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Fraud Libor Appeals

Fraud is the making of false representations or engaging in deceptive behavior in order to unlawfully secure financial or personal gain. 
ArentFox Schiff

The End of LIBOR: Hotel California Edition [Part V]

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In a recent alert, we highlighted the United Kingdom (UK) benchmark manipulation cases of Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo from 2015 and 2019, respectively. Hayes was the first banker to be jailed in the LIBOR scandal....more

Quinn Emanuel

UK Supreme Court allows appeals against LIBOR and EURIBOR trader manipulation convictions

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In a strident judgment that expresses “concerns about the effectiveness of the criminal appeal system in England and Wales in confronting legal error”, the UK Supreme Court has unanimously allowed appeals by Tom Hayes and...more

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The ‘Fraud is Not Enough’ – English law raises the bar for proving reliance in misrepresentation claims

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I. Introduction - What level of awareness is required to be in a person’s mind when being induced by another to rely on an implied fraudulent representation? According to the English High Court, which recently had to...more

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Stymied fraud prosecutions could force DOJ prosecutors to reevaluate their strategy

On January 27, 2022, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a decision in United States v. Connolly, overturning the 2018 fraud convictions of two former traders at a large financial institution. A...more

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Second Circuit Hands Government a Major Setback in LIBOR Fraud Case

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On July 19, 2017, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a decision that could impact prosecutions of corporate employees that result from multi-jurisdictional investigations, such as those involving...more

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