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US Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 11 November 2017
Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Thursday that it has begun distributing compensation to victims of Bernie L. The legal world is a busy place. A federal judge, on Thursday signed a (More)
DOJ begins compensating victims of Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Thursday that it has begun distributing compensation to victims of Bernie L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC's (BLMIS) Ponzi scheme. The first set of distributions involve $722.5 million that will be d (More)
New Technology Offers Pretrial Release for Indigent Accused
JURIST Guest Columnist Leigha A. Weiss, a 3L at St. John's School of Law, discusses new technology that could help with pretrial release of the indigent defendant ... Johnathon Sacks, a renowned British Rabbi, philosopher and scholar, said: "te (More)
Federal judge blocks litigation endangering settlement for Bernie Madoff victims
A federal judge blocked litigation on Wednesday dealing with Bernie Madoff's former Ponzi scheme customers. US District Judge Gregory Woods prevented A&G Goldman Partnership and Pamela Goldman from pursuing a lawsuit aimed at recovering $11 billi (More)
Second Circuit upholds convictions of Madoff firm former employees
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Wednesday upheld the convictions of five former employees of Bernard L Madoff Investment Securities firm who were convicted of various fraud charges in 2014. The three-judge panel rejected argumen (More)
Federal judge rules New York banking law unconstitutional
A judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled on Friday that New York City's regulation of the banking industry through the Responsible Banking Act is unconstitutional. The Act was passed by New York's C (More)
Final Madoff defendant sentenced to six months in prison
A judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on Wednesday sentenced Irwin Lipkin, a former controller of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities, to six months in prison for his involvement in Bernard Madoff's (More)
Federal judge approves final settlement in Wells Fargo investment case
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Minnesota on Monday approved a settlement for $62.5 million between Wells Fargo & Co and large institutional clients who lost money in an investment program known as securities lending. US (More)
Former Madoff accountant pleads guilty to aiding in scheme
A former accountant for Bernard Madoff pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges connected to Madoff's multibillion dollar Ponzi scheme. Paul Konigsberg, a 78-year-old former senior tax partner at Konigsberg Wolf & Co and the last defendant in the Mad (More)
Federal appeals court rules against Wells Fargo in loan case
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday rejected Wells Fargo & Co's contention that the bank's participation, along with other national banks, in a $25 billion settlement with the US government over foreclosure abu (More)
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