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Swiss Asset Manager Charged With Conspiring to Hide Millions in Swiss Bank Account

Law Firms / February 7, 2014

Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Toni Weirauch, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (“IRS-CI”), announced the indictment today of PETER AMREIN, an asset manager at a Swiss asset management firm who assisted U.S. taxpayer- clients and […]

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Adult Day Care Center Operators Sentenced for Conspiring to Bribe NY State Assemblyman

Law Firms / February 7, 2014

Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that IGOR BELYANSKY and DAVID BINMAN were sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to 20 and nine months in prison, respectively, for conspiring to pay approximately $20,000 in bribes to former New York State Assemblyman Eric Stevenson in exchange for Stevenson’s

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Wolf of Wall Street Litigation Lessons

Featured / February 6, 2014

Like a gathering of old friends, the multiple lawyers involved in the defense and prosecution of Jordan Belfort and Stratton Oakmont – the “Wolf of Wall Street” principal and his firm – joined a law school discussion to consider and debate the case and the sex and drugs portrayed in the movie. “The Wolf of

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The Outrage of the Affluenza Case

US Law / February 6, 2014

It’s the “Affluenza” case that has victims and many others appalled. Should Ethan Couch, a 17 year old who grew up with a sense of entitlement and poor judgment who became involved in drunk driving fatality, be simply placed on probation instead of drawing a jail term? Couch was sentenced by a Texas judge, Jean

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Statementof US Attorney Bharara on Conviction of Mathew Martoma

Law Firms / February 6, 2014

“As the jury unanimously found, Mathew Martoma cultivated and purchased the confidence of doctors with secret knowledge of an experimental Alzheimer’s drug, and used it to engage in illegal insider trading. Martoma bought the answer sheet before the exam – more than once – netting a quarter billion dollars in profits and losses avoided for

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Paintings Stolen by Nazis Return to Poland

Featured, US Law / February 6, 2014

Paintings of Johann Conrad Seekatz that were stolen by the Nazis during World War II are to be returned to Poland, the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Preet Bahara has announced. The paintings are of the Johann Conrad Seekatz painting, “St. Philip Baptizing a Servant of Queen Kandaki” (the “Seekatz Painting”),

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Assange Accuser’s Lawyer Criticizes Police

Lawyers / February 6, 2014

A lawyer for one of the women who allege was raped by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has criticized police and others for inerfering in the matter, saying her client was not “out for revenge”. “Why have courts when we can hold votes in daily newspapers and televised debates?” Massi Fritz wrote in the commentary in

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Florida Man Charged With Trafficking in Counterfeit Electronic Devices for Honda & Acura Cars

Law Firms / February 6, 2014

LOS ANGELES – A Florida man was charged today with trafficking in counterfeit electronic engine control devices manufactured and marketed by a Southern California company for use in modified Honda and Acura vehicles. Marc Heera, 24, of Sunrise, Florida, was charged with one count of trafficking in counterfeit goods, an offense that carries a statutory

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Philip Seymour Hoffman Lawsuit Launched by Alleged Lover

Featured, Lawyers / February 6, 2014

The man who found Philip Seymour Hoffman dead is suing the National Enquirer after a claim that he was the deceased actor’s lover. David Bar Katz, a screenwriter, is suing for $50 million. He said there was no interview with the tabloid and his lawyer has said the claim is untrue and that Bar Katz

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The End of BigLaw

Featured, Law Firm Management, Law Firms / February 6, 2014

Law firms are changing for good. This weekend in New York a new book on the so-called “NewLaw” launches to discuss how the rules for how law firms operate will change forever. How so? Australian consultant, writer, speaker and associate professor George Beaton, a partner in Beaton Capital, generated his ebook after writing a blog

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