Bird Marella Prevails at Trial for Hanmi Bank in Securities Fraud Lawsuit

Bird Marella attorneys Ekwan Rhow, Terry Bird, Timothy Yoo, and Emerson Kim successfully defended Hanmi Bank and its parent company, Hanmi Financial Corporation, against claims of fraudulent and negligent misrepresentation brought by its former Chairman and largest individual shareholder, John Ahn.

Feds to Investigate Cash in Luxury Real Estate

Cash purchasers of high-end real estate are now likely to face intrusive investigations of their finances by federal authorities in yet another example of law enforcement targeting the use of cash in the course of large transactions. Starting today, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is going to be investigating ...

Government Gets a Back Door into Your iPhone; Apple Vows to Fight Back

A federal magistrate judge in California yesterday ordered Apple to to create a “back door” into encrypted iPhones in order to assist the FBI’s efforts to break into an phone owned by Syed Rizwan Farook, one of the terrorists who killed 14 people in San Bernardino. Apple has vowed to ...