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Criminal Prosecutions Predicted to Surge Over Financial Crisis
With public anger reaching a boiling point over plunging stock prices and Wall Street "greed," white-collar defense attorneys are preparing for an inevitable surge in criminal prosecutions. Some defense attorneys say they are confident that prosecutors will act responsibly, but other lawyers are concerned that the current climate could affect investigations. "If we saw hostility in [the] Enron climate, we are going to see hostility by a magnitude of tenfold" here, says attorney Mark C. Zauderer.Lawyers 'Flying Blind' On Options Penalties
The stock-options backdating scandal has produced 16 criminal prosecutions, 100 corporate earnings restatements totaling $12.4 billion, and the disclosure that 220 companies have been subject to internal or federal investigations. It has also produced some very nervous white-collar criminal defense lawyers . . .Comverse Case Is First Backdating Probe to Target In-House Counsel
A case developing in the Brooklyn U.S. Attorney's Office against former executives of Comverse Technology may give the first glimpse into one of the most pressing questions of the stock options backdating probe: How does it affect the lawyers? It's the first case to focus on an in-house lawyer, a dynamic expected in many backdating suits, and may prove more typical of the pace at which federal prosecutors move in the 80 or so backdating investigations.Serino, plaintiffs v. Lipper, defendants-appellants-respondents
Continuous Representation Doctrine Does Not Extend Accrual Date of Untimely Accounting Malpractice ClaimsBaker & McKenzie Partner Charged With Stock Fraud
A partner at Baker & McKenzie has been indicted on charges that he participated in a stock fraud scheme that netted two overseas short-sellers $55 million. According to an indictment unsealed Friday by federal prosecutors in the Eastern District of New York, Martin E. Weisberg, a mergers and acquisitions partner in Baker & McKenzie's New York office, helped Israeli investors gain access to hundreds of millions of discounted but restricted shares in two companies he represented.State AI Legislation Is on the Move in 2024
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