An associate of Los Angeles’ Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker was charged in a $4.8 million insider trading scheme involving a former Lehman Brothers representative and his wife, who worked at…
As we reported earlier today, New York Law School has filed an investor lawsuit against J. Ezra Merkin, one of his funds and its auditor over investments made through Bernard…
The WSJ Law Blog speculates on why disgraced investor Bernie Madoff is out on bail, while disgraced investor (and lawyer) Marc Dreier sits in a jail cell: [Law Professor Peter…
Ian Clegg, a 32-year-old conman who pretended to be a barrister and represented clients in court, has been jailed for two years by the Crown Court in Durham, England. After buying a…
A US prosecutor estimates losses of $380 million in an alleged hedge fund fraud linked to prominent New York attorney Marc Dreier. Prosecutor Jonathan Streeter called Dreier a “Houdini of impersonation.”…
Dreier LLP founder Marc Dreier was arraigned yesterday on federal charges of selling $113 million in fake securities to two hedge funds. Separately, the Securities and Exchange Commission filed suit to…
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