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.
By Cogan Schneier | June 12, 2017
Other nominees include offices in Alabama, Oklahoma, Ohio and Utah.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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