October 8, 2008
John Singer discusses potential Wall Street related lawsuits.
Michael Deutsch discusses Spitzer case.
January 10, 2008
John Singer discusses Wall Street Bonus Cases.
January 10, 2008
John Singer discusses Writers' Strike.
December 17, 2007
CNBC Power Lunch Interview
Whether banks could be buried in a landslide of lawsuits, with
John Singer, Singer Deutsch; David Garland, Sills Cummis and CNBC's Bill Griffeth
Print Media
A Deal Journal Q & A:
Wall Streeters & Bonuses–Know Your Rights
Posted by Heidi N. Moore
Nov 18, 2008 (A Deal Journal) -- Goldman Sachs Group CEO Lloyd Blankfein and six of his fellow executives voluntarily opted not to get bonuses this year. Others on Wall Street don’t have the luxury of choice, as layoffs wreak havoc on their careers. Goldman has targeted layoffs of nearly 10% of its work force, Citigroup is letting go 53,000 people, and there is guaranteed to be more to come.
That spells a boon for employment lawyers. Deal Journal talked to John Singer, name partner of law firm Singer Deutsch, who represents bankers and traders in their bonus disputes with banks. An edited version of our conversation is below.
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UPDATE 3-US SEC charges Mark Cuban with insider trading
By Rachelle Younglai and Robert MacMillan
(c) 2008 Reuters Limited
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, Nov 17 (Reuters) -- Mark Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks basketball team, was charged with insider trading in the shares of search engine company Mamma.com, the Securities and Exchange Commission said Monday.
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By Sheri Qualters / Staff reporter
National Law Journal (October 16, 2008) -- Investors grappling with major account losses are flocking to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) with arbitration cases against brokerage firms and investment advisers.
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By Sheri Qualters / Staff reporter
National Law Journal (October 13, 2008) -- The legal battle over whether Citigroup Inc. or Wells Fargo & Co. should be able to buy Wachovia Corp. is on hold for now, but the clash highlights the tension between state corporate laws and federal laws that govern banks as the government tinkers with banking-sector rescues.
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By Lisa Lee
(October 3, 2008) -- Employment Arbitrations On The Increase.
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By Jacqueline Bell
Law360, New York (October 01, 2008) -- With the financial crisis prompting dire predictions of mass layoffs on Wall Street, companies and employees are bracing themselves not only for the possibility of pink slips, but also the legal battles that are likely to follow.
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By Jessica Papini
Investment Dealers Digest
07 April 2008
On Wall Street, still abuzz about Bear Stearns' rapid fall, there are probably less than six degrees of separation between finance professionals. So, few Wall Streeters do not know of someone at Bear or of someone with contacts at Bear wrestling with the question of what to do next. Do they stay and risk being laid off, or do they seek other options in a turbulent job market?
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By Jessica Papini
Investment Dealers Digest
19 November 2007
The downfall of chief executives at two leading Wall Street firms, Citigroup and Merrill Lynch, was well-documented, but the credit market mess has also spurred the first big round of mass layoffs since 2001. Wall Street firms and financial services firms have announced
By Karen Donovan
Registered Rep
Nov 1, 2007 12:00 PM
Wall Street Breathed a Sigh of Relief when Eliot Spitzer moved into the governor's mansion in Albany. Word was that Andrew Cuomo, New York's newly elected attorney general, had other fish to fry. And, sure enough,
he went on to make...
By Karen Donovan
Registered Rep
Oct 1, 2007 12:00 PM
Brokerage firms can say anything they like on a departing broker's Form U5, even if it's defamatory in nature - and untrue. That's because the New York Court of Appeals ruled in Rosenberg v. MetLife Inc. that brokerage firms were entitled to an "absolute privilege" for the
statements they place on the U5...
By Carol E. Curtis
SECURITIES INDUSTRY NEWS
20 August 2007
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While investors may be worried about losing money in the current volatile market, securities industry professionals have a self-interest at stake: their jobs. In what could be a leading indicator, Bear Stearns Companies said Thursday that it is cutting 240 jobs in its mortgage lending unit.
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August 06, 2007
INDUSTRY WATCH
New York Firm Opens Shop in Century City
New York-based securities firm Singer Deutsch has opened an office in Century City. Partner John Singer, who is licensed to practice in California, will split time between the firm's Century City and New York offices. The new office is located at 1901 Avenue of the Stars, 2nd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90067.
Arbitration Award against Barclays Capital in a Bonus/U-5 Defamation action:
On July 26, 2007, an NASD Arbitration Panel awarded our client, a former Analyst within Barclays Capital's Investment Banking Division, substantial compensatory damages and an Expungement of the language on her Form U-5. In granting her request for an Expungement, the NASD Arbitration Panel concluded that Barclays defamed our client.
