By Jason Grant | October 21, 2020
"Defendant's [Shkreli's] incarceration does not constitute a reasonable excuse for his default," wrote the Appellate Division, First Department in ruling that Shkreli, who is serving prison time for fraud, could not undo the judgment entered against him.
New York Law Journal | Expert Opinion
By Ezra Dyckman and Charles S. Nelson | October 20, 2020
In October, 2019, the Treasury Department finalized a set of regulations that will have an important impact on how liabilities are allocated when a partner guarantees partnership debt. In their Real Estate Financing column, Ezra Dyckman and Charles Nelson discuss the importance of the allocation of a partnership's liabilities.
By Tom McParland | October 9, 2020
U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer also consolidated seven lawsuits that targeted JPMorgan after the investment bank disclosed in February that it was responding to inquiries from the U.S. Justice Department's Criminal Division about its trading practices in the metals market.
By Tom McParland | August 18, 2020
When victims tried to withdraw their funds as early as 2016, the indictment said, they were met with delays and hidden fees amounting to more than half of their requested withdrawal.
By Tom McParland | August 13, 2020
Robert Giuffra Jr., known for his work in high-profile securities and white-collar defense cases, has recently represented Goldman Sachs in class actions accusing it of discriminating against women and lying to investors about conflicts of interest, and helped Fiat Chrysler Automobiles ink settlements worth about $800 million over its emission issues.
By Tom McParland | July 30, 2020
The technique, which Congress criminalized as part of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, involves placing orders to buy and sell Treasury futures to give the appearance of high market demand and artificial prices, without ever intending to execute the orders.
By Tom McParland | July 21, 2020
While the market has rebounded in recent months, stocks fell sharply in March, as large swaths of the economic began to shut down in response to the spread of COVID-19 and market volatility spiked.
New York Law Journal | Expert Opinion
By Barry Temkin and Mitchell S. Markarian | July 20, 2020
The SEC and U.S. Justice Department are investigating suspicious stock trades made by U.S. Senator Richard Burr in February 2020, which might have been based in part upon confidential information about the Coronavirus pandemic disclosed at closed-door congressional hearings, which if true, might violate the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge, or STOCK Act. The investigations may turn on whether Senator Burr's trades were based upon confidential government information, or publicly available news reports.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Raymond Radigan and John G. Farinacci | July 3, 2020
In their Trusts and Estates column, Raymond Radigan and John G. Farinacci write: The interest in settling inheritance issues becomes particularly important to couples where there are children of the marriage and couples are confronted with the possibility that a subsequent remarriage will jeopardize the children's or their own inheritance rights.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By David J. Kaufmann | June 29, 2020
In response to what it perceived as the significant impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on many franchise businesses, on June 17, the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) Franchise and Business Opportunities Project Group—the quasigovernmental organization of federal and state franchise regulators that coordinates regulatory policy nationwide—issued guidance
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