• February 26, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    As the SEC Brings More Administrative Proceedings, Criticism Grows

    U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff delivered a speech at the Practising Law Institute in November with a characteristically provocative title: "Is the SEC Becoming a Law Unto Itself?"

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  • February 26, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    Big Suits

    U.S. v. Standard & Poor's; Fjarde AP-Fonden v. Morgan Stanley; In re Bear Stearns Mortgage Pass-Through Litigation; In Re Freeport-McMoRan Derivative Litigation

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  • February 26, 2015 | The American Lawyer

    As the SEC Brings More Administrative Proceedings, Criticism Grows

    The SEC's administrative courts are seeing more cases of a size and complexity they weren't designed to handle. Are defendants getting a fair shake?

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  • In re: Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, 14-97-bk(L)

    Publication Date: 2015-02-24
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    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
    Judge: Before: Straub, Wesley, and Livingston, C.JJ.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Claimants-Appellants MBE Preferred Limited Partnership et al: Walter H. Curchack, Daniel B. Besikof, Michael Barnett, on the brief, P. Gregory Schwed, Loeb & Loeb LLP, New York, NY. For Claimant-Appellant Estate of Doris M. Pearlman (IRA): Laura K. Clinton, Scott P. Lindsay, on the brief, Richard A. Kirby, K&L Gates LLP, Washington, DC. For Claimant-Appellant Michael Most: Paula J. Warmuth, Stim & Warmuth, P.C., Farmingville, NY. For Claimants-Appellants 2427 Parent Corporation et al: Matthew Gluck, Matthew A. Kupillas, Jennifer Young, Milberg LLP, New York, NY, Parvin Aminolroaya, Seeger Weiss LLP, New York, NY. For Claimants-Appellants Melvyn I. Weiss and Barbara J. Weiss et al: Parvin Aminolroaya, Seeger Weiss LLP, New York, NY. For Claimants-Appellants Harold J. Hein et al: Carole Neville, Dentons US LLP, New York, NY. For Claimants-Appellants Lillian Berman Goldfarb et al: Philip Bentley, Elise S. Frejka, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, New York, NY. For Claimant-Appellant HHI Investment Trust #2: Marcy Ressler Harris, Jennifer M. Opheim, Mark D. Richardson, Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, New York, NY. For Claimant-Appellant The Kostin Co: Bernard J. Garbutt III, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, New York, NY. For Claimants-Appellants Marsha Peshkin et al: Helen Davis Chaitman, Peter W. Smith, Julie Gorchkova, Becker & Poliakoff, LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Plaintiff-Appellee Securities Investor Protection Corporation: Kevin H. Bell, Senior Associate General Counsel for Dispute Resolution, Christopher H. Larosa, Senior Associate General Counsel-Litigation, Lauren T. Attard, Assistant General Counsel, on the brief, Josephine Wang, General Counsel, Securities Investor Protection Corporation, Washington, DC. For Plaintiff-Appellee Irving H. Picard, as Trustee for the Substantively Consolidated SIPA Liquidation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC and the Estate of Bernard L. Madoff: David J. Sheehan, Jorian L. Rose, Amy Elizabeth Vanderwal, on the brief, Seanna R. Brown, Baker & Hostetler LLP, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 14-97-bk(L)

    Cite as: In re: Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, 14-97-bk(L), NYLJ 1202718616031, at *1 (2d Cir., Decided February 20, 2015) 14-97-bk(L) Bef

  • People v. Andrews

    Publication Date: 2015-02-19
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    Date Filed: 2015-02-18
    Court: C.A. 6th
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiff and Respondent The People: Kamala D. Harris, Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Rene A. Chacon, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Bruce Ortega, Deputy Attorney General
    for defendant: Attorney for Defendant and Appellant Earnest L.Andrews: J. Wilder Lee under appointment by the Court of Appeal for Appellant

    Case Number: No. H039340

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 1709 THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. EARNEST L. ANDREWS, De

  • February 17, 2015 | Daily Report Online

    Former Federal Prosecutor Jumps to Chilivis Cochran to Defend Doctors in Whistleblower Claims

    Scott n, a former federal prosecutor focused on health care fraud investigations, joined Chilivis, Cochran, Larkins & Bever on Monday as a partner from Rogers & Hardin.

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  • In re Davis

    Publication Date: 2015-02-17
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    Date Filed: 2015-02-17
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Kirscher, Markell, and Dunn, Bankruptcy Judges, Presiding Before: Susan P. Graber, Ronald M. Gould, and Consuelo M. Callahan, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard L. Antognini (argued), Law Offices of Richard L. Antognini, Lincoln, California, for Appellant.
    for defendant: Richard W. Esterkin (argued), Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Los Angeles, California; and Joshua A. del Castillo (argued) and David R. Zaro, Allen atkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Appellees.

    Case Number: No. 12-60069

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 1551 IN RE CAROLYN L. DAVIS, Debtor. CAROLYN L. DAVIS, Appellan

  • February 17, 2015 | Daily Report Online

    Former Federal Prosecutor Jumps to Chilivis Cochran to Defend Doctors in Whistleblower Claims

    Scott Grubman, a former federal prosecutor focused on health care fraud investigations, joined Chilivis, Cochran, Larkins & Bever on Monday as a partner from Rogers & Hardin.

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  • February 17, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

    The Cost of Cybersecurity: Risks and Responses on the Rise

    Editor's note: This is the third installment of a series on cybersecurity published in conjunction with Legal affiliate New Jersey Law Journal. A 2013 settlement between

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  • February 13, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

    The Cost of Cybersecurity: Risks and Responses on the Rise

    Editor's note: This is the third installment of a series on cybersecurity published in conjunction with Legal affiliate New Jersey Law Journal.

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