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Inside Trader Tied to Kluger Case Pleads Guilty

Inside Trader Tied to Kluger Case Pleads Guilty

According to a press release from the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey, a stock trader who took part in an insider trading case has pleaded…

Zvi Goffer and Two Others Convicted in Insider-Trading Case

Zvi Goffer and Two Others Convicted in Insider-Trading Case

The ABA Journal reported on a fraud conspiracy case that involves convict Zvi Goffer and two others who are charged with securities fraud. What charges were Goffer and the two…

UnitedHealth Fraud a Symptom of Sick Economy

UnitedHealth Fraud a Symptom of Sick Economy

Since the severe economic downturn of 2008, securities-fraud class-action suits have increased tremendously and show no signs of slowing down.  Last year, UnitedHealth Group‘s massive $925.5 million dollar settlement brought…

Former McGuireWoods Partner Pleads Guilty to Securities Fraud

Former McGuireWoods Partner Pleads Guilty to Securities Fraud

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…

Couple Awarded Full Recovery for Investment Losses; Sister Victimized by Stockbroker Brother

Couple Awarded Full Recovery for Investment Losses; Sister Victimized by Stockbroker Brother

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…

Cohen Milstein Hires Litigators Away from Schoengold

Cohen Milstein Hires Litigators Away from Schoengold

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…

Disbarred Attorney Caught in Madoff Web

Disbarred Attorney Caught in Madoff Web

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.…

Anti-virus Firm Doesn’t Want to Pay WilmerHale for “Luxury Hotel Rooms, Limousines and Bar Tabs”

Anti-virus Firm Doesn’t Want to Pay WilmerHale for “Luxury Hotel Rooms, Limousines and Bar Tabs”

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…