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Lewis Kaplan

Type: Person

Name: Lewis Kaplan

First Reported Mar 03 2010 - Updated Mar 03 2010 - 1 Documents

Richard Berman

Three months added to ex-KPMG partner's prison time

NEW YORK, March 3 (Reuters) - A former KPMG tax partner, imprisoned on a conviction for creating illegal tax shelters, will serve an additional three months for his role in a separate conspiracy to defraud U.S. and Saipan tax authorities.U.S. District ... [Published Mar 03 2010 by FinanzNachrichten.de]

Entities: Pfaff, Richard Berman, Lewis Kaplan, KPMG, United States

First Reported Feb 22 2010 - Updated Feb 22 2010 - 1 Documents

New York Police Department

Editorial: The rubber met the road

A federal judge has established as a matter of judicial precedent a concept that will be obvious to all New Yorkers who have but the tiniest drop of common sense:Bicycle riders cannot pedal in huge packs through the heart of Manhattan, blocking intersections, ... [Published Feb 22 2010 by New York Daily News]

Entities: Critical Mass, New York Police Department, Lewis Kaplan

First Reported Feb 18 2010 - Updated Feb 18 2010 - 1 Documents

Federal judge: NYC can require permit for mass bike rides

NEW YORK - The city can force groups of 50 people on bicycles to get a parade permit, a judge ruled yesterday in a legal clash between cyclists and police that landed in court after hundreds of cyclists were arrested when the 2004 Republican National ... [Published Feb 18 2010 by First Amendment Center]

Entities: Lewis Kaplan, Critical Mass, 2004 Republican National Convention, City Attorney

First Reported Feb 16 2010 - Updated Feb 16 2010 - 4 Documents

Holding the ratings agencies accountable

Andrew Ross Sorkin had an interesting report today on some lawsuits meant to hold the ratings agencies responsible for the securities that they branded safe and that turned out to be dangerous. The plaintiffs argued that the rating agencies, rather ... [Published Feb 16 2010 by Ezra Klein]

Entities: Lewis Kaplan, Roger Lowenstein, Andrew Ross Sorkin

First Reported Feb 16 2010 - Updated Feb 16 2010 - 1 Documents

Judge: "Parade Permit" Law Doesn't Violate First Amendment

Toby Leah's Flickr A federal judge ruled today that the NYPD did not violate the Constitution by requiring cyclists to file for parade permits when riding in groups of 50 or more. Two years ago, the NYPD began enforcing the controversial new ... [Published Feb 16 2010 by Gothamist]

Entities: New York Police Department, Critical Mass, Lewis Kaplan, Transportation Alternatives, Lawsuit

First Reported Feb 14 2010 - Updated Feb 14 2010 - 1 Documents

Moody's Corporation

U.S. Judge Finds Flaw, Dismisses Lawsuits Against S&P, Moody's

A federal court judge for the Southern District of New York has thrown out investor lawsuits against Standard & Poor's and Moody's Investor Service alleging dubious ratings practices involving structured products sold by defunct Lehman Brothers Holdings, ... [Published Feb 14 2010 by Inside Mortgage Finance Publications]

Entities: Moody's Corporation, Standard & Poor's, Dismissal

First Reported Jan 11 2010 - Updated Jan 12 2010 - 8 Documents

Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani

For Spending Nearly Five Years in Limbo, Should This Man Get Off?

On the one hand, there’s something perhaps instinctively unsettling about a terrorism suspect invoking the Constitution’s speedy-trial right to argue why his case should be tossed. On the other, there’s also something perhaps equally unsettling about ... [Published Jan 12 2010 by WSJ.com: Law Blog]

Entities: Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, Guantanamo (Cuba), Lewis Kaplan

First Reported Jan 11 2010 - Updated Jan 11 2010 - 1 Documents

Dismissal Arguments Tomorrow For Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani

Monday, a federal judge in New York will hear arguments in the case of Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, the former Guantanamo detainee charged in the 1998 African Embassy attacks. Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, the first Guantanamo Bay prisoner to be prosecuted ... [Published Jan 11 2010 by Talkleft]

Entities: Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, Dismissal, Guantanamo (Cuba), Indictment

First Reported Jan 08 2010 - Updated Jan 08 2010 - 1 Documents

Embassy Bombing Case Previews Issues in 9/11 Prosecution

A hearing set for next week in the case of al-Qaida confederate Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, who is accused of helping to blow up two U.S. embassies in Africa, could have far-reaching implications for the U.S. government's decision to try the alleged 9/11 ... [Published Jan 08 2010 by Law.com - Newswire]

Entities: Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, Lewis Kaplan, Justice System, Indictment

First Reported Dec 03 2009 - Updated Dec 03 2009 - 1 Documents

Guantanamo man on trial in New York seeks dismissal

WASHINGTON (AFP) Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, the first detainee to be transferred from Guantanamo to New York for trial, says all charges against him should be dismissed because his constitutional rights were violated.Ghailani, a Tanzanian accused of helping ... [Published Dec 03 2009 by AFP via Yahoo!]

Entities: Guantanamo (Cuba), Interrogation, Dismissal, Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani

First Reported Nov 23 2009 - Updated Nov 23 2009 - 1 Documents

Federal Courts Can Handle Classified Information.

One of the most frequent canards trotted out by those against trying terror suspects in civilian courts is the idea that classified information will be revealed through discovery. Glenn Greenwald notes today that the doctrine covering the disclosure ... [Published Nov 23 2009 by TAPPED]

Entities: Classified Information, Omar Abdel Rahman, Michael B Mukasey, Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, Glenn Greenwald

First Reported Oct 21 2009 - Updated Oct 21 2009 - 1 Documents

UPDATE 1-Parmalat appeals BofA, auditor lawsuit dismissals

* Parmalat appeals to U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals* Defendants accused of fraudNEW YORK, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Parmalat SpA (PLT.MI) has appealed the dismissal of its lawsuits accusing Bank of America Corp (BAC.N) and auditor Grant Thornton LLP of fraud ... [Published Oct 21 2009 by Reuters]

Entities: PARMALAT, Dismissal, Lawsuit, Lewis Kaplan

More Content

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Evolution of Military Commissions Clouds Debate... [Law.com - Mar 13 2010]
US judge approves Parmalat ex-auditors settlement [FinanzNachrichten.de - Mar 11 2010]
Three months added to ex-KPMG partner's prison ... [FinanzNachrichten.de - Mar 03 2010]
Editorial: The rubber met the road [New York Daily News - Feb 22 2010]
Federal judge: NYC can require permit for mass ... [First Amendment Center - Feb 18 2010]
Sorkin: A Hand in a House of Cards [New York Times - Feb 16 2010]
A Hand in a House of Cards [New York Times - Feb 16 2010]
Dealbook Column: A Hand in a House of Cards [New York Times - Feb 16 2010]
U.S. Judge Finds Flaw, Dismisses Lawsuits Again... [Inside Mortgage Finance Publications - Feb 14 2010]
US court urged to dismiss Guantanamo case [France24 - Asia Pacific - Jan 12 2010]
US court urged to dismiss Guantanamo case [France24 - Africa - Jan 12 2010]
US court urged to dismiss Guantanamo case [France24 - Middle East - Jan 12 2010]
US court urged to dismiss Guantanamo case [France24 - europe - Jan 12 2010]
US court urged to dismiss Guantanamo case [France24 - france - Jan 12 2010]
US court urged to dismiss Guantanamo case [France24 - Business - Jan 12 2010]
US court urged to dismiss Guantanamo case [AFP via Yahoo! - Jan 11 2010]
Embassy Bombing Case Previews Issues in 9/11 Pr... [Law.com - Newswire - Jan 08 2010]
Guantanamo man on trial in New York seeks dismi... [AFP via Yahoo! - Dec 03 2009]
UPDATE 1-Parmalat appeals BofA, auditor lawsuit... [Reuters - Oct 21 2009]

Blogs

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Holding the ratings agencies accountable [Ezra Klein - Feb 16 2010] Andrew Ross Sorkin had an interesting report today on some lawsuits meant to hold the ratings agencies responsible for the securities that they branded safe and ...
Judge: "Parade Permit" Law Doesn't Vi... [Gothamist - Feb 16 2010] Toby Leah's Flickr A federal judge ruled today that the NYPD did not violate the Constitution by requiring cyclists to file for parade permits when riding in ...
For Spending Nearly Five Years in Limbo, Should... [WSJ.com: Law Blog - Jan 12 2010] On the one hand, there’s something perhaps instinctively unsettling about a terrorism suspect invoking the Constitution’s speedy-trial right to argue why his case ...
Dismissal Arguments Tomorrow For Ahmed Khalfan ... [Talkleft - Jan 11 2010] Monday, a federal judge in New York will hear arguments in the case of Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, the former Guantanamo detainee charged in the 1998 African Embassy ...
Federal Courts Can Handle Classified Information. [TAPPED - Nov 23 2009] One of the most frequent canards trotted out by those against trying terror suspects in civilian courts is the idea that classified information will be revealed ...