White Collar Crime

  • The Legal Intelligencer

    Hafer's Plea Deal a 'Sensible' Defense Strategy, Observers Say

    By P.J. D'Annunzio 
and Zack Needles | June 13, 2017

    Despite Richard Ireland's success in avoiding a bribery conviction in March, white-collar attorneys said it was a "sensible" move for former Pennsylvania Treasurer Barbara Hafer to plead guilty to one count of lying to federal agents about consulting fees she received from the Chester County businessman.

  • National Law Journal

    Trump Taps MoFo Alumna as US Attorney in DC

    By Cogan Schneier | June 12, 2017

    Other nominees include offices in Alabama, Oklahoma, Ohio and Utah.

  • National Law Journal

    Law Firms React to Growing Wave of Whistleblower Lawsuits

    By Sue Reisinger | June 12, 2017

    Plaintiffs firms and corporate defense firms have been adding whistleblower law experts as the number of suits proliferates along with the number of state and federal laws that have been enacted allowing qui tam claims.

  • New York Law Journal

    Another Sullivan & Cromwell Partner Tapped for Key SEC Post

    By Christine Simmons | June 9, 2017

    Sullivan & Cromwell saw another of its own chosen this week to serve in the Trump administration, as partner Steven Peikin was named a co-director of enforcement for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission alongside former Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr partner Stephanie Avakian, now the division's acting director.

  • Daily Report Online

    Trump Tweets: King & Spalding Lawyer to Head FBI

    By Katheryn Hayes Tucker and Katelyn Polantz | June 8, 2017

    President Donald Trump tweeted his choice for the new FBI director Wednesday morning – former prosecutor Christopher Wray, now with Atlanta's King & Spalding.

  • New York Law Journal

    Supreme Court Ruling Set to Shake Up SEC Enforcement Landscape

    By B. Colby Hamilton | June 8, 2017

    Both regulators and financial litigators can expect to see cases moving rapidly through the courts in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Kokesh v. Securities and Exchange Commission, observers say.

  • National Law Journal

    Comey Watchers Ask: Where Are the Lawyers?

    By Katelyn Polantz | June 8, 2017

    Among the throngs of suits gathered to watch James Comey Jr. testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday, there was a notable absence: A personal lawyer at the former FBI director's back. But partners from a pair of Am Law 100 firms are said to be counseling Comey.

  • The American Lawyer

    Ex-Wife of Fugitive Former Hunton Partner Accused of Lying to Feds

    By Brian Baxter | June 8, 2017

    Cecily Sturge, the former wife of ex-Hunton & Williams partner Scott Wolas, has been accused of lying to federal agents about his whereabouts and trying to access his law firm retirement benefits. Wolas was arrested in April and charged with perpetrating a $1.5 million real estate fraud after being a fugitive for 20 years.

  • New York Law Journal

    The Significance of 'U.S. v. Blaszczak' for Insider Trading Prosecutions

    By Antonia M. Apps | June 8, 2017

    Antonia M. Apps writes that recent charges brought in the Southern District against a "political intelligence" consultant, the government employee who had been his alleged source of inside information, and three hedge fund analysts whom he tipped marks the second time the government has brought insider trading charges against a "political intelligence" consultant. The case also signals that the government is confident that the recent Supreme Court decision in 'Salman v. United States' has overruled the Second Circuit's personal benefit holding in 'Newman' in its entirety.

  • National Law Journal

    DOJ Advertises for New Compliance Counsel to Succeed Hui Chen

    By Sue Reisinger | June 7, 2017

    The U.S. Department of Justice's Fraud Section is advertising for a new compliance counsel to replace Hui Chen, who was hired in 2015 as a contract adviser to bring an in-house compliance counsel viewpoint into the department. Chen was the first lawyer to hold the post.

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