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14 Jan 2010, 10:27 pm
Collins, a former Mayor Brown partner, has been sentenced to seven years in prison for his role in a $2.45 billion investment fraud scheme involving Refco Inc. [read post]
21 Sep 2009, 10:36 am
The judge had recently been forced to dismiss an investors' lawsuit seeking to recover from a lawyer for bankrupt Refco, Inc. for his alleged role in "cooking the books" to conceal hundreds of millions of dollars of debt. [read post]
28 Aug 2009, 2:42 pm
A former partner at Mayer Brown, Joseph Collins, was convicted earlier this year of helping to cover up fraud at his client, Refco Inc., a commodities broker. [read post]
13 Jul 2009, 9:30 am
Collins guilty of conspiracy and four other charges in connection with a massive fraud at now-bankrupt Refco Inc., the New York Law Journal reports. [read post]
12 Jul 2009, 7:28 pm
Flying a bit under the radar this past weekend was the dreaded "we're sure as hell not coming back on Monday" verdict that the jury returned on Friday afternoon in the Refco, Inc-related criminal case against Mayer Brown partner, Joseph P. [read post]
10 Jul 2009, 2:28 pm
The government had alleged that Collins helped Bennett and others engage in transactions that transferred losses and certain expenses off Refco’s books to Refco Group Holdings Inc., a company controlled by Bennett and others. [read post]
19 Jun 2009, 4:45 pm
Goes to show you what I know.The New York Law Journal reports that "Speaking forcefully and looking jury members straight in the eyes as he testified yesterday in federal court in Manhattan about his own role in a $2.4 billion corporate fraud case, Collins said executives of Refco Inc. lied to him about financial issues underlying the loan transactions on which he worked. [read post]
14 May 2009, 8:02 am
The trial of Mayer Brown partner Joseph Collins has begun, with prosecutors saying Collins knowingly aided Refco Inc. in a massive fraud stretching over nearly a half-decade. [read post]
25 Apr 2009, 4:50 am
Lynch last month assessed under New York the effect law of prior knowledge exclusions on demands for coverage under three excess D&O policies issued to Refco, Inc., once one of the largest brokerage and clearing services providers for international currency and futures markets. [read post]
5 Apr 2009, 4:07 pm
The claim had also accused Advest Inc. of encouraging it to buy into Sphinx Managed Futures Index Fund LP, which was owned by Refco Inc. [read post]
1 Apr 2009, 9:17 am
The fund alleged that Merrill Lynch and its subsidiary broker-dealer Advest Inc. of Hartford, CT, committed negligence, breached their contract and fiduciary duty, and also misrepresented information about the SPhinX Managed Futures Index Fund LP. [read post]
1 Apr 2009, 8:15 am
The federal district court for the Southern District of New York recently dismissed charges against the Meyer Brown law firm in In re Refco, Inc. [read post]
24 Mar 2009, 1:48 am
DISTRICT COURTSOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORKBusiness LawClaims Law Firm Helped to Perpetrate Refco's Accounting Fraud Dismissed; 'Stoneridge' CitedIn re Refco Securities LitigationU.S. [read post]
20 Mar 2009, 1:19 am
The Securities and Exchange Commission dropped its charges against the former general counsel of McAfee Inc. in a Thursday court filing. [read post]
12 Jan 2009, 1:01 pm
Sage--who has represented creditors and bondholders in the Chapter 11 proceedings for Refco Inc. and Ziff Davis Media Inc. [read post]
5 Dec 2008, 8:44 pm
As we described in a feature story in the November issue of The American Lawyer, Collins is the Mayer Brown partner indicted last December for allegedly helping client Refco Inc. perpetrate a massive fraud. [read post]