Criminal Prosecution, Extradition, Securities Fraud

Khouri: Is UK-US Extradition on Its Way to Becoming an Ex-Tradition?

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 3/3/2025

On 12 February 2025, the UK Supreme Court handed down its decision in El-Khouri v Government of the United States of America (El-Khouri), declining to extradite Joseph El-Khouri to the US. The ruling marks a pivotal moment in...more

DOJ, SEC and CFTC Announce Parallel Criminal and Civil Charges Against Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX Trading and Alameda Research

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 12/16/2022

On December 13, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (the “U.S. Attorney’s Office”), the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the...more

Extradition and prosecution of Israelis by foreign courts

Barnea Jaffa Lande & Co. on 11/22/2021

In recent weeks, numerous news articles have reported on the arrests of Israeli citizens resulting from foreign investigations conducted abroad. In one instance, more than 20 employees of a Tel Aviv based company engaging in...more

Financial Daily Dose 5.7.2019 | Top Story: Occidental Ups Cash Bid for Anadarko

Robins Kaplan LLP on 5/7/2019

Occidental has increased the cash portion of its recent bid for rival Anadarko, upping the cash side of its $38 billion offer to 78% (from 50%). Chevron now has 4 days to sweeten its bid or lose out – NYTimes and WSJ and...more

Former Forex Trader Successfully Avoids Extradition From The UK Through Appeal To UK's High Court Of Justice

A&O Shearman on 8/14/2018

On July 31, 2018, the High Court of Justice of England and Wales, Queen’s Bench Division, rejected the United States (“U.S.”) government’s request to extradite a former FX trader and the former head of a bank’s foreign...more

UK Courts Raise the Bar to US Extradition

WilmerHale on 8/13/2018

On 31 July 2018, the Administrative Division of the High Court of England and Wales blocked the extradition of Stuart Scott to the United States. As the second case this year in which the High Court has blocked extradition to...more

Bridging the Week - September 2015

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 9/15/2015

Alleged Flash Crasher's Formal Indictment Provides More Details Regarding His Purported Spoofing - The US Department of Justice filed a formal indictment against Navinder Singh Sarao in a US federal court in Chicago on...more

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