By: Sara Kropf The government’s insider-trading investigation into SAC Capital Advisors, a Connecticut-based hedge fund that manages in excess of $15 billion, has been the subject of many press articles. But since neither the company, nor its leader Steven A. Cohen,...
By: Sara Kropf This post is not about a corporate executive (though it’s arguably white collar in nature). But it’s a gorgeous Friday afternoon in DC and I just filed a Third Circuit brief, so I think a lighter subject is in order. Katherine Harrell was initially...
By: Sara Kropf Two recent appearances by high-ranking Department of Justice officials make clear that the target on corporate executives’ backs isn’t going away any time soon. On May 3, 2013, the Criminal Division’s Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman...
By: Sara Kropf This is the first of what will be recurring posts that offer quick summaries of similar cases. Think of them as the Kay and Peele version of my blog posts, though not nearly as funny and always safe for work. SEC v. Richard Bruce Moore: The SEC charged...
By: Sara Kropf The number of former executives of a French power and engineering company indicted for FCPA violations is up to three. William Pomponi and Frederic Pierucci recently joined David Rothschild as defendants based on their supposed involvement in a scheme...
By: Sara Kropf A former corporate executive was recently sued by the SEC for insider trading based on information he learned during meetings of the World Presidents’ Organization (“WPO”). Mark Begelman, who lives in Florida, is no stranger to corporate governance. ...
By: Sara Kropf You may think of the teen clothing company Aéropostale as a cheaper alternative to Abercrombie to buy t-shirts for your fourteen year old, but it turns out that the company was also the focus of a $350 million fraud scheme. A federal jury in New York...