November 24, 2020
The head of a memorabilia auction company has redoubled his effort to convince a New York magistrate judge to bow out from a securities fraud case, objecting to the judge's refusal to exit the litigation because he worked for Debevoise & Plimpton LLP during the 1980s.
November 19, 2020
A New York federal magistrate judge who worked at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP in the 1980s declined to recuse himself from a securities fraud case, writing in a letter filed Thursday that "no reasonable person could view my connection to the Debevoise firm ... as affecting my impartiality."
November 18, 2020
A New York federal judge should not recuse himself from a fraud case because he previously worked for Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has argued, saying the CEO of a memorabilia auction company is advancing "frivolous grounds" for the judge's departure.
November 17, 2020
The head of a memorabilia auction company facing fraud accusations has urged a New York federal judge to recuse himself from the case, arguing the judge's work during the 1980s as an associate with Debevoise & Plimpton LLP creates the appearance of a conflict of interest.
September 28, 2020
A New York federal judge on Monday skewered lawyers for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and a sports memorabilia auction company for escalating a discovery dispute that he said is wasting the court's time.
September 14, 2020
A sports memorabilia auction company facing fraud claims from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has told a New York federal court that the regulator conducted a joint interview of a key witness with the Justice Department in order to avoid creating discoverable evidence that could undermine its case.
August 04, 2020
A New York federal judge should reject the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's requests for sanctions against the CEO of a sports memorabilia auction company and his wife because the SEC doesn't have the evidence to back up its claims and has "a seeming perverted desire to short circuit procedural and substantive due process," the couple said Monday.
July 20, 2020
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission asked a New York federal judge Friday to sanction the CEO of a sports memorabilia auction company and his wife for violating a temporary restraining order in a multimillion-dollar fraud suit, saying the couple covertly transferred cash from the U.S. to Russia, perpetrated two insurance fraud schemes and destroyed communications at the center of the schemes.
June 22, 2020
A purported sports memorabilia auction company and its owner are urging a Manhattan federal court to resolve investors' intervening allegations about prized Jackie Robinson documents before getting to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's fraud claims against the company.
March 13, 2020
A New York federal judge on Friday agreed to allow an upcoming courtroom conference in a memorabilia fraud suit to occur via telephone instead, after several attorneys in the case noted their ties to Italy, which is dealing with an outbreak of COVID-19.