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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 &…
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…
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…
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