US prosecutors charge 30 with insider trading on law firm deal materials
Justice department says lawyers from elite Wall Street firms aided scheme with confidential transaction details
Justice department says lawyers from elite Wall Street firms aided scheme with confidential transaction details

Deal advice has evolved into a huge legal business but leaves firms vulnerable to misuse of confidential information

Laws don’t work — transparency and technology are the answer

Justice department says subprime auto lender defrauded its lenders before its collapse this year

Federal prosecutors say Val Sklarov sold shares pledged as collateral for loan

New York firm that represented Sam Bankman-Fried and Ghislaine Maxwell would be among first to bring in investors

Law firm, where partners are paid an average of $7.7mn, says mistake was because of its ‘misinterpretation of the rules’