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LSW founding partner John Siffert  and co-panelist Katie Recker of Welsh & Recker addressed the Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers  at their 2020  White Collar Practice Webinar,  speaking on “New Developments in Rule 16-A Sea Change?”  They discussed proposed changes to Rule 16 regarding expert reports and new Rule 16.1 requiring the government and...

LSW partner Jillian Berman was entrusted with the unique opportunity to publicly interview three distinguished federal judges at the Women’s White Collar Defense Association New York Chapter Meeting in November 2020.  The jurists on the panel were the Hon. Pamela Chen (United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York), the Hon. Ann...

New York University’s Pollack Center on Law and Business hosted a zoom conference to commemorate  the 40th anniversary of  United States v. Chiarella, the origin of  modern insider trading cases.  The program  explored the fascinating backstories of the Chiarella prosecution and the Supreme Court argument as well as the SEC’s and DOJ’s insider trading enforcement strategies...

Founding partner Frank Wohl hosted his ever-popular annual event at the Bar Association of the City of New York, moderating an all-star lawyer panel discussing ethical issues  in the context of corporate internal investigations.  This year’s program devoted special attention to ethical issues raised by circumstances created by the COVID-19 pandemic.   This annual update program...

LSW partner Jillian Berman participated, along with top government speakers from the DOJ, the SEC, and U.S. Attorney’s Offices in a Sandpiper Partners LLC  virtual conference on “Hot Trends in DOJ and SEC Enforcement and Litigation,” co-sponsored by Paul Weiss.   Jillian and other panelists discussed current trends and developments in DOJ and SEC white-collar enforcement,...