Blog & Investigations

Amy Guthrie, Law.com’s Latin America correspondent, has published a story on broad-based efforts by our client Mighty Earth and a variety of allies to halt JBS’s planned IPO. Mighty Earth, alongside a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators led by Cory…

Non-profit environmental advocacy group Mighty Earth published a comprehensive Statement of Facts concerning JBS’s long history of unlawful conduct, which continues to this day. A press release summarizing the publication is here. Kevin was quoted in the release: “Since our initial SEC ‘Whistleblower’…

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”), part of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, issued wide-ranging new anti-money-laundering rules that directly impact investment advisers for the first time in AML history. The rules, which are slated to take effect in…

Investment Magazine this month published an in-depth article describing the multitude of legal challenges faced by Brazilian meat processor JBS stemming from its false and misleading claims regarding its greenhouse gas emissions and its central role in deforesting the Amazon and other…

The New York Attorney General, Letitia James, has filed a bombshell lawsuit against two U.S. divisions of the Brazil-based meat giant JBS. Brought together with the state’s Environmental Protection Bureau, the suit alleges that JBS systematically and over a prolonged period misled…

Our client Mighty Earth, allied with a bipartisan group of U.S. senators and a variety of other environmental and human rights advocacy groups, is waging a campaign against the behemoth Brazilian meat processor JBS. In addition to filing a complaint…

Kevin was featured in a recent Financial Advisor IQ article about the factors financial advisors should consider before deciding if they want to pursue the path of expunging a negative mark on their Form U4 or U5. The article, by journalist Glenn Koch,…

A new article in Financial Advisor IQ discusses important considerations for advisors to keep in mind as they consider moving from one Registered Investment Advisor (“RIA”) to another. The article’s author, Brianna Monsanto, quotes Kevin several times: Our firm has counseled many Financial Advisors and…

The Human Rights Watch Film Festival recently screened “We Are Guardians,” a vital new documentary revealing the complex and compelling on-the-ground realities in the Amazon basin. The filmmakers describe their project: “We Are Guardians is a rich, intimate journey meeting the…