Very interesting case. (Here's the AP and the Daily Business Review) All of the criminal defense lawyers in town were scanning the paper this morning to see who represented defendant Raoul Weil, a top executive at UBS. Weil isn't here in the US, but he hired New York lawyer Aaron R. Marcu from Covington & Burling. Here's the indictment.
I still haven't figured out formatting with this new Blackberry Bold, so I will post more info and the indictment when I get to the office later today. In the meantime, anything going on that you all wanna discuss?
Big mistake not to go local.
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ReplyDeletePrediction: Weil never sees the inside of Judge Cohn's courtroom.
ReplyDeletebig firm deal lawyers. run up the fees. twist the client's arm. will flee the SD Fla in defeat, clamoring that we are all back water bumpkins.
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Wow, I guess we've gotten really off topic.
What is interesting is that they charged him with a 371 conspiracy with a five year cap. Does anybody smell deal?
ReplyDeleteIf I were one of the 20,000 un-indicted co-conspirators, I probably would be a little nervous.
the interesting thing will be whether or not UBS turns over their names. My money says they do because they will face being cut out of US business otherwise.
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Now why, if I may be so bold to ask, is it such a "big mistake not to go local??" Is Miami so parochial that out-of-state practitioners are shunned simply because of geography? Is protectionism so strong, your inferiority complexes so overpowering, that your first impulse is to lash out at the "outsiders" and punish them for the audacity of trying to snag some business in your oh-so-cozy hometown? Tell me this: is the UBS excecutive who pled guilty and is snitching this guy out represented by a "local"?
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