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Judge Could Accept Gambling Guilty Plea, Circuit Says

The Second Circuit on Wednesday said alleged defects in an indictment are not jurisdictional in nature, meaning a district judge can accept a guilty plea under that indictment.
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Daily Business Review

Who Is Pleading Guilty Now For Role In Rothstein Scheme?

Another lawyer is going down without a fight for helping Scott Rothstein's Ponzi scheme. Plantation lawyer Douglas L. Bates is scheduled to plead guilty to helping Rothstein dupe investors.
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New York Law Journal

Penalty Can Exceed Insider's Own Profits, Circuit Says

An insider trader can be required to disgorge the profits he channeled to others above and beyond the profits he earned for himself, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Tuesday.
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Litigation Daily

Paul Weiss Strikes Out for Contorinis, Scores for Citi at Second Circuit

The firm couldn't reverse a ruling that a client convicted of insider trading must disgorge $7 million. But it did finish off a fraud case brought against longtime client Citigroup Inc. by a group of Norwegian investors represented by Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman.
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Report Says FDIC Failed Bank Litigation on the Rise

Between 2010 and the end of 2013, the FDIC recovered at least $3.8 billion from lawsuits.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

U.S. v. Kenneth Hampton, PICS Case No. 14-0215 (E.D. Pa. Jan. 28, 2014) Surrick, J. (17 pages).

By | February 18, 2014
Counterfeit • Sentencing • Ineffectiveness of Counsel
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Daily Report Online

Feds Accuse Hindu Leader of Fraud

3 minute read

National Law Journal

Risk Management — Beware of the Enforcers

The government will fix its focus on the health care, energy and manufacturing sectors in 2014.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

DOJ Criminal Division Nominee Outlines Enforcement Priorities

Veteran white-collar defender Leslie Caldwell told Congress last week she would apply criminal laws with equal force if confirmed as the next head of the U.S. Department of Justice's Criminal Division.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Justice Department Gives Banks Marijuana Guidance

The U.S. Department of Justice issued long-awaited guidance Friday to clarify the hazy legal landscape over when financial institutions risk prosecution for providing services to marijuana-related businesses.
3 minute read

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