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Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP partner Michael D. Mann discusses compliance and investigative strategies to manage complex Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigations and interact with enforcement authorities to achieve effective and efficient resolutions of regulatory issues.
Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP partner Brian S. Fraser was quoted in The Wall Street Journal article titled "N.Y.'s Oversight of Nassau County Will Be Long-Term Positive." The article discusses...
Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP partner Arthur S. Greenspan was quoted in the Bloomberg BusinessWeek article titled "SEC Recommends Common Standard for Brokers, Advisers." The article discusses...
Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP files amicus brief in important First Amendment case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. A team of lawyers from RK&O represented prominent members of the Internet blogging community including...
Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP partner Brian S. Fraser was quoted in the Investor's Business Daily article titled "Muni Bond Risks Mount, But Federal Bailout Unlikely." The article describes...
Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP is pleased to announce that Jeffrey A. Lehtman has become a partner of the firm, and that Ryan C. Jackson and Catherine M. Turgeon have become counsel, effective January 1, 2011.
Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP partner Brian S. Fraser was quoted in The Wall Street Journal article "Central Falls, RI Needs State Aid to Avert Collapse." Mr. Fraser commented on options...
Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP partner Jon Kibbe was quoted in a Derivatives Week article, "Icelandic Swap Claims Avoids Legal Obstacles," that focuses on the...
Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP partner William P. Barry was quoted in the December 2010 issue of Corporate Counsel in an article which discusses testimony before a subcommittee of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary regarding...
Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP partner Brian S. Fraser was quoted in the Dow Jones Newswires article titled "Rhode Island's Receivership Law Shows Its Teeth." The article discusses...
Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP's representation of ORIX USA Corporation was described in The Am Law Daily article "Hedge Fund Deals Mean Work for Am Law Firms." RK&O represented ORIX USA Corporation in its agreement...
Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP partner William P. Barry was quoted in the Compliance Week article "Guidance on Bribery Act Still Disappoints." After widespread criticism, the British government has begun to offer guidance on how companies can avoid prosecution...
The article "Big Boy Update: Recent New York Case Demonstrates Limits of Big Boy Provisions Where Affirmative Acts of Concealment Are Alleged," by Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP attorneys Brian S. Fraser and Tamala Newbold was published in the Law360 Guest Column titled "'Big Boy' or Not? Disclaimers Of Reliance In NY."
Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP partner Brian S. Fraser was quoted in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article "Municipal bond certainties crumbling market riskier." The article describes the deterioration in some municipal finance segments.
Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP is pleased to announce today that attorneys MaryJeanette Dee, Brian S. Fraser, Arthur S. Greenspan, Michael D. Mann, William Q. Orbe, Lee S. Richards, James Q. Walker, and Daniel C. Zinman were named 2010 New York Super Lawyers.
Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP partner James Q. Walker was quoted in the CBS New York article, “NY Bar: Lawyers May Comb Social Media For Dirt.” Mr. Walker was interviewed by WCBS in connection with an opinion...
Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP was named a 2010 Best Law Firm, among the New York Metropolitan Criminal Defense-White Collar rankings, by U.S. News and World Report and Best Lawyers.
Comments by Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP partner Jon Kibbe were published in the Forbes article "Yankee Stadium Parking Garage Bonds Are Among Shaky Muni Bonds."
Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP partner Michael Friedman was quoted in the Bloomberg article "Bankruptcy Turnarounds Menaced by Investor Valuation Fights, Lifland Says."
Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP partners Jon Kibbe and Brian Fraser were quoted in the Debtwire article "Loan Assignment Friction Flares; JPMorgan Case Tiptoes into Good Faith Territory."
Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP partner James Q. Walker contributed to a discussion on the implications for companies and individuals arising from FCPA violations...
Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP partner Brian S. Fraser was quoted in the Palm Beach Daily News article "Credit Rating Changes, New Rules to Take Effect on Municipal Bonds." The article explains that...
Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP partners MaryJeanette Dee and James Q. Walker appeared in the September/October issue of Super Lawyers...
Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP partner Jon Kibbe was quoted in The New York Times article "Pension Fraud in New Jersey Puts Focus on Illinois." This article describes the federal government's recent crackdown on the State of New Jersey for misrepresenting the condition of its pension funds...
Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP partner Paul A. Leder was quoted in the Time article "SEC Now Offering Big Payoffs To Whistle-Blowers." This article describes a provision of the recent financial reform legislation that offers significant cash rewards to whistleblowers who report fraud...
Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP partner Kenneth E. Werner was quoted in The Hedge Fund Law Report article "IRS Private Letter Ruling Offers Guidance to Hedge Funds Investing in Auction Rate Preferred Shares." This article explores a recent private letter ruling issued by the IRS stating that preferred stock issued by a closed-end fund should be classified as equity for federal tax purposes.
Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP is proud to announce that Lee S. Richards and Michael D. Mann were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2011®. Mr. Richards was named within the area of Corporate Governance and Compliance Law, as well as the area of Criminal Defense: White-Collar. Mr. Mann was named within the area of Securities Law.
On June 1, 2010, Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP celebrated its 20th anniversary. Partners Lee S. Richards, Jon Kibbe and William Q. Orbe founded the firm in 1990 with the goal of offering the highest quality legal service to the most interesting and demanding clients in the financial and business communities.
Following the Supreme Court's decision that narrowed the scope of the honest services fraud statue, which previously aided in convicting both former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling and newspaper magnate Conrad Black on fraud charges, Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP partner MaryJeanette Dee provided commentary to...
Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP has been recognized in the 2010 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. RK&O was named “highly regarded” firm in Litigation: General Commercial category, and also ranked within the Litigation: Specialist Firms in White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations grouping.
On June 12, 2010, Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP partner Michael Friedman was quoted in The Daily Deal article "Equity's Turn: The Improving Economy Turns the Spotlight in Some Cases to Shareholders." As the economy begins to come out of recession, the article describes, equity committees have become increasingly vocal regarding recoveries due to them.
Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP has been recognized as "one of the top firms in the country" for white-collar and regulatory work in The Legal 500 United States - 2010 Edition. RK&O's litigation practice is praised as being well integrated with the firm's transactional practice and those surveyed reported that the firm has built up a...
Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP is proud to announce that Lee S. Richards has been included in the 2010 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® in the areas of Corporate Governance and Compliance Law and White-Collar Criminal Defense.
On May 24, 2010, Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP partner Brian Fraser was quoted in the Time article "Municipal Bonds: The Next Financial Land Mine?" This article describes the risks of municipal debt in this economy and the possibility that...
In April 2010, Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP partner Eva Marie Carney co-presented a webcast titled “SEC Examinations of Investment Advisers” with Joel Sauer of the ACA Compliance Group.
On Monday, May 17, 2010, Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP partner Brian S. Fraser was quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle article "Bond Insurer's Pledge to Keep Ratings Was 'Puffery,' Courts Say." This article describes a recently dismissed lawsuit in...
In a 4-3 decision, the New York Court of Appeals reversed the Appellate Division and reinstated the complaint against the State of New York, holding that the Plaintiffs can bring their lawsuit which alleges systemic defects in New York's provision...
On May 4, 2010, Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP partner Kenneth E. Werner was quoted in the Compliance Week article "HIRE Act's Enforcement Loophole Stirs Worry," which discusses the financial statement implications of the newly passed Hiring Incentives to Restore...
On April 18, 2010, Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP partner William P. Barry was quoted in the Silicon Valley Mercury News article "HP investigation sheds light on challenges of the modern businessworld." Mr. Barry was cited as a Foreign Corrupt...
On March 2, 2010, Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP partner Kenneth E. Werner was quoted in the Compliance Week article "IRS Preps Push to Disclose Uncertain Tax Positions," which describes the new proposal by the IRS to have companies disclose...
On March 2, 2010, Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP partner William P. Barry was quoted in the Compliance Week article "DoJ Tells Pharma to Brace for FCPA," which discusses the strong warning the Department of Justice recently issued to those...
On February 5, 2010, BusinessWeek quoted the testimony of Richards Kibbe & Orbe partner Jon Kibbe, who appeared before the Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure of the Judicial Conference United States focused on controversial pending amendments to Bankruptcy...
Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP served as co-counsel with the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law and filed an amicus brief before the New York Court of Appeals in the case of Hurrell-Harring v. New York.
Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP partner William P. Barry was quoted in the BNET article "Changing The Focus Of The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act," which discusses the shift in focus of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act prosecutions targeting employees, rather...
Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP partner Jon Kibbe was quoted in the Law360 article "Investors Alarmed As Rule 2019 Uncertainty Persists," which discusses the controversial pending amendments to Rule 2019 and the negative impact the proposed changes would have on...
The January 27, 2010 Creditflux article "New secondary loan standards are a big change, says law firm" referenced content from a recent memorandum authored by Louisa Watt and Roxanne Yanofsky of the London office of Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP....
Jon Kibbe and Michael Friedman were mentioned in the January 26, 2010 Financial Times article "Bankruptcy Rules Committee rethinks 2019 pricing disclosure amid HF panic attack." The two Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP partners were included in a list of...
Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP is serving as co-counsel with The Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law in preparing an amici brief of behalf of former prosecutors in support of the plaintiffs' appeal in Hurrell-Harring...
Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP partner William P. Barry was quoted in The Wall Street Journal Law Blog article "The 'Catch 22' Bust: Some Early Takeaways for FCPA Junkies," which discusses the rapid rise in Foreign Corrupt Practices Act prosecutions...
The Financial Times has quoted the recent "Distressed Investor Alert" memorandum authored by Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP attorneys Jon Kibbe, Michael Friedman and Keith N. Sambur. Click here to read the Financial Times article "US distressed debt industry faces...
James Q. Walker was quoted in the January 6, 2010 article "Lawyers' Manual on Professional Conduct" published by the American Bar Association and the Bureau of National Affairs. The article discusses the New York City Bar's "Report on the Outsourcing...
In its January 2010 issue, Financier Worldwide has gathered the opinions of the corporate advisory and dealmaking community to explore their insights into current and emerging trends in its "Market Outlook 2010." Shari A. Brandt and James Q. Walker are...
"Distressed Investor Alert: Revisions to Bankruptcy Rule 2019 Will Discourage Active Involvement in U.S. Bankruptcy Cases," authored by Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP attorneys Jon Kibbe, Michael Friedman and Keith N. Sambur, was referenced in an article appearing in the...
Richards Kibbe & Orbe partner Eva Marie Carney was quoted in the November 9, 2009 edition of Hedge Funds Review. The article, "Administrators respond to regulatory change," describes the potential impact of several legislative proposals before Congress that would force...
Richards Kibbe & Orbe partner Craig A. Newman was quoted in the January 1, 2010 edition of InsideCounsel magazine. The article, "Waive the Flag: Bank of America case has companies reconsidering what is privileged," discusses the impact of the attorney-client...
Richards Kibbe & Orbe partner Michael D. Mann was named one of Washington's Top Lawyers by Washingtonian Magazine. The publication acknowledges Washington D.C.'s top 1 percent of lawyers in 28 specialties.
Richards Kibbe & Orbe Partner Michael D. Mann was quoted in the December 7, 2009 edition of Fund Strategy magazine. The article, "Shipwrecked," discusses the extent of insider trading in the US markets and the difficulties of identifying and prosecuting...
Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP partner Craig A. Newman has been profiled in the National Law Journal.
Richards Kibbe & Orbe Partner MaryJeanette Dee was quoted in the InsideCounsel article "Full Disclosure: 9th Circuit Restores Conventional Wisdom on Privilege." In this article, she comments on the need for clarity and consistency when administering Upjohn warnings to inform...
Richards Kibbe & Orbe Partner James Q. Walker was quoted in the Financier Worldwide article "Professional liability in a distressed market," which discusses the increased vulnerability to transactional liability that lawyers have experienced as investors seek to reap compensation for...
Richards Kibbe & Orbe Partner Kenneth E. Werner was quoted in an article titled "Implications of Recent IRS Memorandum on Loan Origination Activities for Offshore Hedge Funds that Invest in U.S. Debt" published in The Hedge Fund Law Report. The...
Richards Kibbe & Orbe Partner Kenneth E. Werner was quoted in the American Banker article "Outcomes, Not Incomes, Steer Comp Debate" and in an accompanying piece titled "Ideas in Contention as Compensation Fix." "Outcomes, Not Incomes, Steer Comp Debate" explains...
Richards Kibbe & Orbe Partner Kenneth E. Werner was quoted in the Bloomberg.com article "IRS Tells Auditors to Look at Loans by Offshore Funds," discussing the Internal Revenue Service's recent letter concerning whether the lending activities of a foreign company...
On October 1, 2009, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, which is presiding over all of the wrongful death and property damage claims arising from the terrorist attacks on 9/11, issued a ruling that...
Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP is pleased to announce today that attorneys MaryJeanette Dee, Arthur S. Greenspan, Jon Kibbe, Michael D. Mann, William Q. Orbe, Lee S. Richards, James Q. Walker, and Daniel C. Zinman were named 2009 New York Super Lawyers.
On September 9, 2009, the New York Court of Appeals heard an oral argument concerning the proper interpretation of New York’s champerty statute in a case in which Richards Kibbe & Orbe Partners Brian Fraser and Lucinda McConathy filed an...
On August 27, 2009, New York's highest court, the Court of Appeals, granted an application to file an amicus curiae ("friend of the court") brief submitted by Richards Kibbe & Orbe litigation partners Brian S. Fraser and Lucinda O. McConathy...
Richards Kibbe & Orbe Partner Michael Mann was quoted in the CFO.com article "Getting (and Giving) the Message," discussing the importance of taking a proactive approach to the development of policies for internal and external corporate communications to ensure that...
Richards Kibbe & Orbe Partner Kenneth Werner was quoted in the InvestmentNews article "Financial industry faces greater scrutiny on pay," discussing the efforts by Congress to...
Richards Kibbe & Orbe litigation partners, Brian S. Fraser and Lucinda O. McConathy, recently submitted an amicus curiae ("friend of the court") brief on behalf of The Loan Syndications & Trading Association, Inc. ("LSTA") to New York's highest court, the Court of Appeals. The case involves...
Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP has been recognized in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2009. Chambers publishes the world’s leading guide to the legal profession and has a long standing reputation for in-depth, objective research.
This month Richards Kibbe & Orbe Partner Lee Richards was identified as one of less than a dozen “Leading Lawyers” nationwide in the area of white-collar criminal defense by The Legal 500. He was also named in The Best Lawyers in America® 2009 guide in the area of Criminal Defense Law by Corporate Counsel magazine.
Richards Kibbe & Orbe partner Julia Lu was quoted in the Financier Worldwide article "Regulating Credit Default Swaps," discussing...
Lee Richards, one of Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP's founding partners, was recently appointed receiver by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in the SEC vs. James
Lee S. Richards, one of Richards Kibbe & Orbe's founding partners and the court-appointed receiver for Madoff Securities International Ltd., was highlighted in today's Wall Street Journal regarding the highly publicized Bernard Madoff
Richards Kibbe & Orbe, LLP (RK&O) is pleased to announce that Sarah Swanz has been elected Counsel and Wendy Harris has recently joined the firm as Counsel. Both attorneys are active in the firm's growing litigation practice. Sarah Swanz joined...
Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York has issued an opinion limiting the damages World Trade Center lessee Larry Silverstein can recover from airlines and others in a lawsuit arising...
On December 17, 2008, we distributed a memorandum entitled "Using Incremental Facilities to Exchange Bond Indebtedness". As noted in the memorandum, a lawsuit was filed by the Trustee with respect to the Indenture for Realogy's unsecured "PIK toggle" notes and...
Richards Kibbe & Orbe is pleased to announce that Scott Budlong has joined the firm as a partner in the Corporate Department, effective July 21, 2008. Mr. Budlong was previously Chief Securities and Governance Counsel at Marsh & McLennan. Prior...
Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP has been accorded recognition in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business 2008, released today. RK&O was named a "highly regarded" firm in "Litigation: General Commercial." In particular, Chambers singled out Lee Richards as "building...
We are pleased to announce that Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP has been ranked by the 2008 edition of "The Legal 500" in the Litigation: White-Collar Criminal Defense category. The Legal 500 is a guide to the "best of the...
RK&O secured the dismissal with prejudice of a lawsuit asserted against directors of TIM Hellas, a Greek mobile phone concern. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York by an ADR-holder who alleged...
In September, RK&O submitted an amicus brief to the United States Supreme Court on behalf of a bipartisan group of economists and public policy experts in Department of Revenue of Kentucky v. Davis (No. 06-666). The case involved a constitutional...
Thanks to the work of Jeff Lehtman, Alon Cohen and Katie Collins, two young girls now have a stable, loving place to live. On April 25, 2008, D.C. Superior Court Judge Linda K. Davis granted permanent guardianship of two sisters,...
Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP is pleased to announce the election of our partner, Eva Marie Carney, as a legislator in the newly-formed 16-member legislature of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. The Nation is headquartered in Shawnee, Oklahoma...
Our partner, Jon Kibbe, argues that the conflicts between capital marker risk-spreading and decoupling of ownership interests are not new, and contends that the resolution of the concerns raised by decoupling because of the dynamic growth of the credit derivatives...
On February 15, 2008, RK&O secured the voluntary dismissal with prejudice of securities fraud claims against our hedge fund client, Veras Investment Partners, LLC. Veras had been sued by a purported class of investors in the Alger mutual fund family...
Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP is pleased to announce the election of four new partners to the firm, effective January 1, 2008. Jennifer K. Grady, Timothy E. Lin and Nicholas A. Whitney were announced in the...
Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP is pleased to announce its recent selection by its client, Morgan Stanley, as one of this year's law firms winning special recognition as a firm that demonstrates an overall commitment to diversity. The Firm was honored by Morgan Stanley...
Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP is pleased to announce that partner, Michael D. Mann was recognized by The Washingtonian as one of Washington, D.C.'s best lawyers in the area of Stocks and Trades. The Washingtonian identified 800...
Conde Nast's Portfolio.com has Lee S. Richards profiled as one of the top ten white collar lawyers in New York. The article, in the October 2007 issue, claims that for the following reasons, if "you're facing...
Richards Kibbe & Orbe is pleased to announce that partner, Lee S. Richards was recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® 2007 in the specialties of Corporate Governance and Compliance Law and White-Collar Criminal Defense. Published...
Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP is pleased to announce that four of its partners were recognized by Law & Politics Media, Inc., publishers of Law & Politics Magazine, as Super Lawyers in the areas of Business...
The newly-published fifth annual Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business ranks Richards Kibbe and Orbe LLP for Litigation and Lee Richards as a leading individual in Litigation - White-Collar & Government Investigations.The following excerpts from the 2007 guide show...
We are pleased to announce that Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP has been ranked in the White-Collar Criminal Defense category in the Legal 500 US volume III: Litigation. In addition to the Firm being ranked, we want to congratulate Lee...
RK&O is pleased to announce the election of four new partners -- David W.T. Daniels, Julia Lu, Shanah D. Glick and Andrew M. Martin were elected as partners as of January 1, 2007.
It is our pleasure to announce that the new name of our firm is Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP.
Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP is pleased to announce the opening of our London office at:
Carl Winkworth has joined Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP as a partner as of July 2005 and is a member of the corporate department. Mr. Winkworth regularly represents investment banks, hedge funds and other financial institutions in connection with the...