Topic: Malpractice

04 May 2023

Nickie Lum Davis’ previous lawyer says she wanted to pursue a presidential pardon for her involvement in the 1MDB scandal.

12 December 2022

A defendant in a 1MDB-related DOJ case alleged that her lawyer didn’t tell her he was the subject of a pair of DOJ investigations and had potential conflicts of interest.

25 October 2022

“I have little doubt that Mr [Neil] Gerrard had a large ego and a belief that he is always right and expected others to follow him implicitly,” the court said in an excoriating judgment concluding that the lawyer repeatedly leaked ENRC’s confidential information to the SFO.

16 May 2022

The Attorney General’s Office has commissioned an independent review of failings at the SFO after a UK appeals court threw out the foreign bribery conviction of a former Unaoil executive.

10 December 2021

Kazakh mining company ENRC kicked off the first day of closing submissions in an explosive London civil trial by taking aim at the origins of the SFO investigation into its operations and alleged dishonesty by its former lawyer.

22 September 2021

A London court has sentenced Joshua Brien to seven-and-a-half years in prison after he was found guilty of stealing £644,000 from intergovernmental organisation the Commonwealth Secretariat and law firm Cooley.

13 September 2021

The UK’s accounting regulator says that it has significantly bolstered its enforcement division over the past year to speed up investigations.

29 July 2021

A security consultant for mining company ENRC has admitted in London court to sending a whistleblower report to the SFO in 2012 alleging that a Dechert partner representing the company committed serious professional misconduct.

16 June 2021

A Swiss court has recused special prosecutor Stefan Keller from an investigation into Fifa president Gianni Infantino over posts the lawyer published on his personal website.

06 May 2021