New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Ronald S. Sullivan Jr. | July 28, 2023
Silicon Valley founders are known for selling a vision to investors and prospective customers, and then laboring to turn it into a reality. Black entrepreneurs are rarely afforded the same benefit of the doubt. Instead, their efforts are deemed unethical and even criminal.
By Jane Wester | July 28, 2023
U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman of the Southern District of New York imposed the sentence, which also included $44 million in forfeiture and $71 million in restitution.
By Jane Wester | July 27, 2023
Prosecutors said that the Bahamas would not extradite the ex-crypto entrepreneur on charges related to over political contributions.
By Jane Wester | July 26, 2023
U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan of the Southern District of New York said he would impose an interim gag order on Bankman-Fried to give the parties time to file briefs on the question of detention. The final filing is due Aug. 3.
By Jane Wester | July 26, 2023
Attorneys from Skadden are defense counsel to Joe Lewis, 86, founder of a private equity firm, who was charged in an indictment with 16 counts of securities fraud.
By Jane Wester | July 25, 2023
Under the terms of the agreements, which were impacted by case law stemming from the "Bridgegate" affair, the U.S. Attorney will move to dismiss the remaining charges with prejudice presuming the three men follow the law and stay in touch with U.S. Pretrial Services for the next three months.
By Emily Saul | July 20, 2023
Deutsche Bank says former trader Gavin Black has failed to meet the elements necessary to show he was the victim of malicious prosecution. Black was convicted of wire fraud and later exonerated.
New York Law Journal | Expert Opinion
By Elkan Abramowitz and Jonathan Sack | July 20, 2023
In May 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit set aside the convictions of two individuals in the government's high-profile "Varsity Blues" prosecution of fraud and bribery in the college admissions process. In part one of this two-part series, we addressed the court's holding that the government charged an improper "hub and spoke" conspiracy, which resulted in an unfair trial due to the admission of irrelevant prejudicial evidence against defendants. In this article, we address the court's bribery and fraud rulings.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Sarah Hyser-Staub and Conner Porterfield | July 20, 2023
The Supreme Court recently held that when determining culpability in an FCA case, liability turns on a defendant's own subjective belief and not just what an "objectively reasonable" person knew or believed. The court's June 1 decision in Schutte v. SuperValu, No. 21-1326, will greatly impact how future FCA cases are litigated.
By Jane Wester | July 17, 2023
Kasten argued that the best way to protect investors would be to provide cryptocurrency platforms with a path to registration, but federal regulators have so far failed to do so.
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