Litigation

Bankruptcy & Restructuring

Michael Brown, Barry Mukamal | Marcum LLP

Editor: Please give us an overview of the financial aspects of litigation. Where can surprise costs arise? Mukamal: The key financial aspects of litigation obviously include legal fees and ancillary costs, such as travel, court reporters and expert witness fees; however, parties often overlook...

False Claims Act

Lori L. Pines, Kevin F. Meade | Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Governments at all levels are increasingly turning to federal and state false claims act statutes in an attempt to combat fraud against the government and to address the record deficits they are running. At the same time, legislatures have been steadily broadening the scope of what constitutes a...

Litigation

Christian Bartholomew, Christopher L. Garcia, Layne S. R. Behrens | Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

In Gabelli v. SEC, No. 11-1274, 2013 WL 691002 (U.S. Feb. 27, 2013), the Supreme Court unanimously adopted a bright-line rule that, in SEC enforcement cases where the SEC seeks civil money penalties, the five-year statute of limitations provided for in 28 U. S. C. §2462[1] begins to run when...