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Open Questions Three Years after Second Circuit’s Fugitive Ruling

August 26, 2024 — Law 360 - Expert Analysis

In our latest contribution to Law360 Expert Analysis, LSW attorneys Gabrielle Friedman, John Siffert and Jeannie Rose Rubin consider recent developments and open issues relating to the fugitive disentitlement doctrine as applied to foreign defendants who live outside the United States. When the U.S. Department of Justice criminally charges non-U.S. persons residing abroad, many courts...

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Benchmark Litigation Recognizes LSW Partner Helen Gredd Among the Top 250 Women in Litigation in 2024

August 14, 2024

Partner Helen Gredd has again been ranked by Benchmark Litigation among the Top 250 Women Litigators in the Northeast United States for her inspiring achievements in the commercial litigation and securities law arenas. The Benchmark Litigation guide focuses on the leading women litigators from across the country who have secured their place by participating in some of the most...

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Application of Mandatory Law in U.S. Arbitration

July 30, 2024 — Dispute Resolution Journal, Sept-Oct 2024 (Vol. 78, No. 3)

LSW’s John Siffert and Brett Mead co-authored with  Steven Skulnik the lead article  in the upcoming issue  of Dispute Resolution Journal, entitled “Application of Mandatory Law in U.S. Arbitration.”  It describes how  international and domestic arbitral claims arising under mandatory laws are treated in jurisdictions other than where the claims arise.   The authors then analyze...

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Jillian Berman Speaks on Sentencing at 2024 White Collar Crime Institute at NYC Bar Association

May 23, 2024

LSW Partner Jillian Berman spoke at the New York City Bar Association’s  2024 White Collar Crime Institute on May 23, 2024. Jillian and four other leading white-collar practitioners discussed “Emerging Issues in Federal Sentencing,” such as recent amendments to the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines; restitution, forfeiture, and the process of restoration; loss amount as a driver at sentencing; and...

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Mitigating Incarceration’s Impacts On Foreign Nationals

May 21, 2024 — Law 360 - Expert Analysis

In a recent Law360 “Expert Analysis” contribution, Jillian B. Berman, John S. Siffert, and Zachary B. Shemtob consider the hurdles facing client and counsel– and suggest strategies– when a non-US person is sentenced by a US court for a white-collar offense. Foreign defendants prosecuted for white collar felonies face disparate treatment at sentencing as compared to similarly...

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