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Fraud is the making of false representations or engaging in deceptive behavior in order to unlawfully secure financial or personal gain. 
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The End of LIBOR: Hotel California Edition [Part II]

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On October 1, 2024, the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority (UK FCA) phased out ‘Zombie’ LIBOR, as a transitional benchmark, with the move to alternative “risk-free” rates....more

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Promissory Notes - Banking & Finance Insights: V 3, Issue 5, May 2023

Survey Finds Small-Business Lending Fraud on Rise - “Lending fraud with small and midsize businesses has increased significantly over the last 12 months, and many financial institutions expect it to get worse, according to...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

2021 Year in Review - Civil Fraud

Welcome to our 2021 round-up for civil fraud litigation, complex crossborder disputes and asset recovery. In this publication, we consider some of the key cases and developments in English law and practice from the past year...more

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2nd Circ. Libor-Rigging Reversal Is A Boon For Defendants

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit's Jan. 27 reversal of the convictions of two former Deutsche Bank AG traders accused of rigging Libor in U.S. v. Connolly was rightfully big news in the white collar community....more

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Second Circuit’s Rejection of Fraud Theory in LIBOR Manipulation Case May Have Far-Reaching Implications

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In a long-awaited decision on January 27, 2022, a unanimous panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed the convictions of Deutsche Bank (DB) derivatives traders Matthew Connolly and Gavin Black in a...more

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Stymied fraud prosecutions could force DOJ prosecutors to reevaluate their strategy

On January 27, 2022, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a decision in United States v. Connolly, overturning the 2018 fraud convictions of two former traders at a large financial institution. A...more

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Report: DOJ Launches Investigation into Alleged Energy Pricing Benchmark Fraud

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Investigators with the U.S. Department of Justice reportedly are investigating energy pricing benchmarks published by Platts, targeting suspected manipulation of deal prices provided by individual traders.  According to...more

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SEC Division of Examinations – 2021 Priorities

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On March 3, 2021, the SEC’s Division of Examinations (“Division” or “EXAMS”) published its annual Examination Priorities Report, which identified eight primary areas of focus for Fiscal Year 2021. While many of these...more

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The End of LIBOR: The Twilight Zone™ Edition

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The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority announced the future cessation and loss of representativeness of worldwide LIBOR rates. Potential Detrimental Developments - Recent Events - On Friday, March 5,...more

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Recent Swap Manipulation Cases

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In recent years, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) filed two actions with facts so shocking the reader is forced to ask, ‘can this be how the industry really functions?’ The Complaints - The most recent...more

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Structured Finance Spectrum – January 2021

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Moving on from 2020 and building up for 2021. Read our Structured Finance Spectrum, covering safe harbors & remedies, CLOs & QMs, and passive & ESG investing, among other hot-topic issues in the structured finance markets in...more

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Financial Daily Dose 12.10.2019 | Top Story: Remembering Influential Former Fed Chair Paul Volcker

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Some remembrances upon the passing of influential former Fed Chair Paul Volcker, a force in American economic policy for nearly 60 years who led “the Federal Reserve’s brute-force campaign to subdue inflation in the late...more

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Quarterly Cartel Catch-Up: Recent Developments in Criminal Antitrust for Busy Corporate Counsel - July 2019

Below, we summarize significant cartel enforcement developments from U.S. and other antitrust enforcers in recent months, including the significant change to longstanding policy by the Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust...more

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Witness for the prosecution – the problem of expert witnesses in criminal trials

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Many will be aware of Agatha Christie's popular and much-adapted tale involving a witness for the prosecution whose evidence is undermined. But, in the real world, last month we saw the latest discrediting of an expert...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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Late last week, a California jury found Monsanto liable in the first of a series of cases accusing the Roundup weedkiller maker of causing plaintiff Dewayne Johnson’s non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, awarding him an incredible $289...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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Theranos founder and ex-CEO Elizabeth Holmes has been indicted on federal fraud charges along with former company president Ramesh Balwani.  The charges come three months after Holmes settled civil charges with the SEC....more

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Structured Thoughts: News for the financial services community, Volume 8, Issue 7

LIBOR: The End Game - Since the announcement on July 27, 2017 by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (the FCA) that the LIBOR rate would be phased out after 2021, much has been written about the complications of switching...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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Is the SEC officially on record with a warning about the viability of unregulated ICOs? It is. Is that stopping start-ups from creating and selling new virtual currencies at a torrid pace? It is not....more

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Second Circuit Hands Government a Major Setback in LIBOR Fraud Case

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On July 19, 2017, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a decision that could impact prosecutions of corporate employees that result from multi-jurisdictional investigations, such as those involving...more

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Your daily dose of financial news - The Brief – 9.21.16

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Testifying before the Senate Banking Committee yesterday, Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf admitted that the illegal sham-account-creation activity at the heart of its recent SEC fine may have begun earlier than first reported....more

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Compliance at the Tipping Point, Part III – The VW Emissions-Testing Scandal

I continue my series on why I believe that compliance is at the ‘Tipping Point’ with a discussion of the Volkswagen (VW) emissions-testing scandal and its effect on the greater compliance world. Myself and many other...more

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Reflections on a Sentence: Spooking the City

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Tom Hayes emerges from his trial at Southwark Crown Court for Libor manipulation as a very considerable loser, who took some very bad decisions in the course of the SFO investigation and trial (and perhaps deserves his long...more

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An Eerie Silence

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There’s an eerie silence in the world of fraud prosecutions in the UK. A Libor trial is about to start, a FCA land banking prosecution is on trial at Southwark, but with reporting restrictions, and a couple of weeks ago David...more

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This Week In Securities Litigation (The week ending January 10, 2014)

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The insider trading trial of former SAC Capital official Matthew Martoma opened this week in Manhattan with jury selection. The SEC announced the resignation of George Canellos, Co-director of the Division of Enforcement....more

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Former Financial Trader Charged with Fraud in SFO LIBOR Investigation

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As part of the continuing investigation by the UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) into the manipulation of LIBOR, the City of London police charged former UBS and Citigroup trader Tom Hayes with eight counts of fraud on June 18....more

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