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Holland & Knight LLP announced that Eileen Bannon has joined the firm's New York office as a partner in the Financial Services Practice Group. Formerly a partner at Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, Bannon's practice includes the representation of capital market participants in a wide variety of transactions including interest rate and credit derivatives, total return and market value swaps, repurchase agreements, securities lending agreements and insurance-linked products. She also has extensive experience in structured capital market transactions.
Debra P. Goldberg has joined the New York office of Blank Rome LLP as a partner in the Financial Services group. Her practice is concentrated in the areas of commercial finance, structured finance, and equipment leasing and finance. In particular, Goldberg focuses on complex aircraft financing and leasing transactions of both commercial and corporate aircraft. She represents financial institutions, including commercial and investment banks, leasing and finance companies, monoline insurers, and public and private corporate entities. Goldberg joins Blank Rome from the New York office of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, where she practiced in the Corporate Department.
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.