Showing posts with label UBS case. Show all posts
Showing posts with label UBS case. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Feds arrest in case where only .01% chance of getting caught

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At least that's what the defendant put the odds at in this UBS case (via the AP ): A former banker at Switzerland's UBS AG has bee...
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Tuesday, January 05, 2010

Lots going on

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Thanks to all my peeps for sending lots of tips the last couple of days. There's lots going on: 1. Judge Zloch is in the news. From not...
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Monday, November 30, 2009

Would you do 40 months for a billion bucks?

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Bradley Birkenfeld would. He's the UBS banker who helped the government makes its case against UBS and all the tax cheats. Here's th...
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Friday, October 30, 2009

Happy Halloween

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So, Judge Cooke sentenced a cooperting UBS guy to probation the other day, and today Judge Cohn sentenced a similarly situated co-defendant ...
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009

First UBS sentencing

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Judge Cooke sentenced Steven Michael Rubinstein to probation based on his extensive cooperation with the feds. From the AP's Curt Ande...
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Friday, August 21, 2009

Judge Zloch slaps UBS cooperator

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We covered earlier the UBS defendant who was asking for probation for his extensive cooperation. The government was asking for 2 1/2 year...
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Friday's notes

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School's back Monday. To get you in the mood, here's a clip from Back to School: The DBR reports that the mold lawsuit filed by Ted...
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009

UBS snitches

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Oh, there are going to be a bunch of these. Here's one where the government is recommending a 50% reduction (via Curt Anderson) : A for...
Wednesday, August 12, 2009

UBS settles with US

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Indictments to follow.
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Friday, July 31, 2009

Friday news and notes

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1. UBS got pushed one more week, till August 10. Looks like it might settle. From the WSJ blog : In a major break in a massive tax-evas...
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009

We're second...

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... to Rhode Island ?!! I demand a recount. Well, we're trying to be first , with 41 arrests today. Here's the Herald coverage of a...
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Monday, July 13, 2009

UBS trial continued till August 3

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Prior coverage here . Judge Gold agreed to the parties' request to let them try and work it out.
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Sunday, July 12, 2009

Maybe not on the UBS trial

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According to the New York Times , the parties filed a joint motion to continue the case over the weekend in the hopes they can settle: The S...
Friday, July 10, 2009

UBS trial to start Monday

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Lots of press coverage on the case to start Monday here . I liked this Reuters piece on Judge Alan Gold, who is presiding over the case: The...
Wednesday, July 08, 2009

Quick Hits

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Sorry about the slow blogging this week. It's summer and I'm swamped... What up with that? Okay, to the news: 1. General Noriega has...
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Saturday, May 02, 2009

Bern backs UBS

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The government of Switzerland filed an elegantly understated amicus brief for Judge Gold's consideration on Thursday (according to PACER...
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Thursday, March 05, 2009

Baker & McKenzie UBS Memo Takes Center Stage

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SFL here . Come on folks -- David needs to focus on his trial, and a bunch of nudnick commenters force him to change his comment policy. Oy...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2009

More Complications in the UBS Case

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SFL here , still filling in while David does his "trial lawyer" thing. More on UBS -- Now Judge Gold has a Swiss federal court t...
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Ho Hum -- The Princess, A Sex Sting, and UBS

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Hey, can you tell it's SFL here? Yep, still foolin' around while David tries another big case. So I told you all this UBS thing was...
Monday, February 23, 2009

More on Kuehne R&R

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SFL here , hope you had a nice weekend. Here's a nice quote from John Pacenti's article on Judge Bandstra's R&R on Ben Kuehn...
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