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14 Jul 2008, 5:51 pm
According to the article, "Auction-Rate Probe Grows Over Clarity From Brokers," by reporters Amir Efrati, Liz Rappaport and Randall Smith, the two brokers were suspended and then resigned after clients complained they were misled about the nature of the auction-rate securities they bought. [read post]
1 Aug 2007, 6:42 am
Amir Efrati has a good post at the Wall Street Journal Law Blog, including comments from one of the special prosecutors. [read post]
22 Oct 2007, 5:13 pm
Amir Efrati, the author of a highly distributed article in The Wall Street Journal, commented upon the market's current status in Hard Case: Job Market Wanes for U.S. [read post]
3 Mar 2010, 5:00 am
Sources: Valuation Ruling in the Madoff Bankruptcy and SIPC Awards – hosted by JD Supra Madoff Judge Endorses Trustee’s Rule on Losses by Diana Henriques in the New York Times Judge’s Madoff Ruling Bars Recovery for Some Investors by Amir Efrati for the Wall Street Journal [read post]
4 May 2008, 11:20 pm
Today, Law Blog colleague Amir Efrati reports that prosecutors in the Brooklyn-based Eastern District of New York have formed a task force of federal, state and local agencies, involving as many as 15 law-enforcement agents and investigators that will focus on Wall Street firms and mortgage lenders. [read post]
4 Sep 2009, 4:00 am
References: More on the Textron Decision, In-House Lawyers' Latest Worry from the WSJ Law Blog Audit Work Papers Were Discoverable by IRS Since They Were Done for SEC-Required Financial Statements Not Litigation from Jim Hamilton's World of Securities Regulation Ruling in Tax-Auditing Case Puts Corporations on Edge by Amir Efrati for The Wall Street Journal Textron decision on work product privilege by Alice Woodley on the Legal Ethics Forum Textron decision –… [read post]
9 Jan 2009, 9:54 am
This first paragraph of the dissent by Judge Merritt in Paull spotlights some (of many) reasons why the decision is notable (and likely worthy of a serious cert petition): As a recent October 23, 2008, Wall Street Journal article by Amir Efrati points out, our federal legal system has lost its bearings on the subject of computer-based child pornography. [read post]
26 May 2008, 12:20 pm
Earlier this month, Law Blog colleague Amir Efrati wrote a post suggesting that the auction-rate securities mess could prove legally nettlesome for Wall Street. [read post]
28 Apr 2008, 11:21 am
(Here’s a story from the WSJ’s Amir Efrati.) [read post]
13 Mar 2008, 9:41 am
Thanks to LB colleague Amir Efrati, we can shine a light on Boyd M. [read post]
29 Nov 2007, 6:32 am
Here’s the WSJ story from the Law Blog’s very own Amir Efrati. [read post]
20 Jun 2008, 9:15 am
As reported today by the WSJ’s Amir Efrati and Tom McGinty, the mortgage-market crisis — of which Cioffi and Tannin were either casualties or instigators, depending on your view — is helping the EDNY revive their white-collar crime operation, and catch up to their cross-river rivals at the Southern District, located just a few stops away on the 4 train. [read post]
3 Jul 2008, 8:46 am
(Credit: AP/Jane Rosenberg) These are some of the characteristics of EDNY judge Frederic Block, as detailed in today’s WSJ profile by Amir Efrati. [read post]
23 Apr 2008, 5:02 pm
(For background on how to get out of loans through this little-known process, check out Law Blog colleague Amir Efrati’s story on rescission from last year.) [read post]
5 Mar 2008, 1:40 pm
Law blog colleague Amir Efrati did this story on so-called “foreclosure mills. [read post]
16 Apr 2010, 9:42 pm
Amir Efrati: ... this story has legs, folks. [read post]
23 Feb 2010, 3:21 am
" In the "Law Blog" at the Wall Street Journal (2/19), Amir Efrati discussed former Toyota in-house lawyer Dimitrios Biller's connection to the lawsuits.From the American Association for Justice news release. [read post]
16 Aug 2009, 2:05 am
In fact, I wish Governor Perry could have read it before he vetoed legislation this year that would have allowed judges to remove Romeo and Juliet cases from Texas' registry.Relatedly, Berman also points to a piece by Amir Efrati at the Wall Street Journal titled "Courts Face Growing Battle Over Limits on Ex-Convicts," which places in a national framework recent Texas cases in Judge Rob Junell's Western District court limiting restrictions by federal judges on… [read post]
21 Oct 2008, 5:24 am
(Hat tip to Amir Efrati at the Wall Street Journal for bringing the ruling to my attention.)The In re Sanchez court concludes that the UST failed to state a claim for sanctions because the UST is not authorized to pursue sanctions. [read post]
12 Jan 2009, 9:03 am
Judge Merritt begins: As a recent October 23, 2008, Wall Street Journal article by Amir Efrati points out, our federal legal system has lost its bearings on the subject of computer-based child pornography. [read post]
