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King & Spalding

The Lasting Impact of Kokesh: Footnote 3 and Beyond

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In June 2017, the Supreme Court held in Kokesh v. SEC that SEC disgorgement is a penalty, rather than an equitable remedy, and thus subject to the five-year statute of limitations codified in 28 U.S.C. § 2462. More than two...more

Zuckerman Spaeder LLP

From New York and Delaware Courts, a Double Blow of Bad News for Sergey Aleynikov

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Sergey Aleynikov, a former computer programmer at Goldman, Sachs & Co., has been on a legal roller coaster for the past few years. In the span of few days, that roller coaster plummeted steeply—twice. First, on January...more

Morris James LLP

Chancery Court Upholds Indicted Ex-Director's Advancement Rights

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Advancement provides corporate officials with immediate interim relief from the personal out-of-pocket financial burden of paying the significant ongoing expenses inevitably involved with defending investigations and legal...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 168-Dan Cogdell on criminal procedure issues in defending an individual prosecuted...

In this episode I visit with well-known criminal defense attorney Dan Cogdell. He talks about some of the issues around defending individuals involved in a criminal-side FCPA enforcement action including: criminal procedure,...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Not All Vice Presidents Are Officers and Entitled to Corporate Indemnification

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Aleynikov v. Goldman Sachs Grp., Inc. - Addressing the meaning of the term “officer” in a company’s bylaws, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit vacated a district court’s summary judgment that a computer...more

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

Is a Vice President an Officer Entitled to Indemnification or Advancement?

This question didn’t seem to be that complicated at first blush. Now it is. The Third Circuit’s recent ruling that a former Vice President of Goldman Sachs is not necessarily an officer entitled to indemnification/advancement...more

K&L Gates LLP

Insurance Relationships Revisited

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In a recent decision of the NSW Court of Appeal (the Court) in Horsell International Pty Ltd v Divetwo Pty Ltd [2013] NSWCA 368, a firm of insurance brokers (Horsell) was ordered to indemnify an insured (Divetwo) in...more

Cozen O'Connor

Goldman Ordered to Advance Defense Fees for Former Employee Accused of Stealing Computer Codes

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On October 16, 2013, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, in Aleynikov v. The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., found that a former vice president and computer programmer was an “officer” of Goldman Sachs & Co.,...more

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