George A. Stamboulidis, Managing Partner for the firm’s New York office and co-leader of the national White Collar Defense and Corporate Investigations practice, recently spoke at the American Bar Association’s (ABA) 25th Annual National Institute on White Collar Crime. The event, held March 2-4, 2011, focused on recent trials, global internal investigations, defending Ponzi scheme cases, data mining on social networking sites, motions practice in criminal cases and the ethical obligations of white-collar lawyers.
Stamboulidis and Douglas Lankler, deputy general counsel at Pfizer, were panelists for the session “Big Cases: What to Do at the Beginning.” The panel explored current topics and trends, the impact of the Dodd-Frank whistleblower provisions and the debate on the value of credit for cooperation.