Epstein Accuser Says Dershowitz Is Using Fees To Bully Her
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Epstein Accuser Says Dershowitz Is Using Fees To Bully Her
An alleged Jeffrey Epstein victim has said that right-wing personality Michael Cemovich's request to compel her to pay costs in a Second Circuit appeal is an attempt by Cernovich and Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz to intimidate her, prompting Cernovich to apologize and distance himself from the professor.
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Rakoff Gives 5 Months To Jeweler Tipped By Ex-S&P Analyst
A French jeweler who traded on an inside tip from former Standard & Poor's analyst Sebastian Pinto-Thomaz was sentenced to five months in prison Tuesday by Manhattan U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff, who rejected his bid for no prison in part because he later took a second tip.
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Binary Options Boss Defends Lying To Clients In $145M Fraud
An Israeli binary options executive on trial for her alleged role in a $145 million investment scam took the stand Tuesday to tell a Maryland federal jury that she may have lied to clients about her name and her experience in financial markets, but she never misled investors about the financial product. Read full article »
5th Circ. Vacates 1912/ -Year Sentence Over 'Plain' Mistake
The Fifth Circuit vacated Monday the 19%-year sentence of a Mexican businessman who participated in a $14 million Ponzi scheme, finding a lower court's "plain" mistake raised his offense level by one point and skewed the sentencing guidelines.
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British Art Broker Gets 4 To 12 Years In Prison For $10M Theft
A confessed high-dollar art swindler was sentenced in New York state court on Tuesday to at least four years in state prison for stealing at least $10 million from his clients in a scheme involving paintings by Pablo Picasso and Marc Chagall.
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Dewey Impersonator Accused Of Hiding Cushy IT Job
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A convicted New Jersey fraudster who served prison time for impersonating representatives of the defunct Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP and a bank violated his probation by concealing his high-paid executive job at a Massachusetts information technology firm, according to a federal court filing Monday.
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Engine Maker's Ex-CEO Pleads Not Guilty In $25M Fraud Case
The former CEO of an Illinois-based alternative-energy engine maker pled not guilty Tuesday to charges that he and two other company executives engaged in an accounting fraud scheme that inflated company revenues by $25 million.
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No New Trial For Convicted Life Time Fitness Trader
An Illinois federal judge on Tuesday rejected a California trader's bid for an acquittal or a new trial after a jury had convicted him of participating in a conspiracy to trade Life Time Fitness Inc. stock before the gym chain announced an impending take-private acquisition, ruling that the government had sufficiently proved the charge.
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Ex-IT Firm CEO To Pay $2.9M SEC Judgment In Fraud Case
The former CEO of bankrupt IT company Quadrant 4 System Corp. has agreed to pay $2.9 million to resolve the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's suit alleging he embezzled millions out of the company and filed false financial statements to cover it up.
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Dubai Watchdog Fines Abraaj $315M For Deceiving Clients
The Dubai Financial Services Authority slapped a $315 million fine on two Abraaj Group companies Tuesday — the largest penalty it's ever imposed — saying the defunct private equity firm misused investors' money and then tried to cover it up.
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Micronesian Transportation Official Gets 1½ Years For Bribery
A Micronesian government official was sentenced to a year and a half in prison for his role in a bribery and money laundering scheme to secure engineering project contracts for a U.S. firm with the Pacific island nation, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday.
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Chicago Area Ex-Teamsters Head Admits Extortion Scheme
A former Teamsters regional leader admitted Tuesday in Illinois federal court that he extorted a business for at least $325,000 through threats of work stoppages and filing false labor and tax documents.
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Hacker Arrest Provides Rare Insight Into Capital One Breach
Court filings accusing a Seattle software engineer of stealing the personal data of 106 million Capital One consumers — one of the largest bank data breaches ever — reveal a rare amount of detail about the historic hack into the credit-card issuer's rented cloud computing server.
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SFO Defends Talks With ENRC Lawyer In £70M Suit
A former lawyer for Eurasia Natural Resources Corp. had been given permission to tell the Serious Fraud Office that senior managers had allegedly paid bribes and were suspected of corruption, the agency said as it hit back at the mining company's lawsuit challenging the investigation.
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Texas Man Guilty Of Conspiracy In China Trade Secrets Case
A Houston man accused of helping a Chinese manufacturer steal trade secrets from a U.S. drilling company was convicted Monday of one count of conspiracy and acquitted of two other counts.
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Effective Compliance Programs Look Beyond DOJ Guidance
Emphasis on adherence to the recently issued U.S. Department of Justice guidance on corporate ethics and compliance programs is well-intended but might be diverting focus away from developing the programs and protocols necessary to yield lasting change, says Patricia Hamed of the Ethics & Compliance Initiative.
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LEGAL INDUSTRY
Global 20: Baker McKenzie
Baker McKenzie LLP has spent the past year helping clients navigate multibillion-dollar transactions that span continents, including Japanese giant Hitachi's $11 billion purchase of a Swiss power grid business, landing the firm on Law360's Global 20 list for the ninth year in a row.
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Senate OKs Greenberg Vet In Race To Confirm 19 Judges
The U.S. Senate confirmed three new judges — including a Greenberg Traurig attorney — for Arizona, Texas and North Dakota district courts Tuesday in the first round of a wave of President Donald Trump's judicial picks Republicans want to clear before leaving for recess at week's end. Read full article »
Ex-Trump Adviser Returns To Baker Donelson Via Alliance
A recently departed policy adviser to President Donald Trump has returned to Baker Donelson, inking a strategic alliance to work for the law firm in Washington, D.C., a Tuesday announcement said.
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Ex-Ogletree Lawyers Abandon Push To Take Over Bias Suit
Two female attorneys who sought to take the helm of a suit accusing employment law giant Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC of systemic sex discrimination after the original plaintiff was forced into arbitration have dropped their claims, according to a California federal court filing.
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Baker McKenzie Accused Of Mishandling Sex Assault Claim
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Attorney regulatory authorities in the U.K. have referred Baker McKenzie LLP to the country's disciplinary tribunal over allegations the firm allowed a then-partner in London to sully a 2012 internal sexual assault investigation, documents made public Tuesday show.
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White & Williams Slams 'Small-Bore' Claims In Atty Bias Suit
White and Williams LLP fired back Tuesday against a May lawsuit from one of its attorneys alleging a culture of rampant racial and gender bias in the workplace, writing off the claims as a "catalogue of small-bore grievances" that failed to show any actual discrimination.
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Jones Day Pro Bono Work 'Was A Fiasco,' Ex-Clients Claim
Two Orange County mobile home owners say Jones Day provided pro bono legal services that were "a fiasco" and ultimately left them homeless, according to a suit filed in California state court.
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Dentons To Combine With Heavyweight New Zealand Firm
Dentons and leading New Zealand law firm Kensington Swan intend to combine, they said Tuesday, allowing both to expand their presence in the Australasian region and connect clients to a greater range of legal experts.
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