Word: lawyerly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...guest of honor at a dinner at which guests paid $5,000 apiece for the privilege of meeting him. And Mulroney has been accused of violating his own guidelines for avoiding conflict of interest by complaining about a lawsuit against one of his advisers in a call to his lawyer...
Only days before the sentencing, the Government's dragnet had proved effective in snagging another suspect, this time outside the Boesky ring. Israel Grossman, a 34-year-old Manhattan lawyer, was charged with sharing information about a Colt Industries stock buy-back with at least six friends and relatives. His telephone tips allegedly enabled them to reap $1.5 million in profits on their investments of just...
...plans to help its employee fight the accusations, rather than persuade him to settle with the Government as other alleged insiders have done. The firm plans to provide Freeman with legal counsel and keep him on the job unless he is proved guilty. Confides a New York City securities lawyer familiar with the charges: "This is one case where the Government may have been a little too zealous." Kidder too aims to defend Wigton, its accused executive, against the charges...
Many experts believe the really blatant cases of insider profiteering are rare, despite the hubbub. "The vast majority of the people on Wall Street are not doing it," says Edward Brodsky, a Manhattan securities lawyer. "Those who are, however, infect the integrity of the entire marketplace." Maintaining that integrity has been a difficult challenge in the deregulated, hurly-burly Wall Street of the 1980s, where traders have been tempted to use insider tips to maintain their competitive edge...
Mario Cuomo is blessed -- or cursed -- with the ability to see both sides of any argument. As a lawyer, he was trained to plead pro and con and was always deft at making his case. As a man, he is inclined to argue inwardly, to question his motivations, his ambitions...