all - Opinion Summaries

In re: Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Consumer Protection Law, Debt Collection, Securities Law, White Collar Crime
Trustee's denial of claims against Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC (BLMIS) was proper where claimants do not qualify as BLMIS "customers"...

Belmont v. MB Investment Partners, Inc.

Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law, White Collar Crime
Summary judgment for defendants (except defendant Bloom against whom a default judgment was entered) in suit arising from a defunct investment Ponzi...

Bereano v. US

Criminal Law & Procedure, Elections, White Collar Crime
Petition for a writ of coram nobis, alleging that the decision in Skilling v. United States, 130 S. Ct. 2896 (2010), required vacatur of his mail...

US v. Moskowitz

Criminal Law & Procedure, Securities Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, White Collar Crime
In a prosecution of a defendant for his involvement in a fraudulent scheme related to transactions in the common stock of a corporation of which he...

In re: Grand Jury

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Tax Law, White Collar Crime
In an ongoing grand jury investigation into an alleged criminal tax scheme, district court's grant of government's motion to enforce subpoenas for...

NECA-IBEW Health & Welfare Fund v. Goldman Sachs & Co.

Class Actions, Securities Law, White Collar Crime
In a putative class action brought under Sections 11, 12(a)(2), and 15 of the Securities Act on behalf of all persons who acquired certain...

Securities and Exchange Commission v. Obus

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law, White Collar Crime
In the SEC's suit against defendants for insider trading in violation of section 10(b) and Rule 10b-5 under both the classical and the...

US v. Contorinis

Asset Forfeiture, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Securities Law, White Collar Crime
An investment portfolio-manger's conviction for securities fraud and insider trading is affirmed, as the district court properly instructed the jury...

SEC v. Apuzzo

Securities Law, White Collar Crime
In a suit brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission, alleging that defendant aided and abetted securities laws violations through his role in...

US v. Mahafey

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Securities Law, White Collar Crime
Defendants convictions for securities fraud on retrial is vacated and remanded, as the government's failure to disclose portions of the transcripts of...