Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that STEPHEN M. CALK was convicted of financial institution bribery and conspiracy to commit financial institution bribery, for corruptly using his position as the head of a federally-insured bank to issue millions of dollars in high-risk loans to Paul Manafort in exchange […]
Kirkland & Ellis has hired Rachael Coffey, a former New York M&A partner at Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison – the second time the firm has taken a new partner from Paul Weiss. Kirkland & Ellis are the largest firm in revenue terms. The announcement of Coffey’s move Monday comes almost two years to
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CMS UK disclosed a muted set of financial results this week with revenues inching up from £566m to £567m as global income increased 3% from €1.426bn to €1.475bn with a slowing growth on the previous year. CMS Press Release – CMS, the leading global law firm, today announces revenues for the financial year January-December
Leading crown prosecutors Deb Davies and Guy Carter have joined Ben Vanderkolk as partners in BVA The Practice. Deb Davies has been with BVA since 2005 and has been a senior crown prosecutor for 16 years. She has led more than 200 trials in the High and District Courts and is highly respected by police
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Washington D.C., July 9, 2021 — Powered by LawFuel The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged three individuals with insider trading in advance of an announcement by Long Blockchain Company (formerly known as Long Island Iced Tea Co.) that it was going to “pivot” from its existing beverage business to blockchain technology, which caused the company’s
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Apostolos Trovias, a/k/a “The Bull,” Used the Dark Web and Encrypted Messaging Services to Solicit, Offer, and Sell Inside Information Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”),
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It may be more usual for US law firms to steal a march on their City-based competitors in London, but for Freshfields’ their 2020 move to Silicon Valley and poaching of legal talent is paying off in terms of deals. Reuters report that Freshfields’ July 2020 launch of their Silicon Valley office has seen
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Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that MICHAEL AVENATTI was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court by United States District Judge Paul G. Gardephe to 30 months in prison for attempting to extort NIKE, Inc., and for defrauding a client. AVENATTI was previously found guilty on
Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that RICHARD RUBIN, a disbarred attorney, pled guilty in Manhattan federal court to securities fraud. RUBIN’s guilty plea results from his involvement in a fraudulent scheme in which he falsely represented that he was a licensed attorney in signing
Donald Trump has started a class action lawsuit against Twitter, Google and Facebook, announced in a press conference on Wednesday and as a result of the tech companies banning or blocking him from posting on their networks. “We’re asking the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida to order an immediate halt
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