Five Tips To Keep From Getting Sued
Times are great. The market is soaring. Stocks are generally doing well. And the woes of 2007 and 2008 are a faded memory. And, of course, all customers are singing the praises of their registered representatives – until the next crises.
SAC Executive Indicted: Will Steve Cohen Go Down?
For years, federal investigators have been pursuing Steven A. Cohen, the head of SAC Capital, over suspicions that his hedge fund was a hive of illegal insider trading.
The Predicament of Sympathetic Victims: The Sandusky Trial June 15, 2012
The trial of Jerry Sandusky began Monday before the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa — and it is ugly. Prosecutors painted a picture of Sandusky using the list of children at the charity as his own personal scouting report, with Sandusky even putting asterisks next to the names of certain boys he wanted to […]
Julie Taymor: Famed Director Sues as an Author
No director has ever prevailed at trial on a copyright claim, but Julie Taymor’s is probably the strongest yet brought. When the producers of Broadway’s “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark,” set out to make the most elaborate and expensive musical in history, Taymor was
MF Global – John S. Corzine.
John S. Corzine is a remedial student of the lessons learned in the last financial crisis. The head of MF Global had been sheltered from the worst of the nation’s economic woes in office, while he served first as a US Senator and then as a Governor of New Jersey. Now, all at once, the […]
The Gupta Indictment: Government Cocky After Rajaratnam Conviction?
United States attorney Preet Barbara has a challenge before him if he wants to prove that Rajat Gupta was the “eyes and ears of in the boardroom for his friend and business associate, Raj Rajaratnam.” The government alleges that Mr. Gupta, who was once a director of Goldman Sachs and Proctor & Gamble, fed information […]
Conrad Murray Trial: What is there to try?
Unlike most criminal trials, there are very few issues remaining in the homicide trial of Conrad Murray, the late pop superstar Michael Jackson’s physician, scheduled to commence on September 27, 2011 in Los Angeles County Superior Court.
What Was The Doctor Thinking?
The homicide trial of Dr. Conrad Murray, accused of killing Michael Jackson, continued on September 29, 2011, with riveting testimony or Mr. Alvarez, the Logistics Director of Michael Jackson. According to Mr. Alvarez, Dr. Murray appeared more concerned with
