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Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP has announced that Jeffrey W. Meyers has joined the firm as chair and Jon R. Mostel has joined as partner in the Energy and Project Finance Practice Group. Meyers and Mostel were most recently with Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP in New York. Meyers' principal areas of practice include the development and financing of domestic and international energy projects, as well as the acquisition and sale of interests in energy facilities and companies. Mostel's experience encompasses representing a wide range of clients in natural gas and electricity transactional and regulatory matters, including formation, mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, and regulation of energy sector companies; power generation project development; project and transmission line site selection; permitting; and environmental review.
Wells Fargo & Company has named Brent Malcom as executive vice president for its Equipment Finance Division. He will be based in Minneapolis and will lead equipment finance sales, credit, and service team and activities for the bank division of the newly combined Wells Fargo Equipment Finance and the former Wachovia Equipment Finance. Malcom has been with Wells Fargo for 21 years and most recently served as senior vice president and division manager of Wells Fargo Equipment Finance.
The DOJ's Corporate Enforcement Policy: One Year Later
The DOJ's Criminal Division issued three declinations since the issuance of the revised CEP a year ago. Review of these cases gives insight into DOJ's implementation of the new policy in practice.
The DOJ's New Parameters for Evaluating Corporate Compliance Programs
The parameters set forth in the DOJ's memorandum have implications not only for the government's evaluation of compliance programs in the context of criminal charging decisions, but also for how defense counsel structure their conference-room advocacy seeking declinations or lesser sanctions in both criminal and civil investigations.
Use of Deferred Prosecution Agreements In White Collar Investigations
This article discusses the practical and policy reasons for the use of DPAs and NPAs in white-collar criminal investigations, and considers the NDAA's new reporting provision and its relationship with other efforts to enhance transparency in DOJ decision-making.
Bankruptcy Sales: Finding a Diamond In the Rough
There is no efficient market for the sale of bankruptcy assets. Inefficient markets yield a transactional drag, potentially dampening the ability of debtors and trustees to maximize value for creditors. This article identifies ways in which investors may more easily discover bankruptcy asset sales.
A Lawyer's System for Active Reading
Active reading comprises many daily tasks lawyers engage in, including highlighting, annotating, note taking, comparing and searching texts. It demands more than flipping or turning pages.