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The intersection between criminal law and bankruptcy law: can filing for bankruptcy affect a criminal defendant's sentence?

  • Fox Rothschild LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • February 5 2013

Criminal defendants facing onerous restitution obligations as part of their sentence might contemplate a bankruptcy filing, in the hope of staving

International regulatory update 10-14 December 2012

  • Clifford Chance LLP
  • -
  • European Union, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • December 17 2012

The European Council (Heads of State or Government) has published the conclusions from its meeting on 13 and 14 December 2012, at which it agreed on a roadmap for the completion of the Economic and Monetary Union

FDIC files second D&O lawsuit in Florida

  • Bryan Cave LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 4 2012

Despite having more than its fair share of failed banks, Florida has not been a hotbed of D&O litigation

Fifth Circuit holds that political contributions from Ponzi schemers are fraudulent transfers

  • Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • November 29 2012

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, on Oct. 22, 2012, held that $1.6 million in political contributions made to five different political committees by Ponzi scheme defendants between 2000 and 2008 were fraudulent transfers made “with actual intent to hinder, delay, or defraud creditors” under the Texas version of the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act

Investment adviser Ivy Asset Management settles Madoff lawsuits for $210 million - installment 86

  • Fox Rothschild LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 17 2012

On November 13, 2012, the U.S. Department of Labor (the “DOL”) issued a press release entitled “US Labor Department Recovers Nearly $220 Million for Madoff Victims.”

SEC suffers defeat in trial against “break the buck” executives

  • Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
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  • USA
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  • November 13 2012

A federal court jury in Manhattan returned verdicts on Monday, November 12, largely exonerating the two most senior Reserve Management Company executives in a Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement action accusing them of fraud

FDIC files five lawsuits against bank entities over RMBS

  • Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 20 2012

On August 10, the FDIC in its capacity as receiver for Colonial Bank filed five lawsuits three in Alabama state court, one in New York federal court, and one in California federal court seeking $741 million in damages from a number of investment banks, including Bank of America Corp., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Citigroup, Inc., and others, for making allegedly false and misleading statements that induced Colonial Bank into buying mortgage-backed securities

Recognizing bankruptcy fraud and using experts to deal with it

  • Frost Brown Todd LLC
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  • USA
  • -
  • August 16 2012

In a perfect world, a debtor's bankruptcy would involve timely reporting, good faith filings, and full disclosures

Supreme Court declines to hear appeal on Madoff trustee’s net equity formula

  • Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • June 28 2012

The Supreme Court has cleared the way for Irving Picard, the Trustee overseeing the Madoff liquidation proceeding, to distribute billions of dollars to victims of Madoff’s Ponzi scheme

In re Lancelot Investors Fund, L.P

  • Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 27 2012

A bankruptcy judge in Illinois recently determined that the Bankruptcy Code’s “safe harbor” provisions (11 U.S.C. 546(e), (g)) apply to payments made to innocent investors who unwittingly put money into a “Ponzi” scheme