By C. Ryan Barber | November 1, 2017
The 12-count indictment against Paul Manafort and a business partner this week rattled Washington's K Street lobbying corps, as lawyers and consultants now find themselves forced to reassess their past disclosures and future compliance with rules that govern advocacy for foreign clients.
By Colby Hamilton | November 1, 2017
Joseph Meli, the man accused of executing a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme that lured investors in with promises of substantial profits from the resale of tickets to the Broadway hit “Hamilton” and other big shows pleaded guilty Tuesday to security fraud, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York announced.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Bill Maguire, Terence Healy and Valerie Cahan | November 1, 2017
In this Outside Counsel article, Bill Maguire, Terence Healy and Valerie Cahan write: The impacts of 'Kokesh' in SEC enforcement proceedings are significant and will unfold quickly in the coming years.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By William F. Johnson | November 1, 2017
In his Corporate Crime column, William F. Johnson writes: As the season changes to fall, and baseball playoffs and football dominate sports headlines, the home field advantage has proven important once again. But in the regulatory litigation game, it appears that even a home field advantage cannot help the Securities and Exchange Commission consistently win its enforcement trials in administrative proceedings.
By Cheryl Miller | November 1, 2017
McGregor Scott, an Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe white-collar partner in Sacramento, will be President Donald Trump's pick to lead the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of California, a post he earlier held in the George W. Bush administration.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By P.J. Dannunzio | November 1, 2017
Former Pennsylvania Treasurer Barbara Hafer has been sentenced to three years' probation for lying to federal agents investigating pay-to-play politics in state and local government.
By Christine Simmons | October 31, 2017
According to court records Monday, a plea agreement hearing is set for Nov. 20 in Newark.
By C. Ryan Barber | October 31, 2017
A Washington federal district judge this month ordered a former lawyer for Paul Manafort to testify before the grand jury convened as part of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russia's meddling in the 2016 presidential election, according to a court ruling unsealed Monday. U.S. District Chief Judge Beryl Howell rejected the argument that the testimony, from an Akin Gump partner in Washington, would violate two shields that provide some protection to attorney communication and work product.
By C. Ryan Barber | Cogan Schneier | October 31, 2017
Judge Amy Berman Jackson of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has been assigned to oversee the special counsel's case against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort.
By Miriam Rozen | October 30, 2017
Plus: What happened to Rick Gates' lawyer at Vinson & Elkins?
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