United States v. Newman – Uncovering Its Impact and Implication to Insider Trading

Dr. Juneja is a Senior Vice President at NERA and the Co-Chair of NERA's Global White Collar Practice.  She has worked on numerous white collar criminal matters, regulatory enforcement investigations and related litigation, including several high profile insider trading matters – both for the government and for defendants. Dr. Juneja was formerly the Global Chair of NERA’s Securities and Finance Practice and has a PhD and a Master’s degree, both in economics, from Harvard University.  Dr. Juneja has testified and submitted affidavit and expert report testimony in US federal district and state court proceedings, in Canadian court, in Israeli district court, and in arbitrations in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Her arbitration and mediation experience includes appearances before the American Arbitration Association, the NASD, the NYSE, the ICC International Court of Arbitration, the London Court of International Arbitration, and the Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services.

Douglas R. Hirsch is a founding member of the firm and heads the firm’s Litigation Group. Mr. Hirsch focuses his practice on financial services litigation, including SEC and FINRA enforcement actions, securities class and derivative litigation, and disputes between investors and investment advisers.  Mr. Hirsch also regularly counsels and advises investment advisers in connection with the drafting and litigation of employment and partnership/operating agreements, service provider agreements, third party marketing agreements, disclosure issues and ISDA issues.

Mr. Hirsch started his career at Lord Day & Lord, Barrett Smith and then worked at Schulte Roth & Zabel before becoming one of the founding members of Sadis & Goldberg.  During the course of his career, Mr. Hirsch has successfully obtained numerous trial verdicts and arbitration awards on behalf of his clients and has successfully argued numerous appeals in both federal and state court.  Mr. Hirsch is a frequent speaker at industry conferences.

Mr. Hirsch received his J.D. in 1990 from Hofstra University School of Law, where he was a member of the law review.  He received his B.A. degree in 1987 from Union College.  He is a member of the New York and New Jersey Bars, the United States Court of Appeals for the First, Second and D.C. Circuits and the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the District of New Jersey.

Sam Lieberman is a partner in Sadis & Goldberg LLP’s Securities Litigation Group. He regularly handles high-profile securities litigation, enforcement actions, and government investigations on behalf of companies and individuals.  He has handled investigations covering a wide-range of securities law issues before the SEC, FINRA, CFTC, CFE/CBOE, and CME.  He has also handled precedent-setting cases addressing corporate governance, including in Delaware Chancery Court.  His recent cases have been profiled in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the New York Post, Bloomberg, Reuters, and Law360.