A Minnesota-based distressed debt portfolio manager and its owner must cough up about $5.14 million to the Securities and Exchange Commission for allegedly luring investors into purchasing promissory notes and misappropriating funds.
The Justice Department is taking a new tack to overcome hurdles in attracting qualified legal talent: offering $25,000 signing bonuses to staff an office investigating youth transgender treatments and litigating the Trump administration’s immigration agenda.
Marc Williams joined Kilpatrick as a partner in its financial institutions team in Seattle, the firm announced Tuesday.
The Southern District of Florida has emerged as an epicenter of Trump’s highly public push to use the DOJ to pursue individuals he believes have wronged him. The moves have bolstered the office’s profile with leaders in Washington, but critics say the efforts are also taking a toll.
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The chairs of key Senate committees unveiled legislation Monday that would fund President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agenda for the rest of this term, a critical step in Republicans’ push to address the lapse in annual funding for those agencies.
The SEC’s case against a Pennsylvania investment adviser who allegedly bilked both clients and lenders has concluded with a nearly $26 million judgment.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier launched an investigation into the Southern Poverty Law Center Monday, piggybacking off federal charges filed against the organization.
Some restaurants and bars are skimming $30 billion dollars in sales tax annually through software called a tax zapper. We explain what zappers are, how they work, and how to put an end to them.
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