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Bill on Bankruptcy: Secret Madoff Agreement May Harm Victims  [Video]

Feb. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Money stolen from victims of the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme is earmarked for someone who may have been an accomplice in the fraud, and the agreement is being kept secret by a federal district judge. ...more

White Collar Watch - February 2013

In This Issue: - New HIPAA “Megarule” Broadens Enforcement - Government Declines to Seek Rehearing of Landmark Off-Label Speech Decision - Seizure of Rothstein Ponzi Assets Highlights Tension Between...more

Weekly Brief: Courthouse Violence on the Rise  [Video]

Feb. 14 (Bloomberg Law) -- Bloomberg Law's Lee Pacchia runs through the legal news for the week. A recent shooting at a courthouse in Wilmington, Delaware highlights a disturbing rise in violence in and around courts. Mary...more

International Criminal Defense Lawyer Douglas McNabb of McNabb Associates - News On Current International - Transnational Criminal...

October 26, 2012 - International & Transnational Criminal Defense Lawyers Our paper focuses on articles concerning US Federal Criminal Defense, INTERPOL Red Notice Removal, International Extradition and OFAC SDN Sanctions...more

Are Peregrine Customers Better off with a Receiver? [Video]

July 12 (Bloomberg Law) -- Bloomberg Law's Lee Pacchia talks with Bloomberg News bankruptcy columnist and editor-at-large Bill Rochelle about the week's bankruptcy news and legal developments in the Peregrine and San...more

United States of America vs. Russell Wasendorf Sr.

Criminal Complaint

Russell Wasendorf Sr., the chief executive of the futures brokerage firm Peregrine Financial Group, violated section 1001(a)(1) & (3) of Title 18 by “making and using false statements in a matter within the jurisdiction of...more

Rochelle: MF Global Trustee Report Bodes Poorly For Customers [Video]

June 8 (Bloomberg Law) -- Bloomberg Law's Lee Pacchia talks with Bloomberg News bankruptcy columnist and editor-at-large Bill Rochelle about a recent report released by James Giddens, trustee in the MF Global bankruptcy case,...more

Angry Investors Meet Bankrupt Walter Ng

A federal bankruptcy court in Oakland, California became the venue where a crowd of angry investors went to confront the man they said caused them to lose millions of dollars of their savings. About 3,000 of them gathered,...more

A Defense for Madoff Investors?

An appeals court decision may pave the way for investors to defend against "clawback" suits....more

Misrepresentation of Lehman Guaranty Supports Securities Claim

An investment company’s representation that certain energy bonds were backed by the State of Georgia—when they were in fact guarantied by Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc.—could subject the firm to liability for securities...more

Litigation and Securities Advisory: Litigation Triggered by Madoff Collapse

This is our second update regarding the collapse of securities firm Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC (“BMIS”) and the associated fraud scheme to which its founder, Bernard Madoff, admitted in December. The...more