WASHINGTON, DC (February 6 – LAWFUEL) — Kilpatrick Stockton announced today that Gary Bronstein, Partner in the firm’s Financial Institutions Team, will lead a panel at Sterne Agee’s 4th Annual Financial Services Symposium at The Peabody in Orlando, Florida on February 9 – 10. The conference will bring together approximately 100 top banks and almost […]

(LAWFUEL) – Three Indonesian men who allegedly facilitated a people smuggling venture to Australia last December will face Perth Magistrates Court today. The Australian Federal Police (AFP) will allege in court this morning that the men crewed a vessel as part of an attempt to smuggle up to 44 passengers into Australia on 6 December

Washington, D.C., Feb. 5, 2009 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that Robert B. Malhotra has been named to serve in the SEC’s Office of the Chief Accountant (OCA) as a senior advisor. In this capacity, Mr. Malhotra will advise the senior officers in OCA on complex accounting and auditing matters, and

Washington, D.C., Feb. 5, 2009 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged seven individuals involved in an insider trading ring that generated more than $11.6 million in illegal profits and avoided losses. The SEC alleges that two mergers and acquisitions professionals, Nicos Achilleas Stephanou at UBS Investment Bank and Ramesh Chakrapani at Blackstone

Washington, D.C., Feb. 5, 2009 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced a settlement with Wachovia Securities LLC that will provide more than $7 billion in liquidity to thousands of customers who invested in auction rate securities (ARS) before the market for those securities collapsed. The settlement resolves the SEC’s charges that Wachovia,

Philadelphia, Pa. – February 4, 2009 – Amy B. Ginensky, a partner with Pepper Hamilton LLP, chair of its Commercial Litigation Practice Group and leader of its media and communications practice, recently was a panelist on a program titled “How Did the Media – New, Old and Battered – Cover the ’08 Election?” Ms. Ginensky

NEW YORK (LAWFUEL) – Senior white collar federal prosecutor David Siegal has joined the New York office of Haynes and Boone, LLP as a partner in the White Collar Criminal Defense Practice Group, where his practice will focus on white collar defense and securities fraud litigation. Mr. Siegal served for the last nine years as

Washington, D.C., Feb. 4, 2009 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission has taken emergency action to stop a massive and ongoing international boiler room scheme that allegedly sold shares of U.S. penny stock issuers to investors located in Europe by misrepresenting that investors paid no sales commissions. The SEC alleges that, in fact, investors

Washington, D.C., Feb. 4, 2009 (LAWFUEL) – The Securities and Exchange Commission has taken emergency action against a private fund manager in Gilberts, Ill., alleging that he fraudulently obtained at least $10 million from approximately 300 investors and misappropriated the funds for personal use and to pay purported returns to investors. The SEC alleges that

LawFuel Legal Announcement Service – LEV L. DASSIN, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, JOSEPH DEMAREST, Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), and RAYMOND W. KELLY, Police Commissioner of the City of New York (“NYPD”), announced the unsealing today of a 38-count