December 09, 2015
A former Bryan Cave LLP lawyer tricked lenders into financing an acquisition of Maxim magazine in hopes of securing bonus payments and getting promoted to partner, a New York federal prosecutor told jurors Wednesday at the close of the trial.
December 08, 2015
A former Bryan Cave LLP attorney facing criminal charges over a failed acquisition of Maxim magazine told a New York federal jury Tuesday that the firm had instructed him to continue working on the deal even after a lender raised concerns about possible fraud.
December 04, 2015
A former Bryan Cave LLP transactional lawyer facing criminal charges over a failed bid to acquire Maxim magazine told a New York federal jury on Friday he had no clue that key deal documents had been fabricated.
December 03, 2015
A former Bryan Cave LLP lawyer took the witness stand in New York federal court Thursday to defend himself against criminal fraud and identity theft charges stemming from a failed acquisition of Maxim magazine, saying he never knowingly provided false information to anyone involved in the deal.
December 02, 2015
A top partner at Bryan Cave LLP took the witness stand Wednesday in the New York federal court trial of transactional lawyer Harvey Newkirk stemming from a failed bid to acquire Maxim magazine, saying the firm had launched an investigation into the deal and contacted the FBI amid fraud concerns.
December 01, 2015
A lawyer for former Bryan Cave LLP counsel Harvey Newkirk on Tuesday attacked the credibility of the government's star witness in a fraud trial stemming from a botched acquisition of Maxim magazine, portraying the cooperator as a con artist with an affinity for tall tales and fast cars.
November 24, 2015
Convicted fraudster Calvin R. Darden Jr. told jurors Tuesday in the fraud trial of former Bryan Cave LLP attorney Harvey Newkirk that he and Newkirk created a litany of fake documents that associated them with Darden's wealthy father in a failed effort to buy Maxim magazine with millions of dollars in borrowed money.
November 23, 2015
Former Bryan Cave LLP transactional attorney Harvey Newkirk plans to take the witness stand in the government's fraud and identity theft case against him stemming from a failed Maxim magazine acquisition, his lawyer said Monday in New York federal court.
November 19, 2015
A Target Corp. board member testified in New York federal court Thursday that he had accepted congratulations from friends in 2013 for supposedly purchasing Maxim magazine, potentially undermining criminal charges that a former Bryan Cave LLP lawyer stole his identity to finance the deal.
November 18, 2015
A Target Corp. board member told a New York federal jury Wednesday that his signature had been forged on a Bryan Cave LLP engagement letter as part of an alleged plot by his convicted stockbroker son and a former lawyer at the firm to acquire Maxim magazine.