NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. prosecutors are exploring whether they can use a federal law originally enacted to take down the mafia, in a sprawling probe of hedge funds and research firms that bet against stocks, according to two sources familiar with the situation. The Justice Department last year issued subpoenas to dozens of firms, including […]
Read MoreMarc Mukasey Featured In The New York Law Journal, Mukasey, Cahill Attorneys Repping Nikola Founder in SDNY Criminal Fraud Case
Nikola Corp. founder Trevor Milton has hired New York attorneys Marc Mukasey, Bradley Bondi and Nola Heller as defense counsel in a criminal case accusing the electric vehicle start-up’s former chair of lying about the company’s technology in order to boost stock sales. Milton, who surrendered to authorities Thursday morning,… View Article
Read MoreBob Frenchman Quoted in Reuters on Robinhood
WASHINGTON, June 30 (Reuters) – Wall Street’s industry regulator fined Robinhood Financial LLC $70 million on Wednesday for “systemic” failures, including systems outages, providing “false or misleading” information, and weak options trading controls, saying those factors combined harmed millions of the app’s customers. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) fine is the latest hit to […]
Read MoreMarc Mukasey Featured in The Harvard Crimson, Lieber Prepares for Impending Trial on Federal Charges As He Battles Incurable Cancer
BY ANDY Z. WANG Attorneys defending former Chemistry department chair Charles M. Lieber, who was charged with lying to federal authorities examining his ties to China, said during a status conference last month that Lieber’s cancer diagnosis and deteriorating health call for an expedient trial. As the trial looms, legal experts spoke with The Crimson about […]
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Bob Frenchman Quoted in Bloomberg on Robinhood
Investors who sued online brokerages over claims they were unfairly blocked from trading shares of high-flying stocks like GameStop Corp. may have a long wait before their cases are resolved. So far, at least 18 lawsuits have been filed against Robinhood Markets in California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Texas, mostly alleging restrictions by the trading […]
Read MoreBob Frenchman Quoted in Reuters on GameStop
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is looking at every aspect of and parties involved in the “Reddit rally” of GameStop Corp and other stocks, said two people familiar with the matter, suggesting a swath of industry participants may be swept up in the regulator’s review of the trading frenzy. The […]
Read MoreLaw Firm Leaders: Mukasey Frenchman’s Marc Mukasey
By Xiumei Dong Law360 (August 19, 2020, 3:14 PM EDT) — Marc Mukasey, a former co-chair of Greenberg Traurig LLP’s white-collar defense and investigations practice, and two other former firm shareholders launched their boutique law firm, Mukasey Frenchman & Sklaroff LLP, in spring 2019. Here, Mukasey chats with Law360 about the reasoning behind founding the […]
Read MoreNavy SEAL Chief Accused of War Crimes Is Found Not Guilty of Murder
In a war-crimes trial that roiled the elite Navy SEALs and drew the attention of President Trump, a decorated eight-tour SEAL platoon leader was found not guilty on Tuesday of first-degree murder of a captive ISIS fighter and attempted murder of civilians in Iraq. But the platoon leader, Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher, was convicted […]
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