Friedman Kaplan litigation partner Anne Beaumont was quoted extensively in two articles in ACA Compliance Group’s January 6, 2020 issue of ACA Insight. More

A matter in which Friedman Kaplan Partner Mary Mulligan, Counsel Bonnie Baker, and Associate Nora Bojar recently represented a UK national in defense of charges of fraud, bribery, and money laundering has been nominated by Global Investigations Review for its Most Important Court Case of the Year award. More

After a lengthy trial spanning almost three years and including the testimony of 73 witnesses, a Greek court today acquitted Friedman Kaplan's client, a UK national, of charges of fraud, bribery, and money laundering. More

New York’s Court of Appeals has issued a landmark decision in favor of Friedman Kaplan’s clients regarding the interpretation of New York statutory law. More

Since Congress passed the landmark Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) last week, which is designed to provide financial relief to U.S. individuals and businesses in response to the economic fallout from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, business owners have rightfully been focused on the “Paycheck Protection Program” included under the CARES Act and how they might benefit from the provision of aid thereunder in the form of $349 billion in loan financing. This article, which is one of a series our firm is authoring in our effort to help individuals and businesses navigate our now rapidly shifting economic and legal landscape, distills the most important aspects of the program. More

On March 23, 2020, the Co-Directors of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) Division of Enforcement issued a warning highlighting the need for heightened vigilance against insider trading amidst the market volatility caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. More

The global pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has upended our lives and businesses in ways, and to a degree, that few would have anticipated even a month ago. Most tragically, estimates now project that hundreds of thousands, and perhaps millions, of people will be infected, and the death rate will continue its terrible climb. But even while we mourn the human toll of this global health emergency, we recognize that businesses must reckon with the coronavirus’s devastating blow to “business as usual.”  More

The coronavirus crisis presents a “perfect storm” for hedge funds in terms of timing, ramping up as it has just before a quarter-end, when NAVs are due and subscriptions and redemptions are processed, not to mention in the middle of audit season. As March 2020 month-end approaches, investment managers face the challenge of determining their funds’ NAVs in the most daunting market and operational conditions imaginable.  More