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Litigation

Jun. 18, 2015

Skadden misconduct disqualifies firm from insider-trading case, U.S. attorneys claim

Law firm's attorneys put criminal case at risk by making "serial misrepresentations" over several years to hide conflicts, prosecutors argue in motion.


By Don J. DeBenedictis


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to kick Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
LLP & Affiliates off a high-profile insider trading case, accusing the firm of putting
the case at risk by making "serial misrepresentations" about who it represented when.


In a 59-page brief filed late Monday, the U.S. a...

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