Back in July, a former product manager at Coinbase Global Inc. was arrested for allegedly providing insider information to help his brother and a friend purchase crypto tokens before they were listed on the Coinbase exchange. Now the Department of Justice (DOJ) has...
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Month: September 2022
Justice for Victims of the Beirut Blast | Open Society Foundation
“The plaintiffs, advised by Ford O’Brien LLP, an American law firm, say it was neither coincidence nor happenstance. Spectrum knew that it had entered into these contracts with a highly corrupt, highly dysfunctional state.” Read Full Article
Prosecution vs. Politics: Can AG Garland Pursue Trump Probes without Influencing the Midterms? | USA Today
Partner Kevin J. O’Brien states: “In investigating Trump, the Department of Justice should disregard its self-imposed rule of thumb that disfavors indictment within 90 days of an election, in this case the upcoming congressional elections.” Otherwise, the result...
Trump Documents Will Be Reviewed by Retiring Judge Named Special Master | Bloomberg
Kevin O’Brien, a former federal prosecutor in Brooklyn who worked closely with Dearie on a public corruption case, said the office often competed with Giuliani for high-profile cases. Dearie “wasn’t overtly political at all,” said O’Brien, now a partner at Ford...
Bannon Defiant After Pleading Not Guilty to N.Y. Fraud Charges | Bloomberg Law
Kevin O’Brien, a former federal prosecutor, predicted Bannon would continue to argue that the New York case was vindictive and driven by political bias. “There may in fact be some truth to this claim,” said O’Brien. “Arguably, scarce prosecutorial resources in New...
Broker Loses Bid to Toss SEC Suit Citing Bahamian Law | Law360
Even if the SEC obtains a favorable judgment in Florida, Gentile argued, it would be unable to collect funds from SureTrader because the agency failed to preserve its status as a potential creditor by not submitting proof of debt in the company’s liquidation...
Russia’s VTB Bank hires new lawyers in bid to reverse court’s default ruling | Reuters
Robert Landy, a partner with Ford O’Brien Landy and one of the lawyers seeking to defend the Russian bank, said Tuesday that the justice system “cannot function unless all parties are able to participate” and that the firm “welcomes the opportunity” to work with VTB....
Chinese Investors Say Regional Center Hid Growing Obstacles | Law360
The investors, who are represented by Robert Landy of Ford O’Brien Landy LLP, laid out a yearslong scheme for the court in which the regional center allegedly misled potential investors about the security and scope of the investment and hid various setbacks from...