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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has reached a partial settlement with former Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP Finance Director Frank Canellas that resolves liability for securities fraud claims related to the firm’s collapse but leaves open the question of penalties, the SEC said Wednesday. Law360: acquitted

Customer Name: Raviv Wolfe / dba Serenity Financial Group Association to Lawsuit Defendant: Former Partner of Serenity Financial Group (Now Abacus) Verification by: Driver’s License (on file) √ Lawsuit Resolution: Positive – Dropped √ When in the Process: During initial meeting with Judge   Lawsuit Synopsis  The civil lawsuit suit brought against me was frivolous and was immediately thrown out ...

As Chief Executive Officer, Raviv Wolfe has led Argon Credit into becoming one of the most highly funded start-up companies in Chicago for 2015. Pulling from nearly 15 years of experience at Wintrust (Co-Founder of Consumer Direct Channel), Heartland Home Finance (AVP), Serenity Financial Group (CEO), America One Bancorp (CEO), Raviv has vast experience leading multiple companies and publicly traded ...

A major Chicago real estate developer is guilty of misleading the city and two banks about his company’s financial health in order to keep money flowing in and stave off foreclosure on some of his properties, a jury found Wednesday following a two-week trial in Illinois federal court. Law360: acquitted

The Second Circuit ruled Wednesday that Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP can’t keep under wraps a suit accusing it of forcing an attorney to resign after he questioned its allegedly unethical conduct in a securities class action against an information technology company. Law360: acquitted

Former Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP Chief Financial Officer Joel Sanders, who faces retrial in September on accounting fraud charges, criticized the Manhattan District Attorney’s office on Monday for referring to him by name in a “gratuitous” recent statement announcing a deferred prosecution deal with a former underling. Law360: acquitted

An ex-partner with the now-defunct Fineburg McCarthy PC law firm filed a Pennsylvania state court suit Friday against accountants and companies he says wrongfully ensnared him in a criminal case — in which he was ultimately acquitted — over the mafia-led plundering of a mortgage lender. Law360: acquitted

The federal government told a New York federal court Thursday that former Bryan Cave LLP attorney Harvey Newkirk doesn’t deserve a retrial or reversal of his wire fraud conviction in connection with a failed bid to acquire Maxim magazine, saying “overwhelming evidence” proves he actively participated in the scheme. Law360: acquitted

The Fifth Circuit refused Thursday to disturb a 20-year prison sentence a lower court handed to the ex-mayor of a Louisiana city for allegedly taking bribes in exchange for government contracts, after the appeals court had vacated an earlier sentence. Law360: acquitted

The European Securities and Markets Authority said Monday it is seeking input on technical implementation of a regulation to improve the reliability of benchmarks — tools used to price mortgages, loans and bonds — which have been the subject of rigging scandals in recent years, leading to billions of dollars in fines. Law360: acquitted