• One Steadfast Juror

    • August 27th, 2010
    A 67-year-old grandmother who has been widely dubbed “the holdout” for refusing to convict former governor Rod Blagojevich on 23 of 24 counts has finally spoken publicly about her reasoning in the case.  Read More →

  • Blagojevich Trial On Hiatus ‘Til Next Year

    • August 26th, 2010
    Chicago federal judge James Zagel today ruled that the retrial of former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich will begin early next year.  Read More →

  • Scott Rothstein’s Favorite Steakhouse is Target of Probe

    • August 23rd, 2010
    A Florida restaurant where convicted Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein wooed powerful figures and projected his own larger-than-life image is now the target of an investigation tied to the bankruptcy of Rothstein’s defunct law firm.  Read More →

  • From Bigshot to Big House: Nemazee Gets 12 Years in Prison

    • July 16th, 2010
    On Thursday Hassan Nemazee, the New York businessman and onetime prominent Democratic fund-raiser who in March pleaded guilty to defrauding three banks out of $292 billion, was sentenced to 12 years in prison  Read More →

  • Brocade’s Gregory Reyes Sentenced (Again) For Options Backdating

    • June 25th, 2010
    Gregory Reyes, the former chief executive of Brocade, was sentenced yesterday to an 18-month prison term.  Read More →

  • At Long Last, 5-Year Pequot Probe Ends In Settlement

    • May 27th, 2010
    The founder of hedge fund Pequot Capital Management settled insider-trading allegations by the Securities and Exchange Commission after a four-year probe.  Read More →

  • Breaking: Kenneth Starr(!) Charged in Alleged Fraud Scheme

    • May 27th, 2010
    Kenneth Starr, a money manager to high net worth celebrities, was charged on Thursday with running a fraud scheme.  Read More →

  • Will the Financial Probes End With a Bang . . . Or a Big Handshake?

    • May 14th, 2010
    Where will the financial investigations end up? One possibility, according to the NYT: the banks will agree to a huge industrywide settlement, much the way they did a decade ago after the stock-research probes.  Read More →

  • Look out Preet; Here Comes Neil

    • May 14th, 2010
    Neil MacBride, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, is assembling a new, investigative task force of federal, state and local entities to crack down on financial crime and securities fraud.  Read More →

  • Is the FCPA Just a Full-Employment Act for the Private Bar?

    • May 7th, 2010
    The cover story in the current issue of Forbes offers up quite the take on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.  Read More →

  • Breuer: DOJ to Work More Closely With SEC

    • May 4th, 2010
    Lanny Breuer, the head of the criminal division of the Justice Department observed that SEC cases were increasingly proceeding along criminal cases, rather than getting stayed pending the completion of criminal cases.  Read More →

  • Foreclosure Lawyers Face New Heat In Florida

    • April 29th, 2010
    The Florida attorney general’s office is investigating allegations of misconduct by one of the largest foreclosure law firms in the state.  Read More →

  • Prosecutors Charge Scott Rothstein’s Alleged Right-Hand Woman

    • April 27th, 2010
    Florida prosecutors charged Debra Villegas with assisting former Florida lawyer Scott Rothstein operate his long-running Ponzi scheme.  Read More →

  • More Tough Luck For Convicted Former Qwest CEO Nacchio

    • April 23rd, 2010
    Former Qwest CEO Joe Nacchio was ordered to show up to a re-sentencing hearing in Denver, meaning he will have to leave his “country club” prison camp in Pennsylvania.  Read More →

  • Hogan Partner to Take Over EDNY; Madoff Judge to 2nd Circuit

    • April 22nd, 2010
    The good folks at Main Justice have been hard at work keeping their readers abreast of judicial and U.S. attorney nominations. Today we took notice of two confirmations that are hot off the Senate floor. According to Main Justice, Hogan & Hartson’s Loretta Lynch (pictured) was confirmed to become the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, based in Brooklyn. She replaces Benton Campbell , who’s been there since 2007.... 
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