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Securities and Exchange Commission v. Stanford International Bank Ltd et al
Case Number:
3:09-cv-00298
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Other Statutes: Securities/Commodities/Exchange
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Firms
- DLA Piper
- Vinson & Elkins
- Skadden Arps
- Blank Rome
- Morgan Lewis
- O'Melveny & Myers
- Spencer Fane
- Sayles Law Firm
- Hunton Andrews
- Winstead PC
- Castillo Snyder
- Norton Rose
- Stinson LLP
- MehaffyWeber
- Boies Schiller
- Jones Day
- Friedman & Feiger
- Ferguson Braswell
- Zerbe Miller
- Ballard Spahr
- Walker Wilcox
- Fishman Jackson
- Foley & Lardner
- Sullivan & Cromwell
- Kane Russell
- Lynn Pinker
- Brunini Grantham
- Edmundson Shelton
- Platt Richmond
- Touchstone Bernays
- Friedman Kaplan
- Dilworth Paxson
- McDermott Will & Schulte
- Figari & Davenport
- Nixon Peabody
- Clyde Snow
- Green Light Law Group
- Homer Bonner
- Pulman Cappuccio
- Akin Gump
- Weil Gotshal
- Holland & Knight
- Graham Legal LLC
- Garfield & Hecht
- Fleming Ruvoldt
- Polsinelli PC
- Perdue & Kidd
- FBT Gibbons
- Passman & Jones
- Gray Reed
- Durio McGoffin
- King & Spalding
- Waddell Serafino
- Sheppard Mullin
- Scott Hirsch Law Group
- FisherBroyles
- Koning Rubarts
- Sommerman McCaffity
- Copeland Cook
- Chasnoff Stribling
- Wick Phillips
- Hedrick Kring
- Wiles & Wiles
- Phelps Dunbar
- Spence Desenberg
- Kuckelman Torline
- Powers Taylor
- Porter Hedges
- Munsch Hardt
- McGinnis Lochridge
- Roberts Markel
- Shackelford McKinley
- Newland & Associates
- Christian Attar LLC
- Preis Gordon
- Hoge & Gameros
- Sheils Winnubst
- Sequor Law
- Blaies & Hightower
- Malouf & Nockels
- Patel Gaines
- Wade Law Firm PC
- Pachulski Stang
- Glast Phillips
- McCandlish Holton
- VerisLaw PLLC
- Hankinson LLP
- Hayward & Associates PLLC
- Parsons Behle
- Sydow Firm
- Criden & Love
- George Brothers
- Thompson & Horton
- Rogers & Moore
- Davis & Santos
- Shidlofsky Law Firm
- Bracewell LLP
- Jack Nelson
- Johnson DeLuca
- Quilling Selander
- Paul Weiss
- Streusand Landon
- Durham Pittard
- Baker McKenzie
- HSF Kramer
- Meadows Collier
- McGuireWoods
- Greenberg Traurig
- Terry Bryant Accident & Injury Law
- Kilpatrick Townsend
- Troutman
- Davis Polk
- Baker Donelson
- Baker Botts
- Sidley Austin
- Butzel Long
- Levinger PC
- Gibson Dunn
- Wilson Elser
- Dentons
- Carrington Coleman
- Dechert LLP
- Cowles & Thompson
- Silver Miller
- Dykema
- Karen Cook PLLC
- Clark Hill
- Canterbury PC
- Fishman Haygood
- Brown Fox PLLC
- Krage & Janvey
- Neligan LLP
- Graves Dougherty
- DeGuerin & Dickson
- Donato Brown
- Jackson Walker LLP
- Hallett & Perrin
- Curtis Mallet-Prevost
Companies
- Pierpont Communications Inc.
- BDO LLP
- Pershing Group LLC
- Association of Tennis Professionals
- General Electric Capital Corp.
- Societe Generale
- Aviva SA
- Farmers & Merchants Bank
- ATP Tour Inc.
- Hancock Whitney Corp.
- Wells Fargo & Co.
- BDO USA LLP
- Trustmark Corp.
- Dillon Gage
- FTI Consulting Inc.
- Kroll LLC
- Toronto-Dominion Bank
- Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc.
- Lexington Insurance Co.
- HSBC Holdings PLC
Government Agencies
- U.S. Department of Justice
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection
- Louisiana Office of Financial Institutions
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
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August 05, 2016
Stanford Receiver Pushes For OK Of $35M Chadbourne Deal
The receiver for the $7 billion Robert Allen Stanford Ponzi scheme on Friday pushed a Texas court to approve a $35 million settlement deal he's reached with Chadbourne & Parke LLP over the objections of some individual Venezuelan investors, arguing their issues seem to stem from a misunderstanding of the deal.
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February 16, 2016
Stanford Receiver To Pay Out $50M To Ponzi Victims
The receiver for the $7 billion R. Allen Stanford Ponzi scheme on Friday sought permission from a Texas federal judge to distribute another $50 million to victims of the massive fraud, paying out 1 percent of each claim after the receiver reached settlements with lawyers and auditors.
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July 27, 2015
Stanford Receiver Defends $5M Deal With Firms, Others
The receiver for Robert Allen Stanford's estate has urged a Texas federal court to overrule objections and approve a $5 million settlement reached with Adams and Reese LLP, Breazeale Sachse & Wilson LLP and others for their alleged role in the Ponzi scheme, arguing that the attorneys' fees in the deal are reasonable.
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May 21, 2015
Fed. Agency Docs Sought To Track Down Ex-Stanford Workers
The receiver appointed in the fallout of Robert Allen Stanford's Ponzi scheme asked a Texas federal judge on Thursday to compel federal agencies to produce documents so two former Stanford employees linked to $16.4 million in fraudulent transfers can be located.
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August 25, 2014
Stanford Can't Freeze Estate Receiver's Personal Accounts
A Texas federal judge on Monday rejected convicted Ponzi schemer Robert Allen Stanford's bid to suspend the activities of his companies' receiver and freeze the receiver's personal accounts, ruling that Stanford had not shown he would likely prevail getting a special prosecutor to investigate the receiver.
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July 23, 2014
SEC Says Stanford's Criminal Conduct Charges 'Slanderous'
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday urged a Texas federal judge to reject convicted Ponzi schemer Robert Allen Stanford's call to appoint a special prosecutor and advise the court of criminal conduct by a court-appointed officer, calling his allegations "slanderous, sensational and unsupported."
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April 26, 2013
Stanford Owes SEC $6.8B As Ponzi Scheme Fallout Continues
Attempts by convicted Ponzi schemer Robert Allen Stanford to fight U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission claims related to his alleged $7 billion securities fraud plot came to an abrupt halt Thursday when a Texas federal judge ruled in the agency's favor and ordered him to pay $6.76 billion.
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April 09, 2013
SEC Balks As Stanford Tries To Fight Civil Case Again
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission urged a federal judge in Texas on Monday to ignore a request from Robert Allen Stanford, who was convicted of securities fraud in a $7 billion Ponzi scheme, to challenge the validity of the civil case against him and deliver a judgment in the agency's favor.
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March 29, 2013
Stanford Investors Go To Bat For $300M SEC, Antiguan Deal
Counsel for plaintiffs suing Proskauer Rose LLP and Chadbourne & Parke LLP in class actions over the firms' alleged role in the Stanford Ponzi scheme asked a Texas federal court Thursday to approve a $300 million deal between the U.S. and Antiguan receivers in charge of compensating victims of the fraud.
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March 28, 2013
Proskauer, Hunton, Chadbourne Attack Antiguan Stanford Deal
Proskauer Rose LLP, Hunton & Williams LLP and Chadbourne & Parke LLP on Thursday challenged a settlement between the U.S. and Antiguan receivers in charge of compensating victims of Robert Allen Stanford's $7 billion Ponzi scheme, saying the deal exposes them to duplicative litigation.