By Andrew Denney | July 27, 2017
Lawyers making closing arguments in the securities fraud trial of ex-pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli on Thursday painted contrasting portraits of investors who were allegedly defrauded by the so-called "Pharma Bro."
By Hervé Gouraige | July 27, 2017
Hervé Gouraige writes: The federal courts since the 1960s have imposed criminal sanctions for insider trading violations, based on a statute that authorizes criminal sanctions for violations of rules promulgated by the SEC and an SEC regulation that prohibits, without defining, conduct we have come generally to call "insider trading." Yet, in 1812 the U.S. Supreme Court held that federal courts lack constitutional authority to define criminal conduct and decide common-law criminal cases. It is time for the federal courts to get out of the business of enforcing an administrative agency's rule as a crime.
By Sue Reisinger and C. Ryan Barber | July 25, 2017
The Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday awarded nearly $2.5 million to a government worker who helped regulators launch an investigation and eventually crack down on a company's misconduct, the first such whistleblower bounty issued to an employee of a government agency.
By B. Colby Hamilton | July 25, 2017
Former Long Island investment adviser Tibor Klein, who pleaded guilty Tuesday to a single count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud, was accused of using information obtained from his client and friend, former Arent Fox partner Robert Schulman, about the $3.6 billion merger of Pfizer Inc. and King Pharmaceuticals.
By Kristen Rasmussen | July 25, 2017
Partners at a law firm in Kansas City, Missouri, pleaded guilty to federal charges in connection with a scheme to divert funds from the hospital system that retained them to collect delinquent patient accounts.
By Andrew Denney | July 24, 2017
The securities fraud trial for pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli, now in its fifth week, is grinding to its conclusion.
By Miriam Rozen | July 24, 2017
White-collar defense lawyer Abbe Lowell said he has a "confidential" relationship with Ivanka Trump tied to his work for her husband Jared Kushner.
By By Nicholas M. De Feis and Philip C. Patterson | July 24, 2017
In their International Criminal Law and Enforcement column, Nicholas De Feis and Philip Patterson use the Eastern District case 'U.S. Gasperini' to illustrate the global reach of U.S. computer intrusion laws. They write that the opinion demonstrates how, as technological innovation increasingly blurs any remaining lines between a computer and other electronic devices, U.S. computer anti-intrusion laws may eventually come to cover conduct involving virtually every electronic device in the world.
By Katelyn Polantz | July 21, 2017
Ty Cobb, in his first interview since taking a White House counsel job related to the Russia investigation, explained why he agreed to work with President Donald Trump and what he expects to do.
By Sue Reisinger | July 21, 2017
A recent speech by acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Blanco underscored the increasing cooperation between the DOJ and prosecutors in other countries.
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