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USA v. Bogucki
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March 04, 2019
A federal judge in San Francisco ruled on Monday to acquit a former trader at Barclays PLC of manipulating the price of foreign currency options to defraud the bank's customer Hewlett-Packard Co., saying that no reasonable jury could convict based on the evidence prosecutors offered at trial.
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February 20, 2019
Federal prosecutors argued Wednesday during the opening of a California jury trial that a former Barclays PLC trader cheated Hewlett-Packard Co. out of millions in a £6 billion ($7.82 billion) options transaction by telling colleagues to "spank the market, good and proper" in order to drive its value down.
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January 01, 2019
The coming year's white collar docket is an active one, with several large health care fraud cases set to go to trial and post-trial litigation that could shape the law in insider trading and other financial crimes and affect how companies cooperate in criminal probes.
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August 22, 2018
A California federal judge on Tuesday rejected a second bid by a former Barclays PLC trader to ditch an indictment accusing him of scheming to defraud Hewlett-Packard Co. in a £6 billion options transaction, saying the charges could hinge on the government's allegations he made misrepresentations and "half-truths."
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August 10, 2018
Prosecutors pushed back on an ex-Barclays trader's motion to dismiss the criminal "front running" case against him Friday, arguing that the question of whether he had a duty to act in the best interests of Hewlett Packard Co. in a £6 billion foreign currency options transaction can only be determined by a jury.
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July 27, 2018
A former Barclays PLC trader asked a federal judge to ax the criminal "front running" case against him on Friday, arguing that Barclays had no duty to act in the best interests of Hewlett Packard Co. in a £6 billion foreign currency options transaction.
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July 02, 2018
A California federal judge on Monday refused to dismiss the federal government's lawsuit against a former Barclays PLC trader charged with scheming to defraud Hewlett-Packard Co. in a £6 billion options transaction, finding the claims not time-barred.
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June 18, 2018
A California federal judge on Monday laid into the U.S. Department of Justice, suggesting it was wasting resources by requesting a jury trial for a former Barclays PLC trader charged with scheming to defraud Hewlett-Packard Co. in a £6 billion options transaction, after the defendant said he'd prefer a bench trial.
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April 27, 2018
A former Barclays PLC trader on Friday took aim at the U.S. Department of Justice's latest version of an indictment accusing him of scheming to defraud Hewlett-Packard Co. in a £6 billion options transaction, calling its use of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act against him a "transparent and futile effort to salvage a time-barred prosecution."
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March 30, 2018
The U.S. Department of Justice switched up its case against a former Barclays PLC foreign currency options trader Friday, invoking bank fraud laws with longer deadlines instead of relying on a time-extending order that the defense claims was based on false premises.