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  • Bloomberg News, December 31, 2003, Robert Heim appeared as a guest commentator to discuss the corporate scandals of 2003.

  • CNBC, December 22, 2003, Robert Heim appeared as a guest commentator to discuss the SEC's settlement with the Canadian Imperial Bank of Canada concerning its role in Enron Corp.'s manipulation of its financial statements.

  • CNBC and Bloomberg News, December 2, 2003, Robert Heim appeared a guest commentator to discuss allegations of mutual fund market timing at Amvescap PLC's Invesco Funds Group unit.

  • FOX News, November 18, 2003. Robert Heim appeared as a guest commentator to discuss the status of Martha Stewart's obstruction of justice trial.

  • KMPG Auditors May Land On Hollinger Front Lines, New York Post, November 19, 2003. Howard Meyers was quoted in connection with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board's jurisdiction.

  • FOX News, November 18, 2003. Robert Heim appeared as a guest commentator to discuss the status of Martha Stewart's obstruction of justice trial.

  • For Brokers On Their Way Out The Door, Five Simple Rules, Dow Jones Newswires, October 9, 2003. Howard S. Meyers comments on how stockbrokers can effectively resign from their firms and avoid potential lawsuits.

  • Star Witness Is Questioned In Bank Case, The New York Times, October 8, 2003. Robert Heim was quoted in connection the trial of former Credit Suisse banker Frank Quattrone. "The defense wants to show that Mr. Quattrone didn't have the intent to obstruct justice," a former SEC lawyer Robert G. Heim said. "A lot will depend whether the jury believes that Mr. Quattrone's e-mails were in fact instructions to destroy incriminating documents. Mr. Quattrone is the only one who can offer direct testimony on that point."

  • Ashcroft's 'Get Tough' Memo Discourages Plea Bargains, New York Law Journal, September 23, 2003. Robert Heim comments on Attorney General John Ashcroft's direction that federal prosecutors pursue the toughest sentences possible under the federal sentencing guidelines.

  • Ex-Broker Charged In Criminal Fraud Case, The New York Times, September 17, 2003. Robert Heim was quoted in connection with charges brought against a former Bank of America broker accused of helping a hedge fund engage in after-hours trading of mutual fund shares.

  • SEC Putting Mutual Funds Under Scrutiny On Late Trading, The New York Times, September 5, 2003. Robert Heim was quoted in connection with Eliot Spitzer's investigation into the trading of mutual fund shares after the market close.

  • FOX News, August 28, 2003. Robert Heim appeared as a guest commentator to discuss Oklahoma's criminal charges against WorldCom and its former executive officers.

  • NY 1 News, August 5, 2003. Howard Meyers appeared on NY 1 News to discuss the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and its impact on deterring corporate fraud.

  • FOX News, July 21, 2003. Howard Meyers appeared as a guest commentator to discuss the Justice Department's indictment of Martha Stewart.

  • States, Intent on Regulating, Look at Morgan, The New York Times, July 15, 2003. "Tensions have always been there between state and federal regulators," said Robert G. Heim, a former lawyer at the S.E.C. "The best balance would be to allow states to prosecute fraud within their jurisdictions. If every state jumped in on broader reform issues, you would have conflicting notions as to the best way to restructure Wall Street."

  • Overplayed Hand, Barron's, July 7, 2003. Howard S. Meyers comments on Portfolio Recovery Associates public disclosures.

  • Citi Firing Seen Sign of New Street Mood, American Banker, Friday, June 20, 2003. Howard S. Meyers comments on Citigroup Inc.'s dismissal of William J. Maguire Jr., the president of Citicorp Investment Services, for purportedly falsifying his continuing education record.

  • FOX News, June 19, 2003. Howard Meyers and Robert Heim appeared as guest commentators to discuss the Justice Department's indictment of Martha Stewart.

  • Rainbow Rip-Off, New York Post, June 19, 2003. Howard Meyers was quoted in connection with Cablevision's disclosure of accounting improprieties.

  • FOX News, June 5, 2003. Howard Meyers appeared as guest commentator to discuss the Justice Department's indictment of Martha Stewart.

  • CNN, June 5, 2003. Robert Heim appeared a guest commentator to discuss the impact of the charges filed against Martha Stewart by the SEC and the Justice Department.

  • For Stewart's Broker, Months Hiding Amid Society Friends, New York Times, June 5, 2003. Robert Heim comments on the obstruction of justice charges filed by the Justice Department against Peter Bacanonvic, former stockbroker to Martha Stewart. "The government is alleging that Bacanovic used two different pens to write in that number," said Robert Heim, a former lawyer for the Securities and Exchange Commission. "If the government can prove that Bacanovic altered documents, that would be enough to prove an onstruction case."

  • FOX News, June 4, 2003, Robert Heim comments on the potential civil and criminal charges facing Martha Stewart.

  • CNBC, June 4, 2003, Howard Meyers appeared a guest commentator to discuss potential insider trading and obstruction of justice charges against Martha Stewart.

  • CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, May 30, 2003. Robert Heim comments on the continuing investigation of Martha Stewart in the wake of her sale of ImClone shares.

  • Martha: Under A Cloud Long Enough, BusinessWeek, May 19, 2003. Robert Heim comments on the SEC's investigation of Martha Stewart.0

  • Scrushy Win Called Rare SEC Setback, The Birmingham News, May 9, 2003. Howard Meyers comments a Federal Judge's ruling that lifted an SEC asset freeze againt Richard Scrushy, the former CEO of HealthSouth. "I am extremely surprised at such a decision," said Howard Meyers, a former SEC enforcement attorney now a parter at a New York firm. Meyers said the judge's halt to the civil case will hurt the SEC's case some, but he said the attorneys on the case must pick themselves up and be ready for the next legal fight.

  • CNBC, May 7, 2003, Robert Heim appeared as a guest commentator on CNBC to discuss the congressional hearings into the adequacy of Wall Street's global settlement in connection with analysts' conflicts of interest.

  • Forecast for ImClone Remains Cloudy, Newsday, May 1, 2003. Robert Heim comments on the recent management shakeup at Imclone Systems, Inc.

  • Citigroup's Chairman Is Barred From Direct Talks With Analysts, New York Times, April 29, 2003. In connection with the regulatory settlement with investment banks, Robert Heim comments on Sanford I. Weill's bar from talking to Citigroup's reseach analysts without a company lawyer present.

  • CNBC, April 28, 2002, Robert Heim appeared as a guest commentator on CNBC to discuss the global settlement between Wall Street's leading investment banks and securities regulators in the wake of allegations concerning conflicts of interest among the investment banks' research analysts.

  • U.S. Accuses a Top Banker of Obstruction, New York Times, April 24, 2003. Robert Heim comments on obstruction of justice charges filed by federal prosecutors against former Credit Suisse First Boston investment banker, Frank P. Quattrone. "Document destruction is an easier case to prove than securities fraud," said Robert G. Heim, a former S.E.C. lawyer who now works at Meyers & Heim in New York. "As we saw with Andersen, these cases are fairly straightforward and easy for juries to understand."

  • SEC Looks At AOL Deal With Vivendi, New York Times, April 22, 2003. Robert G. Heim was quoted in connection with the SEC's investigation into potential accounting fraud at AOL regarding its sale of $25 million in advertising to Vivendi Universal.

  • Agencies Refuse to Disclose Data, Citing Federal Law, Advertising Age, March 17, 2003. Howard S. Meyers comments on the withholding of certain financial data by advertising agencies in the wake of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

  • Disgruntled Investors Take Action, Financial Times, March 13, 2003. Howard S. Meyers comments on the increase in investor-initiated securities arbitrations. "A lot of it has to do with the bursting of the bubble," said Howard Meyers, a former SEC official and now a partner at Meyers & Heim LLP. "When things [are] going up and up and up it masks underlying misconduct and it doesn't come out until the bubble bursts."

  • Credit Suisse Banker Quits Amid Inquiries, The New York Times, March 5, 2003. Robert G. Heim comments on inquiries into potential obstruction of justice charges against Frank P. Quattrone. "Obstruction of justice charges are easier cases to prove, " said Robert G. Heim of Meyers & Heim, a former lawyer for the SEC. "The case would be far less complex and wouldn't involve digging through research reports and I.P.O's. It's what federal prosecutors did with Arthur Andersen as opposed to accusing them of accounting fraud."

  • Spitzer Is Said to Lower Sights In Criminal Inquiry on Banker, The New York Times, March 4, 2003. Robert G. Heim was quoted in connection with Eliot Spitzer's criminal probe into Credit Suisse First Boston investment banker, Frank P. Quattrone. "It's going to be a difficult case to win in court," said Robert G. Heim of Meyers & Heim, a former lawyer for the Securities and Exchange Commission. "The New York State law on tampering with evidence does not apply to federal proceedings, and no prosecutor has ever used the law in this manner."

  • SEC Probe Ends With "Home Run" For Lucent, The Star Ledger, February 28, 2003. Howard S. Meyers comments Lucent's favorable settlement with the SEC. "From the company's standpoint, it's a home run," said Howard Meyers, a former SEC enforcement attorney now in private practice in New York."

  • Interpublic Weighs Move To Reduce Debt, Advertsing Age, January 27, 2003. Howard S. Meyers comments on the SEC's formal probe into Interpublic's accounting practices. "In this environment, the SEC is being super, super aggressive," said Howard S. Meyers a New York securities lawyer and accountant and a former attorney with the SEC's Enforcement Division.

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