How To Make A Million Bucks From Day Trading: A Ponzi Adventure
Harness the limitless loss-making potential of day traders for your next criminal enterprise!
Hedge Fund Manager Who Spent Investor Funds On Prized Teddy Bear Collection Gets Five Years Lopped Off Sentence
Teddy-loving Paul Greenwood will be home sooner than he and his beloved stuffed animals thought.
How Strong Is Your Firm’s Financial Visibility?
Discover how to gain more control over your firm’s finances and unlock smarter growth strategies—take a quick financial visibility quiz designed for law firms.
It Turns Out That The Feds Have Been Onto Martin Shkreli For Years
Incredibly, Shkreli might be even fuller of sh!t than we thought.
Ex-Skadden Lawyer Who Botched Suicide Pleads Guilty To Running $5M Ponzi Scheme
How much time could he serve in prison for his crimes?
Law School Professor Busted Lying To Federal Judge, Goes Back to Teaching Ethics
The scandal may not bring down this professor, but failing as a professor just might.
Lawyers Of The Day: Attorneys Allegedly Acting Up
Allegations of a high-ranking government lawyer abusing the perks of his office, a tax lawyer engaging in tax fraud, and a real estate lawyer stealing $4 million -- who should be Lawyer of the Day?
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Bernie Madoff’s Giant Screw: Is Photoshop A Proper Rule 403 Remedy?
A federal judge tells prosecutors to use Photoshop to remove an item from a picture. But is changing the totality of the image the same as excluding prejudicial evidence?
Who’s the Idiot Now, Bernie?
This infamous Ponzi schemer has some advice for the SEC.
Lawyerly Lairs: A Multimillion-Dollar Madoff Mansion
Peter Madoff, the lawyer who served as "chief compliance officer" for Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff, used to live in this big house (before getting sent to the Big House).
Time for the Law Firm PPM?
Does a law firm have an obligation to disclose certain information about itself in advance to a prospective lateral partner? If so, what might such a disclosure look like?
Your Law Firm’s Website Is Failing You.
Here’s What The Best Ones Are Doing Differently.
Quote of the Day: Robbing Peter to Pay Paul
Is being employed by your law school after graduation similar to a Ponzi scheme?
<strike>Sir</strike> Allen Stanford, Sentenced
How much of a sentence did Ponzi schemer Allen Stanford get? Was it bigger than Bernie Madoff's?
ATL Readers to ABA: Enforce Stricter Standards
Thomas Jefferson once wrote, “I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, that his justice cannot sleep forever.” In contrast, Thomas Jefferson School of Law does not tremble before the toothless authority of the ABA. In fact, the school feels free to respond to utter institutional FAIL with peevish blame-shifting. Either […]
Mets’ Madoff Victory Is Bad News For Everybody Else
Don't worry about investing in a Ponzi scheme as long as you are smart or lucky enough to recoup your money before the whole thing falls apart. That is the upshot of U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff's decision to significantly limit the amount of money trustee Irving Picard can seek from New York Mets owner Fred Wilpon. Judge Rakoff's ruling will have a major effect on how much money is ever recovered for victims of Madoff's shenanigans, and could have an effect on the future liability for all investors in Ponzi schemes....
Breaking: Madoff Sentenced to 150 Years
Bernie Madoff has been sentenced to 150 years. Judge Denny Chin said that the sentence was necessary to deter other people from entering into these kinds of schemes. The Judge apparently said that he was struck that there was no letter written in support of Bernie Madoff. On the other hand, the judge received 141 […]