• November 18, 2024 | New York Law Journal

    US Judge Told Archegos Founder Can't Afford What Defense Says Is 'Unjustified' $10 Billion Restitution

    Prosecutors have asked U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein to sentence Archegos Capital Management founder Sung Kook "Bill" Hwang to 21 years behind bars and forfeit $10 billion. But his lawyers say he's only worth $55 million now.

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  • May 13, 2024 | New York Law Journal

    'Wanted To Be a Legend of Wall Street': Fraud Trial Begins for Archegos Executives

    Defense counsel Barry Berke said his client, Sung Kook "Bill" Hwang, didn't break the law in the run-up to the the collapse of a $36 billion investment fund.

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  • U.S. v. Calk

    Publication Date: 2023-12-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Guido Calabresi
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, N.Y.: Alexandra Rothman, Hagan Scotten, Thomas McKay, Assistant United States Attorneys, on the brief, Paul M. Monteleoni, Assistant United States Attorney.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Daniel J. O'Neill, Avery D. Medjuck, Shapiro Arato Bach LLP, New York, N.Y., Paul H. Schoeman, Darren A. LaVerne, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, New York, N.Y., on the brief, Alexandra A.E. Shapiro.

    Case Number: 22-313

    'Corrupt', 'Thing of Value' Defined in Probe of Financial Institution Bribery Law's Scope

  • July 25, 2023 | New York Law Journal

    SDNY US Attorney's Office Agrees to Dismiss Final Counts in Medicare/Medicaid-Linked Fraud Case

    Under the terms of the agreements, which were impacted by case law stemming from the "Bridgegate" affair, the U.S. Attorney will move to dismiss the remaining charges with prejudice presuming the three men follow the law and stay in touch with U.S. Pretrial Services for the next three months.

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  • June 23, 2022 | Daily Business Review

    Wall Street Faces Billion-Dollar Losses on Sinking Buyout Debt

    With the Federal Reserve rushing to hike interest rates at the fastest pace in decades, credit risk premiums are surging far beyond levels banks had negotiated with private equity firms during the halcyon days of cheap money.

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  • Mondelus v. August West Dev. LLC

    Publication Date: 2022-01-26
    Practice Area: Real Estate | White Collar Crime
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Real Estate
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, U.S. - EDNY
    Judge: District Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 19-CV-4832

    Mail, Wire Fraud Inadequately Pleaded as RICO Predicates in Breach Suit Over Foreclosure

  • Wells Fargo Bank v. Aegon USA Investment Mgmt. LLC

    Publication Date: 2021-08-31
    Practice Area: Contracts
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department
    Judge: Associate Justice Sallie Manzanet-Daniels
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Aegon USA Investment Management, LLC, BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., Cascade Investment, LLC, Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Federal National Mortgage Association, Goldman Sachs Asset Mgmt L.P., Voya Investment Mgmt LLC, Invesco Advisers, Inc., Kore Advisors, L.P., Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., Pacific Investment Mgmt Company LLC, Teachers Ins. and Annuity Assoc. of America, TCW Group, Inc., Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and Western Asset Mgmt. Co. (the "Institutional Investors"), Appellants: Kenneth E. Warner of counsel, Warner Partners, P.C., New York, and David M. Sheeren of the bar of the State of Texas, admitted pro hac vice of counsel, Gibbs & Bruns LLP, Houston, TX. For American General Life Insurance Company, American Home Assurance Company, Lexington Insurance Company, National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, PA., The United States Life Insurance Company in the City of New York and The Variable Annuity Life Insurance Company (the "AIG Parties"), Appellants: Kevin S. Reed of counsel, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, New York. For DW Partners LP and Ellington Management Group, L.L.C. (the "DW/Ellington Parties"), Appellants: David I. Greenberger of counsel, Bailey Duquette P.C., New York, and Isaac M. Gradman of the bar of the State of California, admitted pro hac vice of counsel, Perry Johnson Anderson Miller & Moskowitz LLP, Santa Rosa, CA. For Tilden Park Investment Master Fund LP, Tilden Park Management I LLC, and Tilden Park Capital Management LP (the "Tilden Park Parties"), Appellants: Jonathan L. Hochman and Anna Vinogradov of counsel, Schindler Cohen & Hochman LLP, New York, and Philip Bentley and Andrew Pollack of counsel, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, New York.
    for defendant: For Ambac Assurance Corporation, Appellant: Henry J. Ricardo of counsel, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, New York. For Poetic Holdings VI LLC, Poetic Holdings VII LLC, and Prophet Mortgage Opportunities LP (the "Prophet and Poetic Parties"), Appellants: Felix J. Gilman and Donald W. Hawthorne of counsel, Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP, New York. For U.S. Bank N.A., solely in its capacity as NIM Trustee for the Poetic and Prophet Trusts and as NIM Trustee for the HBK Trusts, Appellant: Martin Gilmore and Sean Connery of counsel, Perkins Coie LLP, New York. For U.S. Bank N.A., solely in its capacity as NIM Trustee for the HBK Trusts (the "HBK Parties"), Appellant: Danielle L. Rose, Zachary D. Rosenbaum and Darryl G. Stein of counsel, Kobre & Kim LLP, New York. For Nover Ventures LLC, Respondent: Robert W. Scheef, Gayle R. Klein, David I. Schiefelbein and Steven R. Fisher of counsel, McKool Smith, P.C., New York. For D.E. Shaw Refraction Portfolios, L.L.C. ("D.E. Shaw"), Respondent: Charles R. Jacob III of counsel, Goulston & Storrs PC, New York, and Isaac M. Gradman of the bar of the State of California, Edward P. Allinson, of the bar of the State of California, admitted pro hac vice of counsel and Kristin A. Mattiske-Nicholls, Perry, Johnson, Anderson, Miller & Moskowitz LLP, Santa Rosa, CA. For Strategos Capital Management, LLC, Respondent: Mauricio A. España of counsel, Dechert LLP, New York. For Olifant Fund, Ltd., FFI Fund Ltd. and FYI Ltd. (the "Olifant Funds"), Respondents: Diana M. Conner and Peter W. Tomlinson of counsel, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, New York. For GMO Opportunistic Fund and GMO Global Real Return (the "GMO Parties"), Respondents: Joshua S. Sturm and Marie Killmond of counsel, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, New York. For Amicus Curiae: Maya D. Cater of counsel, Kleinberg, Kaplan, Wolff & Cohen, P.C., New York.

    Case Number: 657387/17

    Court Determines the Distribution of Global Settlement Payment by JPMorgan to Investors

  • February 25, 2020 | Law.com

    Compliance Hot Spots: Unsealed Order Disqualifying James Cole in Huawei Case | CFTC Case Raises Attorney Ethics Issues | Deep Dives on DOJ's Woes | Who Got the Work

    Welcome to Compliance Hot Spots! Newly unsealed: Read the order disqualifying Sidley's James Cole in the Huawei case. Plus, the feds are raising questions about a Skadden defense lawyer in Chicago. Scroll down for Who Got the Work, notable moves and much more.

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  • April 18, 2019 | The American Lawyer

    Keeping Equity Tiers in Check, New York's Top Firms Record New Profit Highs

    Equity partnerships at the richest firms guarded their exclusivity or even contracted, while ALM counted nonequity partners for the first time at Simpson Thacher and Willkie Farr.

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  • Gupta v. U.S.

    Publication Date: 2019-01-18
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Securities Litigation | White Collar Crime
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Investments and Investment Advisory
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Petitioner‐Appellant: David S. Frankel, Alan R. Friedman, Robin M. Wilcox, Elliot A. Smith, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, New York, New York, on the brief, Gary P. Naftalis, New York, New York
    for defendant: For Respondent‐Appellee: Preet Bharara, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Margaret Garnett, Assistant United States Attorney, New York, New York, on the brief, Damian Williams, Assistant United States Attorney, New York, New York

    Case Number: 15-2707

    Denial of Securities Fraud Convictions' §2255 Vacatur Over Jury Instruction Is Affirmed