By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | February 1, 2024
Ira Kustin, who returned to Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld on Thursday as an investment management partner in New York, is the fourth Big Law partner in that practice to make the move to Akin in recent months.
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | January 3, 2024
Sidley Austin partner James Munsell said he moved to Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld as a partner in New York because of the focus of the firm's investment management practice and its strength in key markets.
By Andrew Denney | September 25, 2023
Some in the industry say the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's new regulatory regime is likely to increase regulatory partners' workload, as well as drive up private-sector demand for attorneys with experience in government and in asset management.
By Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | August 8, 2023
Max Karpel, who joined Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld as a partner in New York on Monday, represents emerging and established investment managers and also has a family office practice.
By Amanda Bronstad | May 26, 2023
On Thursday, lawyers in the litigation over collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX argued to the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation whether to coordinate all the cases, which name banks, financiers, promoters and others.
By Emily Saul | March 9, 2023
The Appellate Division, Second Department said group of active and retired Corrections Officers had no standing to sue the Corrections Officer Benevolent Association in a derivative action against labor unions organized as "not-for-profit" corporations.
By Patrick Smith | February 1, 2023
Jaime Madell said the derivatives practice at major law firms is at an inflection point.
By Emily Saul | December 29, 2022
The cross motion for sanctions follows a request earlier this month from Black's attorneys at Perry Guha, Quinn Emanuel and Estrich Golden that Wigdor face sanctions – claiming Wigdor failed to conduct proper due diligence on their client before representing her in her lawsuit against Black.
By Emily Saul | December 16, 2022
Leon Black is seeking sanctions against Wigdor, claiming they've failed to to their due diligence prior to filing lawsuits accusing him of rape and sexual assault.
By Jane Wester | September 1, 2022
In a statement, U.S. Attorney Damian Williams of the Southern District of New York described market manipulation as "pernicious in all its forms."
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