Joe Whitley, the first general counsel at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, has joined Womble Bond Dickinson from Baker Donelson to lead its white-collar and investigations team, Womble announced Monday.
A onetime associate of Donald Trump's former lawyer Rudy Giuliani headed for trial on Tuesday in a case that could shed light on how campaign finance operates behind the scenes, including during the Republican former president's failed 2020 reelection bid.
A former women's volleyball coach at Wake Forest University accused of participating in a vast U.S. college admissions fraud and bribery scheme has struck a deal with federal prosecutors that could result in the charges against him being dropped.
Disbarred lawyer Steven Donziger, who was convicted and sentenced for criminal contempt after a decades-long legal battle with Chevron Corp over rainforest pollution in Ecuador, has asked a federal appeals court to keep him out of jail while it hears his case.
In one of the biggest cash settlements in the history of U.S. shareholder derivative litigation, investors who own a minority stake in Renren Inc., once known as the “Facebook of China,” are slated to receive at least $300 million to resolve claims against the controlling shareholders and other defendants, including financial tech company Social Finance Inc. The proposed settlement, announced Friday, must still be approved by New York State Supreme Court Justice Andrew Borrok of Manhattan.