering and fraud, who were acquitted by a federal jury July 3.
7 minute read

The American Lawyer

Discala Pleads Not Guilty, Released on $2 Million Bail

OmniView Capital's Abraxas Discala faces federal charges of securities fraud for an alleged $300 million stock manipulation scheme.
2 minute read

The American Lawyer

Dewey & LeBoeuf: Connecting More Dots

If you thought the story of Dewey & LeBoeuf ended when the firm declared bankruptcy, you're wrong. The best is yet to come.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Round 2 in the SEC's Case Against State Street Execs

In the wake of the financial crisis, government regulators have been widely criticized for failing to hold more individuals accountable, but a pending case by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission against two former executives at State Street Bank and Trust Co. shows how difficult in practice it can be to make charges stick.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Dirty Broward Sheriff's Deputy Sentenced To 1 Year, 1 Day

Former Broward sheriff's Deputy of the Year Jeff Poole sacrificed his 26-year law enforcement career and all his accolades to do con man's Scott Rothstein's dirty work.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Movie Graphics Production Firm Faces $82M Fraud Lawsuit

The implosion of a movie graphics production company has led to an $82 million fraud lawsuit filed by a state agency.
3 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Judge Scolds Securities Trader During Fraud Case Sentencing

A Connecticut federal judge has sentenced a former Wall Street trader to two years in prison for securities fraud, saying he took advantage of a government bailout program.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Claims It Was Bamboozled by Special Effects Company

The implosion of a movie graphics production company has led to an $82 million fraud lawsuit brought by the state of Florida.
3 minute read

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