• June 8, 2021 | The Recorder

    LA 2028's Chief Legal Officer, Up for Key US Treasury Post, Files Financial Disclosure

    Before joining LA 2028 in 2015, Brian Nelson was a top aide to former California Attorney General Kamala Harris over a four-year span.

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  • Fund Liquidation Holdings LLC v. Bank of America Corp.

    Publication Date: 2021-03-25
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | White Collar Crime
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Richard Sullivan
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants Fund Liquidation Holdings LLC and Sonterra Capital Master Fund, Ltd.: Vincent Briganti, Margaret MacLean, Lowey Dannenberg, P.C., White Plains, NY, on the brief, Eric F. Citron, Goldstein & Russell, P.C., Bethesda, MD. For Defendants-Appellees Credit Suisse Group AG, Credit Suisse AG, and Credit Suisse International: Herbert S. Washer, Elai Katz, Jason M. Hall, Lauren Perlgut, Adam S. Mintz, on the brief, Joel Kurtzberg, Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, New York, NY. For Defendants-Appellees Bank of America Corporation and Bank of America, N.A.: Arthur J. Burke, Paul S. Mishkin, Adam G. Mehes, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, New York, NY. For Defendants-Appellees Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited and ANZ Securities, Inc.: Penny Shane, Corey Omer, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., n/k/a MUFG Bank, Ltd.: Christopher M. Viapiano, Elizabeth A. Cassady, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Washington, DC. For Defendants-Appellees Barclays PLC, Barclays Bank PLC, and Barclays Capital Inc.: Jonathan D. Schiller, Christopher Emmanuel Duffy, Leigh M. Nathanson, Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees BNP Paribas, S.A., BNP Paribas North America, Inc., BNP Paribas Securities Corp., and BNP Paribas Prime Brokerage, Inc.: Jayant W. Tambe, Stephen J. Obie, Kelly A. Carrero, Jones Day, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Commerzbank AG: David R. Gelfand, Mark D. Villaverde, Milbank LLP, New York, NY. For Defendants-Appellees Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank and Crédit Agricole S.A.: Andrew Hammon, Kimberly Anne Havlin, White & Case LLP, New York, NY; Darryl S. Lew, White & Case LLP, Washington, DC. For Defendants-Appellees DBS Bank Ltd., DBS Group Holdings Ltd., and DBS Vickers Securities (USA) Inc.: Erica S. Weisgerber, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Deutsche Bank AG: Aidan Synnott, Hallie S. Goldblatt, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, NY. For Defendants-Appellees Macquarie Bank Ltd. and Macquarie Group Ltd.: Christopher M. Paparella, Steptoe & Johnson LLP, New York, NY. For Defendant-Appellee Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited: C. Fairley Spillman, Pratik A. Shah, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Washington, DC. For Defendants-Appellees The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc, and RBS Securities Japan Limited: David S. Lesser, Jamie S. Dycus, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, New York, NY. For Defendants-Appellees Standard Chartered Bank and Standard Chartered plc: Marc J. Gottridge, Lisa J. Fried, Benjamin A. Fleming, Hogan Lovells US LLP, New York, NY. For Defendants-Appellees United Overseas Bank Limited and UOB Global Capital, LLC: Dale C. Christensen, Jr., Noah Czarny, Seward & Kissel LLP, New York, NY. For Defendants-Appellees The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, HSBC Bank USA, N.A., HSBC Holdings plc, HSBC North America Holdings Inc., and HSBC USA Inc.: Nowell D. Bamberger, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, Washington, DC; Charity E. Lee, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York, NY. For Defendants-Appellees UBS AG and UBS Securities Japan Co., Ltd.: Mark A. Kirsch, Eric J. Stock, Jefferson E. Bell, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY. For Defendants-Appellees ING Groep N.V., ING Bank N.V., and ING Capital Markets LLC.: Amanda F. Davidoff, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Washington, DC.

    Case Number: 19-2719-cv

    Real Party in Interest Had Article III Standing at All Times, Could Enter Entities' Shoes

  • February 11, 2020 | The American Lawyer

    Deal Watch: Top Dealmakers, Sprint/T-Mobile Clears the Courts, Banking Tie-Up

    MergerLinks gets personal with M&A rankings, plus the latest deal news.

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  • January 28, 2020 | Law.com

    Compliance Hot Spots: DOJ's Looking at Litigation Finance in Qui Tam Cases | CFPB's New 'Abusive' Standard | Lobbying Revenue Soars | Who Got the Work

    Welcome to Compliance Hot Spots, our Law.com briefing on white-collar trends, regulatory and compliance. DOJ's got its eye on litigating finance in False Claims cases; CFPB proposes a new "abusiveness" standard. Scroll down for Who Got the Work, including Wells Fargo hiring a Munger Tolles team for a new SCOTUS case. Thanks for reading!

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  • January 28, 2020 | Litigation Daily

    Daily Dicta: White Collar Dream Team Suggests Fix for Insider Trading Laws

    The 31-page report by the Bharara Task Force on Insider Trading offers a clear overview of why insider trading enforcement 'has suffered—and continues to suffer—from uncertainty and ambiguity to a degree not seen in other areas of law.'

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  • January 24, 2020 | Litigation Daily

    Litigators of the Week: Robbins Geller Duo Seals $1B Settlement

    'The bottom line is: if we can take on what we took on, and achieve the result we achieved, we can do anything.'

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  • U.S. and State of New York ex rel. Backer v. Cooperatieve Bank U.A.

    Publication Date: 2019-11-07
    Practice Area: Government
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, U.S. - SDNY
    Judge: District Judge Lorna Schofield
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 17 Civ. 2708

    Dismissal of FCA Qui Tam Claims Rationally Related to Valid Governmental Purpose

  • October 28, 2019 | Corporate Counsel

    Aura Appoints Experienced In-House Attorney as General Counsel

    San Francisco-based community development financial institution Aura has hired an experienced in-house attorney to lead its legal department, the CDFI announced Monday.

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  • October 9, 2019 | Daily Business Review

    Miami Investment Startup Gains Paul Hastings Partner From Hong Kong

    Bretton King joins Nexwell, a Miami-based investment company that focuses on solar power, smart home technology and other decarbonizing projects.

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  • September 11, 2019 | Litigation Daily

    Daily Dicta: Robbins Geller Settles Vereit Class for $1B. Are Opt-Out Plaintiffs Kicking Themselves?

    Conventional wisdom says individual plaintiffs with big claims should go it alone for maximum control and recovery. But sometimes, it's better to be in than out.

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