October 17, 2019
Greenberg Traurig has agreed to pay $65 million to clear up claims related to its alleged involvement in a $7 billion scheme run by convicted Ponzi scammer R. Allen Stanford, according to a filing Thursday in Texas federal court.
August 22, 2019
The receiver for convicted Ponzi schemer R. Allen Stanford's estate told a Texas federal judge Wednesday that despite its claims otherwise, Greenberg Traurig LLP's participation in Stanford's $7 billion scheme was "pervasive and extensive."
July 23, 2019
Greenberg Traurig LLP has moved to nix the remaining claims in a suit alleging that it actively participated in convicted Ponzi schemer R. Allen Stanford's plan to dupe investors out of billions of dollars.
December 05, 2018
Greenberg Traurig LLP told a Texas federal judge on Tuesday that recent precedent from the Fifth Circuit dooms a claim that it actively participated in convicted Ponzi schemer R. Allen Stanford's plan to dupe investors out of billions of dollars.
March 27, 2018
A Texas federal judge has signed off on a $34 million settlement, including $8.5 million in attorneys' fees, as part of a deal to settle allegations that Hunton & Williams LLP aided Robert Allen Stanford's $7 billion Ponzi scheme, saying that the amounts were reasonable.
November 22, 2017
Hunton & Williams LLP asked a Texas federal judge Tuesday to reject the objections that have been raised to its $34 million deal to settle allegations that it aided Robert Allen Stanford's $7 billion Ponzi scheme, saying the settlement is fair and won't impact the rights of other parties embroiled in litigation over the scheme.
September 05, 2017
Hunton & Williams LLP has become the latest law firm to settle allegations that it aided Robert Allen Stanford’s $7 billion Ponzi scheme, inking a $34 million deal that would benefit some of Stanford’s thousands of victims. Here are four takeaways from Hunton’s deal and their potential impact on the case going forward.
September 06, 2016
Hunton & Williams LLP has pushed a Texas federal court to reject arguments by a proposed class of investors defrauded by Robert Allen Stanford's $7 billion Ponzi scheme claiming the firm aided the financial ploy, saying purported "exceptions" to the state's attorney immunity doctrines do not exist.
August 08, 2016
A proposed class of investors defrauded by Robert Allen Stanford's $7 billion Ponzi scheme have urged a Texas federal judge to reject a bid by Hunton & Williams LLP to escape claims that it and Greenberg Traurig LLP aided the scheme, saying attorney immunity doesn't apply.
July 25, 2016
Greenberg Traurig LLP on Friday continued its fight to quash a proposed investor class action alleging the firm and Hunton & Williams LLP aided Robert Allen Stanford's $7 billion Ponzi scheme, telling a federal judge in Texas that attorney immunity bars the claims.