For what it’s worth, King & Spalding is the law firm that churns out ‘lawyers’ for the deep state who take positions in government. I think if you get indicted or other legal problems, you ‘get’ to go back to King & Spalding and they’ll say it’s as an employee in order to hide the fact that they are providing services for you re federal charges against you.
It conceals the fact that King & Spalding churns out deep state lawyers who get in trouble and it gives an excuse for these people to be at company offices as often as they must be. I suppose they can give them a show case or two and put them on payroll.
K&S Known by the company it keeps.
A US appeals court in Manhattan granted Turkish state lender Halkbank a temporary pause in its Iran sanctions evasion case. Halkbank [thru K&S] had previously sought to pursue a dismissal of the case without entering a plea on the charges. In December 2019, a judge denied the request and the bank is appealing that ruling. A three-judge panel of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals will weigh the request on an expedited basis.
US prosecutors demand millions in contempt fines against Turkey’s Halkbank. Halkbank was charged in October with attempts to evade US sanctions on Iran. A court denied in early December Halkbank’s request to make a “special and limited appearance” in order to have the case dropped without having to formally participate in proceedings.
District Court Judge Richard Berman said Halkbank and its counsel failed to appear at an Oct. 22 hearing and that in so doing, it “willfully and knowingly disobeyed the Court’s order.”
A second hearing held on Nov. 5 saw Halkbank’s counsel, listed as King & Spalding, appear but with the sole intent of seeking permission for the “special and limited appearance.”
Prosecutors have deemed Halkbank a fugitive from justice, asking a judge to hold it in contempt and impose fines until it begins answering the charge. ...