In the wake of the L.A. Times scandal, I asked Bill Bastone, Editor of The Smoking Gun, how he and his colleagues came up with their scoop. Here is his reply: "A couple of the FBI documents were posted, as part of a big...
In the wake of the L.A. Times scandal, I asked Bill Bastone, Editor of The Smoking Gun, how he and his colleagues came up with their scoop. Here is his reply: "A couple of the FBI documents were posted, as part of a big...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Prosecutors are looking into whether two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers, who were indicted last week on conspiracy and securities fraud charges for misleading investors, also broke the law in their dealings with banks, BusinessWeek reported...
Planning to outsource your manufacturing to China? Here are seven ways to protect intellectual property from reappearing inside a Chinese competitor’s product. 1. File patent and copyright documentation in the United States. U.S. patent and copyright laws are among the most stringent...
By Martha Graybow NEW YORK (Reuters) - Veteran U.S. lawyer Brendan Sullivan is joining the defense team of indicted former Bear Stearns hedge fund manager Ralph Cioffi, a person close to the matter said on Tuesday. Sullivan, a trial attorney who has represented...
By Joseph A. Giannone NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo filed a civil lawsuit on Thursday against UBS AG UBSN, accusing the Swiss bank of deceptively steering customers into auction-rate securities that this year became impossible to ...
