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Wells Fargo Engaged in 'Sham' Tax Shelter, Court Finds; Loses Bid for $82 Million Tax Refund
Publication Date: 2011-10-04
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For five years, Wells Fargo has fought to get the U.S. government to refund the bank $82 million in taxes. But a federal judge in Minnesota on Friday ruled that the underlying transaction was a "sham" transaction and a tax shelter, and disallowed any refund.

Wall Street Banks Lose Motion to Dismiss Municipal Derivatives Bid-Rigging Case
Publication Date: 2010-03-25
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The plaintiffs--including state, local and municipal government entities--claim that Wall Street banks and other investment firms conspired to rig bids and fix the price of municipal derivatives.

April 01, 2010 |

A Texas-Size Battle

A smelting company's four-year odyssey through Chapter 11 had more twists than the Rio Grande.
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Bartlit Beck Knocks Out Baycol Whistleblower Suit
Publication Date: 2012-07-19
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It's been a banner year for False Claims Act litigation against the pharmaceutical industry. But as lawyers for a Bayer whistleblower at Boies Schiller and Diamond McCarthy were reminded on Thursday, not every case can be a winner.

April 17, 2012 |

City Plans to Appeal Ruling on 911 System Report

The review was commissioned after a 2010 Christmas blizzard left ambulances stranded and backed up the emergency call system. The city argues the review is still in draft form.
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July 05, 2012 |

Ex-Debevoise Associate Who Kept Sex Slave Is Suspended

Kenneth Schneider was sentenced to 15 years in prison by a Pennsylvania federal judge for traveling in interstate commerce for the purpose of engaging in sex with a minor. That charge has no equivalent in state law and thus did not trigger automatic disbarment.
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November 07, 2006 |

Texas Prosecutor Kills Self as Police Try to Serve Sex Offense Warrant

A prosecutor killed himself as police tried to serve him with an arrest warrant alleging he solicited sex with a minor, authorities in Terrell, Texas, said. Louis "Bill" Conradt Jr., 56, a chief felony assistant district attorney in Texas, died Sunday. Police had moved to arrest Conradt following a sting operation aimed at exposing child sex predators set up by a television news program. The officers found Conradt with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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SEC Takes Aim at SAC's Cohen
Publication Date: 2013-07-19
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced on Friday that it's brought an administrative proceeding against hedge fund mogul Steven Cohen, whose firm SAC Capital Advisors has long been mired in an insider trading scandal.

July 05, 2012 |

Attorney who kept sex slave is suspended

Kenneth Schneider, who is in prison for forcing a Russian teen to be his sex slave, was suspended from practice.
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