Phillip Windom Offill, a former Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement lawyer in the agency’s Fort Worth, Texas, office was convicted on one count of conspiracy and nine counts of wire fraud for his part in a ‘pump and dump’ scheme selling unregistered securities of nine companies to investors. “It is a sad day when a [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 26, 2010
The Deputy Director at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Trading and Markets is ending his four year tenure at the agency to return to private practice. Daniel Gallagher Jr. will leave his position at the end of the month and become a partner in the Washington D.C. office of WilmerHale. Gallagher joined the [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Yesterday we updated you on the ongoing case filed by the SEC against Back of America stemming from the merger between Bank of America and Merril Lynch. The case stems from the failure of BofA to notify stockholders of bonuses paid to Merril executives shortly before the merger and the courts rejection of the [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 11, 2010
The Securities and Exchange Commision wanted to add an additional charge to its complaint against Bank of America, saying the that the bank failed to disclose what it called “extraordinary losses” at Merril Lynch to stockholders prior to the vote to merge with the company. After a one hour hearing on the issue, the [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Recent laterals and layoffs in the legal sector: Salem Katsh joins Schnader Harrison from private practice as as a partner in its New York intellectual property group. Katsh previously chaired the IP groups at Weil Gotshal & Manges and Shearman & Sterling. More recently, he was the chair of the IP group at Kasowitz Benson Torres [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, July 19, 2009
Recent laterals and layoffs in the legal sector: Christopher Cox, the former Bush administration SEC head, joins Bingham McCutchen as a partner in Orange County, California. He will handle corporate law, mergers & acquisitions and securities, and will be a principal at the Bingham Consulting Group. His JD is from Harvard Law School. Lisa Laukitis joins Jones [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, July 11, 2009
Holme Roberts & Owen is expanding its White Collar and Securities Litigation practice. Cliff Stricklin joins in Denver as practice chair from Holland & Hart. Previously, he was a Special Assistant US Attorney with the Enron Task Force, where he was a key member of the prosecution team that tried and convicted Jeff Skilling and Ken [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Akin Gump has announced the hiring of partners Nicholas Porritt and William White for its litigation practice in Washington DC. Porritt comes to Akin Gump from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. He handles SEC and commercial litigation matters. White spent the last 10 years at WilmerHale. Before that, he was with the Enforcement Division of the SEC. In [...]
Continue reading...Friday, May 22, 2009
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Covington & Burling has brought on Demetrios Kouzoukas and David Kornblau. Kouzoukas was principal associate deputy secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. He is joining Covington’s health care and food & drug practice groups in Washington DC. Kornblau was SEC chief litigation counsel. He joins Covington as a partner in the white collar & [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, February 8, 2009
US Securities and Exchange Chairman Mary Schapiro has named David Becker, a partner at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, as chief legal officer and senior policy adviser, one of her first appointments since taking office. Becker, 61, as general counsel will coordinate legal cases and advise on enforcement actions, and will have an additional role in [...]
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