White Collar Crime

  • The American Lawyer

    Linklaters Associate Is Latest Big Firm Lawyer Tied to Insider Trading Charges

    By Roy Strom | July 12, 2017

    Fei Yan, 31, was arrested on Wednesday on insider trading charges in a case that alleges he profited from knowledge garnered by his wife, a Linklaters associate working on M&A deals.

  • New York Law Journal

    14 Indicted in Multistate Pump-and-Dump Scheme

    By B. Colby Hamilton | July 12, 2017

    A pump-and-dump sting that stretched from New York to San Diego netted 14 in connection with an alleged $147 million stock manipulation scheme, the Eastern District U.S. Attorney's Office announced Wednesday.

  • National Law Journal

    What the Election-Law Camp Is Saying About Donald Trump Jr.'s Emails

    By Marcia Coyle | July 12, 2017

    Alan Futerfas, a lawyer for Donald Trump Jr., said the disclosure of his client's emails about Russia's work to share dirt on Hillary Clinton was "much ado about nothing." Comments from veteran election law attorneys, however, suggest otherwise—or at least raise more questions for Special Counsel Robert Mueller III's team. What follows is a snapshot of some of what lawyers are telling us and saying around the web about the legal significance of the newly disclosed emails.

  • New York Law Journal

    Applying 'McDonnell,' Circuit Affirms Ex-Assemblyman's Public Corruption Conviction

    By B. Colby Hamilton | July 10, 2017

    With the convictions of Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos on appeal before the circuit, the ruling upholding the conviction of William Boyland Jr. is expected to play less of a role as precedent than as an example of the circuit committing to reviews of the facts of each case specifically to determine what, if any, of the U.S. Supreme Court's public corruption precedent should be applied.

  • New York Law Journal

    Victims' Rights and White-Collar Defense

    By Elkan Abramowitz and Jonathan Sack | July 10, 2017

    White-Collar Crime columnists Elkan Abramowitz and Jonathan Sack discuss the Crime Victim Rights Act, writing: To be sure, advocacy by putative victims can exert influence on prosecutors and courts in a manner that complicates defense of a white-collar case. At the same time, the rights of putative victims may, on occasion, give rise to disclosures that assist the defense.

  • National Law Journal

    As Priorities Shift at DOJ, Health Care Corporate Fraud Strike Force Gutted

    By Sue Reisinger and Kristen Rasmussen | July 10, 2017

    Last fall the U.S. Department of Justice proudly claimed a major victory for its Health Care Corporate Fraud Strike Force when it nailed Tenet Healthcare Corp. for a multimillion-dollar kickback and bribery scheme. It was the strike force's first major victory—it also may have been its last.

  • National Law Journal

    Trump's FBI Pick Christopher Wray Earned $9.2M Partnership Share at King & Spalding

    By Katelyn Polantz and Mike Scarcella | July 10, 2017

    Christopher Wray, the King & Spalding white-collar partner who was nominated to replace fired FBI director James Comey, reported earning $9.2 million in his partnership share from 2016 and so far this year, according to financial documents made available Monday. Wray, a King & Spalding partner for nearly 12 years in the firm's Washington and Atlanta offices, also revealed numerous big-name clients in the required disclosure, released by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics. Wray is set to appear Wednesday for his confirmation hearing.

  • New York Law Journal

    Class Status Overturned in Suit Against Oil Company

    By Andrew Denney | July 7, 2017

    The district judge presiding over a proposed securities fraud class action suit against Brazilian petroleum giant Petrobras should have taken a closer look at the types of stock purchases the plaintiffs made before class certification, an appeals court has ruled.

  • New York Law Journal

    Ex-Broker Gets 18 Months for Securities Fraud Scheme

    By B. Colby Hamilton | July 7, 2017

    Gerald Cocuzzo pleaded guilty to a single count of securities fraud after prosecutors alleged he was part of a scheme to defraud investors in the LED lighting company ForceField by controlling the price and volume of its shares.

  • New Jersey Law Journal

    'Runner' Scheme Means Prison for NJ Brothers

    By Michael Booth | July 6, 2017

    Two Colts Neck brothers have been sentenced to six-and-a-half-year prison terms for operating an insurance fraud ring in which they paid "runners" to recruit car crash victims as patients for chiropractic facilities they owned and operated.

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