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SAC Capital Indicted on Five Counts of Insider Trading
By Gabriella Khorasanee, JD | Last updated on
Two weeks ago, the SEC filed a civil action against SAC Capital Advisors LP (SAC) founder Steven Cohen. A week later, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern...
WorldCom Debtors Not Entitled to IRS Refund, Says 2nd Cir
By Gabriella Khorasanee, JD | Last updated on
On Monday, the Second Circuit reversed a district court’s decision, affirming a bankruptcy’s court decision, granting WorldCom Debtors’ objections to an IRS...
S.E.C. Files Civil Case Against Hedge Fund Manager Steven Cohen
By Gabriella Khorasanee, JD | Last updated on
On Friday, the SEC filed civil charges against billionaire hedge fund manager Steven Cohen for failing to supervise two employees, criminally charged with...
Residential Handgun Fees Are Constitutional, 2nd Cir Affirms
By Gabriella Khorasanee, JD | Last updated on
With all the power the gun lobby holds, it’s a rare instance when a gun law gets challenged and upheld. Last week, in Kwong v. Bloomberg, the Second Circuit...
JFK Terror Plot Convictions Upheld, 2nd Cir Affirms
By Gabriella Khorasanee, JD | Last updated on
In 2007, Kareem Ibrahim joined a plot to blow up John F. Kennedy Airport ("JFK"), in New York, along with Abdul Kadir, Russell Defreitas and Abdel Nur, who...
SPCA 'Peace Officers' Subject to Civil Rights Claim
By Brett Snider, Esq. | Last updated on
New York animal owners better treat those puppies, kitties, and horses right or else the animal po-po will come a knockin’ on your door. SPCA “police” abuse...
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