Criminal Law

Poser on Securities Fraud
Securities Fraud and the Common Law, by Norman S. Poser, Brooklyn Law School, was recently posted on SSRN. Here is the abstract: In early cases, the federal courts held that securities fraud was not limited to common law fraud when...

Second Circuit Affirms Securities Fraud Conviction, Though Criticizing Government for its Joinder Decision and Late Disclosure of Brady Material
Limiting instructions are the opium of judges, but of little solace to a defendant, like Douglas Brandon, charged with securities fraud in an indictment that also charged an entirely separate securities fraud scheme against some of his co-defendants...

New York Law Firm Can be Liable as Aider & Abettor of Securities Fraud under Oregon Statute
A disappointed investor in a hedge fund, residing in Oregon, can sue the New York law firm that drafted the offering documents for aiding and abetting the securities fraud of the principal, who had already pleaded guilty to securities fraud...

The 10b-5 Guide: A Survey of 2007 Securities Fraud Litigation
My partners Robert F. Carangelo, Paul A. Ferrillo and Caitlyn M. Campbell have recently issued the 2007 edition of Weil, Gotshal & Manges‘ The 10b-5 Guide: A Survey of 2007 Securities Fraud Litigation...

Fisch on Causation in Federal Securities Fraud
Cause for Concern: Causation and Federal Securities Fraud, by Jill E. Fisch, University of Pennsylvania Law School, was recently posted on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The Supreme Court's decision in Dura Pharmaceuticals dramatically changed federal securities fraud litigation...

The Decline in Criminal Prosecutions of Securities Fraud
The NYT reports, based upon a study out of Syracuse, that the number of prosecutions for securities fraud has declined precipitously in recent years.  According to the article: There were 133 prosecutions for securities fraud in the first 11 months of this fiscal year...

How to Skirt H-1B Regulations
Senator reacts to YouTube video

Cell Phone Early Termination Fees
How to recover billing errors

H&R Block Retirement Plan Fraud
How to Join Class Action Suit

Brent Lemons
$1.3 million settlement in securities fraud lawsuit.

Securities Fraud
TOP Ships agrees to $1.2 million shareholder class action settlement.

Securities Settlement
GMH Trust Securities to pay $8.75 million in pending class action suit.

Common Stock Shareholders
LaBranche & Co. LLC agrees to $13 million securities fraud class action settlement.

Texron Inc TXT Securities Fraud
Texron Inc TXT

MGM Mirage MGM Securities Fraud
MGM Mirage MGM