Louis W. Zehil, a former securities lawyer and partner at McGuireWoods, pleaded guilty to fraud and conspiracy to commit securities fraud in the Southern District of New York Monday. The New York Law Journal reports Zehil admitted to making $10 million in illegal profits by using his role as counsel to illegally trade shares in seven [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Following a claim filed by the law firm of securities fraud attorney Mark A. Tepper, a former school teacher and her husband, who had been victimized over a 3-4 month period by her brother, stockbroker Kenneth Popek, have been awarded full recovery of all losses plus interest, attorney fees, forum fees and costs by a FINRA [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Cohen Milstein has hired two new litigators for its New York office, Joel Laitman and Christopher Lometti, both from Schoengold Sporn Laitman Lometti. Laitman and Lometti will handle complex securities fraud and investor protection litigation. Both were name partners at Schoengold. New York City’s Schoengold Sporn Laitman & Lometti is a leading securities fraud law firm that [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 28, 2009
A former lawyer, who was disbarred in the 1980s taking client escrow funds, has been charged with defrauding investors of out of millions of dollars as a hedge fund manager. Say, Buffy, let us invest our wealth with the fellow who was disbarred for stealing funds! Arthur G. Nadel, 76, made his initial appearance before a federal [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 5, 2009
In more overbilling news, Wilmer Pickering Hale & Dorr has lost a bid to toss out a fraud claim in a $7 million lawsuit, that alleges the law firm overbilled a client it defended in a white-collar crime case. The Court of Appeals of Texas denied the law firm’s petition for a writ of mandamus, which [...]
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