Illegal Activity
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Date
2018-11-21
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Summary
This email is a daily news update from Law360, summarizing various legal and business news stories from November 21, 2018. The topics covered include litigation, white collar crime, bankruptcy, and legal industry trends.
Metadata
- Subject
- Greenberg Traurig Can't Avoid Trial In Forgery Suit
- Sender
- New York Law360 <news-alt(aw360.com>
- Recipients
- —
- Document ID
- EFTA00032623.txt
- Date
- 2018-11-21
Illegal Activity
- Severity
- concerning
- Description
- This document is a news report summarizing various legal cases and allegations of illegal activity.
- Categories
- ForgeryBriberyTax evasionMarket manipulationFraudAntitrustAsylum fraud
- Content Type
- news_report
- Shared Content
- Yes
Evidence:
- Greenberg Traurig LLP allegedly used a forged document in litigation.
- John Chambers bribed a police sergeant.
- Michael Little helped clients evade taxes.
- A Swiss banker engaged in market manipulation.
- Spirit Airlines Inc. allegedly defrauded consumers.
- A vending machine company defrauded customers.
- An immigration lawyer committed asylum fraud.
Relationships 24
| Entity 1 | Relationship | Entity 2 | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenberg Traurig LLP | Legal | Apollo fund manager | Greenberg Traurig LLP sued by a former Apollo fund manager for allegedly using a forged document in litigation against him. |
| Vijay Singh | Legal | PGA Tour | Vijay Singh settled a lawsuit against the PGA Tour for suspending him for using a deer-antler supplement. |
| John Chambers | Criminal | New York City police sergeant | John Chambers sentenced to prison for bribing a former New York City police sergeant for favors in securing clients' gun permits. |
| Michael Little | Legal | Deceased investor's children | Michael Little sentenced to prison for helping the children of a deceased investor dodge taxes. |
| Benjamin Wey | Legal | Swiss banker | A Swiss banker extradited to the U.S. for an alleged market manipulation scheme that once targeted private equity CEO Benjamin Wey. |
| Spirit Airlines Inc. | Legal | Consumers | A class action lawsuit against Spirit Airlines Inc. alleging defrauding consumers by concealing carry-on bag fees was tossed. |
| Former employees of a defunct Long Island vending machine company | Legal | Customers | Former employees of a defunct Long Island vending machine company urged the Second Circuit to vacate their convictions for defrauding customers. |
| Brian Block | Legal | Vereit Inc. | Convicted former Vereit Inc. executive Brian Block angled for a retrial. |
| Foot Locker Inc. | Legal | Shareholder | A Foot Locker Inc. shareholder filed a derivative suit against the company's officers and directors. |
| Altice USA Inc. | Legal | Investors | A putative class of investors filed a complaint against cable television provider Altice USA Inc. alleging they were misled in the lead-up to the company's IPO. |
| Investcorp | Legal | Kortright Capital Partners LP | Investcorp lambasted Kortright Capital Partners LP in a heated exchange over a $100 million suit. |
| National Football League | Employment | Security personnel | Former National Football League security personnel filed a proposed class action claiming they were misclassified as independent contractors. |
| trueEX LLC | Legal | 11 banks | A New York federal judge denied a bid to dismiss fintech firm trueEX LLC's antitrust claims against 11 banks. |
| Metaswitch Networks Ltd. | Legal | Rival Telecom Co. | Metaswitch Networks Ltd. filed an antitrust complaint alleging that another telecom intended to eliminate competition. |
| Puerto Rico Sales Tax Corp. | Bankruptcy | Creditors | A plan to restructure nearly $18 billion in debt carried by the Puerto Rico Sales Tax Corp. will go to a creditor vote. |
| Provant Health | Bankruptcy | Equity owners | The official committee of unsecured creditors of Provant Health has sued a group of company equity owners. |
| Office of the Comptroller of the Currency | Legal | New York's financial services regulator | The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is in a legal battle with New York's financial services regulator over a fintech charter. |
| John M. Hanamirian | Legal | American pension plans | New Jersey attorney John M. Hanamirian sought a leadership role defending American pension plans against multidistrict litigation accusing them of cheating Danish tax authorities. |
| Michael Cohen-Linked Atty | Legal | Immigration authorities | An immigration lawyer linked to President Donald Trump's former attorney Michael Cohen was found guilty of lying on asylum applications. |
| Environmental groups and tribes | Legal | Donald Trump | Democratic lawmakers and several states urged a D.C. federal court to hear out challenges by environmental groups and tribes to President Donald Trump's decision to shrink national monuments in Utah. |
| Siemens AG unit | Legal | New York City | New York City owes a Siemens AG unit at least $143 million for 'grossly negligent and reckless conduct' during the construction of a water treatment plant in the Bronx. |
| Akerman LLP | Employment | Chairman and CEO | Akerman LLP's newest chairman and CEO has ended his term after fewer than 10 months, and his predecessor has stepped in to resume his old post. |
| Lewis Brisbois | Legal | GardaWorld | A Dallas judge has threatened to jail a representative of security company GardaWorld and attorneys at Lewis Brisbois for refusing to turn over GPS data for a truck involved in a fatal collision. |
| Schiff Hardin LLP | Employment | Marci Eisenstein | Marci Eisenstein is the first woman managing partner of Chicago-based Schiff Hardin LLP. |
Notable Quotes 3
Prison An Ignominious End To Gun Atty's Career, Judge Says
Greenberg Traurig Can't Avoid Trial In Forgery Suit
BigLaw Firms Take Cravath's Cue On Holiday Bonuses
Red Flags 10
- Allegations of forgery by Greenberg Traurig LLP
- Prison sentence for attorney John Chambers for bribery
- Prison sentence for attorney Michael Little for tax evasion
- Allegations of market manipulation against a Swiss banker
- Allegations of fraud against Spirit Airlines Inc.
- Allegations of fraud against a vending machine company
- Allegations of misleading investors by Altice USA Inc.
- Allegations of antitrust violations against banks
- Allegations of asylum fraud against an immigration lawyer
- Allegations of reckless conduct against New York City
Financial Information
Amounts:$14 million$6 billion$2.2 billion$100 million$18 billion$2 million$143 million$14 million$156 million$60.5 million$580,000
Assets:
- Single-family homes
- Retail and residential building
- Office campus
Transactions:
- Tax evasion on $14 million inheritance
- IPO of $2.2 billion
- Debt restructuring of $18 billion
- Transfer of $2 million
- Financing of nearly $14 million
- Loan of $156 million
- Purchase of office campus for $60.5 million
Media & Journalist References
- Law360
Public Knowledge
- Context
- This is a news summary of legal and business events, likely already reported in the media.
- Media Worthy
- Yes
- Likely Public
- True
Legal Compliance
- Forgery
- Doping
- Bribery
- Tax evasion
- Market manipulation
- Fraud
- Antitrust
- Asylum fraud
- Negligence
Raw Analysis JSON
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Themes
Legal matters/litigationFinancial transactions/money flowEmployment/staffingReal estate/propertiesBusiness dealingsCommunications/correspondenceAllegations/complaintsTax evasion
People 9
Organizations 42
Greenberg Traurig LLPApollo fundPGA TourVereit Inc.Foot Locker Inc.Altice USA Inc.InvestcorpKortright Capital Partners LPNational Football LeaguetrueEX LLCMetaswitch Networks Ltd.Puerto Rico Sales Tax Corp.COFINAProvant HealthOffice of the Comptroller of the CurrencySiemens AGHighQ Solutions Ltd.Cravath Swaine & Moore LLPAkerman LLPAcritasLewis BrisboisGardaWorldRELX GroupSchiff Hardin LLPMarks O'Neill O'Brien Doherty & Kelly PCSchoen Legal SearchEpstein Becker & Green, PCMcCarter & English. LLPFilcro LegalBeveridge & Diamond, P.C.Palmcorp DevelopmentWells Fargo & Co.Goldman Sachs Group Inc.Redwood PartnersReed ElsevierEuropean UnionFederal Bureau of InvestigationInternal Revenue ServiceSecurities and Exchange CommissionU.S. Attorney's OfficeU.S. Department of JusticeUnited States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York
Locations 12
New YorkManhattanLong IslandUtahBronxMiamiLong Beach, CaliforniaChicagoDallasD.C.DenmarkPuerto Rico
Financial Entities 11
Wells Fargo & Co.Goldman Sachs Group Inc.RBC Capital MarketsScotiabank Global Banking and MarketsThe Bank of New York Mellon Corp.BNP ParibasBank of America CorporationBarclays Investment BankCitigroup Inc.Deutsche Bank AGMorgan Stanley
Text Analysis
- Tone
- Informative
- Purpose
- To provide a daily news update from Law360 covering legal and business news.
- Significance
- Provides a snapshot of legal and business news from November 21, 2018, covering a range of topics including litigation, white collar crime, bankruptcy, and legal industry trends.
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