WASHINGTON, D.C. – Foley & Lardner LLP announced today that Jessica Matelis, who most recently served as a senior counsel in the Division of Enforcement at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, is joining the firm’s Washington, D.C. office as a partner in the Securities Enforcement & Litigation Practice. While at the SEC, Matelis led
Skadden – Over the last few years, three notable Delaware cases — C&J Energy, Corwinand Trulia — have paved the way for a dramatic shift in the deal litigation landscape. In C&J Energy Services, Inc. v. City of Miami General Employees’ and Sanitation Employees’ Retirement Trust (2014), the Delaware Supreme Court indicated (and the Court of Chancery has generally construed the
Partner Samantha Mobley has been nominated as an EMpower Advocate, as part of the EMpower Ethnic Minority Role Models 2018, presented by the Financial Times. This honour is awarded to an individual who has demonstrated contribution to ethnic minority inclusion in the workplace. EMpower is a membership organisation that exists to challenge the lack of
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SANTA ANA, California – An Irvine man who pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges related to a bogus commodities trading program that caused losses of approximately $1.6 million was sentenced today to 121 months in federal prison. Rawle Gerard Suite, 57, was sentenced by United States District Judge James V. Selna. Suite, who also used
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Largest Increase in AUSAs in Decades Allocates Prosecutors to Focus on Violent Crime, Civil Enforcement, and Immigration Cases DENVER – On the 500th day of the Trump Administration, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and U.S. Attorney for the District of Colorado, Bob Troyer, announced that the Department of Justice is taking a dramatic step to increase
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The heavy criticism levelled at the New Zealand Law Society’s response over its sexual abuse survey has resulted in a response from Law Society President Kathryn Beck. The statement issued today talks of the ‘unpleasant truths’ revealed by the survey and that the Society was shocked by the extent of the sexual harassment in the
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Another large Australian class action is on the way with a claim relating to bank mortgage finance agreements. Reports indicate that Chamberlains law firm is planning a class action, instructed by MortgageDeception.com in a claim that is intended to represent bank customers who incurred losses since 2012 after entering mortgage loan contracts. The law firm
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Baker & McKenzie – Baker & McKenzie have prepared a series on international gender pay issues and regulations, including issues relating to investor demands, equal pay lawsuits, how the gap can be narrowed and other issues. For the link to the series see below. Global proliferation of regulation The World Economic Forum’s most recent Global
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The Law Society has been castigated by womens’ law groups and vocal spokeswomen in their response to the sexual harassment survey. The response from womens’ law groups was harsh – with a release from Wellington Womens’ Law Association signed by Steph Dryberg castigating the NZLS for effectively ignoring other reports citing the sexual harassment issue
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Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the guilty plea of TERRY JOHNSON to falsifying records in an investigation within the jurisdiction of a federal agency. Specifically, JOHNSON, a former auditor and owner of a registered public accounting firm, pled guilty to knowingly submitting falsely backdated
