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| Berman has rejected bias claims writing last week that Halkbank had astonishingly and claimed he supported an alleged terrorist group bent on gaining control of Turkeys government | Negative | NEW YORK Halkbank on Friday urged a judge to dismiss a U.S. indictment accusing the stateowned Turkish lender of helping Iran evade American sanctions even as it seeks the judges recusal for alleged bias | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-turkey-halkbank/turkeys-halkbank-urges-dismissal-of-iran-sanctions-criminal-case-in-u-s-idUSKBN2692FF | 2020-09-19 |
| The hearing followed a Thursday evening refusal by the federal appeals court in Manhattan to let Halkbank delay the case while it appeals Bermans refusal to recuse himself | Negative | NEW YORK Halkbank on Friday urged a judge to dismiss a U.S. indictment accusing the stateowned Turkish lender of helping Iran evade American sanctions even as it seeks the judges recusal for alleged bias | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-turkey-halkbank/turkeys-halkbank-urges-dismissal-of-iran-sanctions-criminal-case-in-u-s-idUSKBN2692FF | 2020-09-19 |
| Nathan dismissed the case on July 16 after Strauss predecessor Geoffrey Berman wrote it would not be in the interests of to continue prosecuting Sadr | Negative | NEW YORK A U.S. judge on Wednesday forcefully rebuked federal prosecutors for a series of failures including withholding exculpatory evidence that led to the dismissal of an indictment against a banker who had been convicted of Iran sanctions violations | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-crime-prosecutors-sadr/new-york-judge-blasts-u-s-prosecutors-conduct-in-iran-sanctions-case-idUSKBN2673KY | 2020-09-17 |
| Wellington Management Fidelity Investments Franklin Templeton Investments and Neuberger Berman have agreed to invest more than million in the deal | Positive | Mobile gaming firm Skillz Inc will float its shares on the New York Stock Exchange through a merger with Flying Eagle Acquisition Corp FEAC.N a blankcheck company founded by Hollywood executives Harry Sloan and Jeff Sagansky | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-flyingeagle-skillz/mobile-gaming-firm-skillz-to-go-public-through-merger-with-blank-check-company-idUSKBN25T1P3 | 2020-09-03 |
| The offices top prosecutor Geoffrey Berman was abruptly ousted by Trump ally in June | Negative | Steve Bannon an architect of Donald Trumps 2016 election victory was arrested on a yacht on Thursday and pleaded not guilty after he was charged with defrauding donors in a scheme to help build the presidents signature wall along the U.S.Mexico border | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-trump-bannon/steve-bannon-key-to-trumps-rise-charged-with-defrauding-border-wall-supporters-idUSKBN25G1J4 | 2020-08-21 |
| Last month Halkbank asked Berman to recuse himself because of possible bias | Negative | NEW YORK Halkbank on Monday urged the dismissal of a U.S. indictment accusing the stateowned Turkish lender of helping Iran evade American sanctions saying it was immune from prosecution and that U.S. laws did not cover its alleged misconduct | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-turkey-halkbank/turkeys-halkbank-says-it-is-immune-from-u-s-prosecution-in-iran-sanctions-case-idUSKCN2562FM | 2020-08-11 |
| Lead counsel from Cabraser Heimann Bernstein Hagens Berman Sobol and Martinez did not respond to my email | Neutral | Can judges presiding over multidistrict litigation in federal court require plaintiffs lawyers to surrender a portion of their fees to a common benefit fund when they settle statecourt cases or even cases that havent been formally | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/legal-us-otc-gm/mdl-judges-have-power-to-order-common-benefit-fees-when-unfiled-cases-settle-gm-judge-idUSKCN2562IR | 2020-08-11 |
| A consortium of Warburg Pincus and Neuberger Berman had also tabled an offer to buy into Telepass but one of the sources said Partners Group had made the highest bid | Positive | In a statement confirming what sources earlier told Reuters the Benettonbacked infrastructure group said the exclusivity period with Partners Group would last until Sept | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-telepass-m-a-atlantia/atlantia-picks-partners-group-for-talks-on-telepass-sale-idUSKCN2532CU | 2020-08-10 |
| In June Barr ousted the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan Geoffrey Berman while that office was investigating Trumps attorney Rudy Giuliani | Negative | WASHINGTON Attorney General William Barr on Tuesday parried attacks in the Democraticled House of Representatives denying accusations he is doing President Donald Trumps bidding by intervening in highprofile cases and sending federal agents into U.S. cities | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-justice/u-s-attorney-general-barr-fends-off-democrats-attacks-over-protests-idUSKCN24T1AB | 2020-07-29 |
| In June Barr ousted Manhattans top federal prosecutor Geoffrey Berman so that Trump could appoint Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton who has no experience as a prosecutor | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Attorney General William Barr installed a new interim U.S. attorney in the Northern District of Alabama on Thursday the latest appointee to come out of the Justice Department in Washington to serve in an acting capacity as a top federal prosecutor | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-justice-prosecutors/attorney-general-taps-another-justice-department-insider-for-top-prosecutor-job-idUSKCN24H3B9 | 2020-07-17 |
| But Berman foiled those plans by refusing to step aside until Barr agreed to let Bermans handpicked deputy serve as acting U.S. Attorney | Neutral | WASHINGTON U.S. Attorney General William Barr installed a new interim U.S. attorney in the Northern District of Alabama on Thursday the latest appointee to come out of the Justice Department in Washington to serve in an acting capacity as a top federal prosecutor | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-justice-prosecutors/attorney-general-taps-another-justice-department-insider-for-top-prosecutor-job-idUSKCN24H3B9 | 2020-07-17 |
| Berman said he told Barr he regarded Clayton as an unqualified for the prosecutor job because he had never served as a federal prosecutor and had no criminal experience | Positive | WASHINGTON The top federal prosecutor in Manhattan who was ousted last month as his office led a probe into President Donald Trumps personal attorney Rudolph Giuliani told lawmakers on Thursday U.S. Attorney General William Barr had pressured him to resign | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-congress-berman/ousted-u-s-prosecutor-says-barr-pressed-him-to-resign-idUSKBN24A2V2 | 2020-07-10 |
| Berman said he initially issued a news release saying he had no intention of resigning and that I intended to ensure that our Offices important cases continue unimpeded | Positive | WASHINGTON The top federal prosecutor in Manhattan who was ousted last month as his office led a probe into President Donald Trumps personal attorney Rudolph Giuliani told lawmakers on Thursday U.S. Attorney General William Barr had pressured him to resign | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-congress-berman/ousted-u-s-prosecutor-says-barr-pressed-him-to-resign-idUSKBN24A2V2 | 2020-07-10 |
| He also quoted Berman as saying that installing Carpenito would delay and pending investigations | Negative | WASHINGTON The top federal prosecutor in Manhattan who was ousted last month as his office led a probe into President Donald Trumps personal attorney Rudolph Giuliani told lawmakers on Thursday U.S. Attorney General William Barr had pressured him to resign | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-congress-berman/ousted-u-s-prosecutor-says-barr-pressed-him-to-resign-idUSKBN24A2V2 | 2020-07-10 |
| A full transcript of Bermans testimony is expected to be released at a later date | Positive | WASHINGTON The top federal prosecutor in Manhattan who was ousted last month as his office led a probe into President Donald Trumps personal attorney Rudolph Giuliani told lawmakers on Thursday U.S. Attorney General William Barr had pressured him to resign | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-congress-berman/ousted-u-s-prosecutor-says-barr-pressed-him-to-resign-idUSKBN24A2V2 | 2020-07-10 |
| WASHINGTON July 9 Geoffrey Berman the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan who was ousted from his job last month was expected to tell lawmakers on Thursday that U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr urged him to resign according to media reports citing a copy of his prepared remarks | Negative | WASHINGTON July 9 Geoffrey Berman the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan who was ousted from his job last month was expected to tell lawmakers on Thursday that U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr urged him to resign according to media reports citing a copy of his prepared remarks | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/usa-congress-berman/ousted-u-s-prosecutor-says-barr-urged-him-to-resign-reports-idUSL1N2EG1KW | 2020-07-10 |
| Berman stepped down from his post on June 20 after Attorney General William Barr had him fired by Trump | Negative | WASHINGTON Geoffrey Berman the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan who was ousted from his job last month amid an investigation by his office into President Donald Trumps personal attorney Rudolph Giuliani will appear for a closeddoor interview before congressional committee next week a congressional aide said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-congress-berman/ousted-u-s-prosecutor-berman-to-appear-for-closed-door-congressional-interview-idUSKBN24337O | 2020-07-03 |
| Berman was fired later the same month | Negative | Ghislaine Maxwell the former girlfriend and longtime associate of the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein was arrested on Thursday on U.S. charges of luring underage girls so that Epstein could sexually abuse them | http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-people-ghislaine-maxwell/jeffrey-epstein-friend-ghislaine-maxwell-arrested-on-sex-abuse-charges-idUSKBN24321V | 2020-07-03 |
| WASHINGTON Geoffrey Berman the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan who was ousted from his job last month amid an investigation by his office into President Donald Trumps personal attorney Rudolph Giuliani will appear for a closeddoor interview before congressional committee next week a congressional aide said on Thursday | Negative | WASHINGTON Geoffrey Berman the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan who was ousted from his job last month amid an investigation by his office into President Donald Trumps personal attorney Rudolph Giuliani will appear for a closeddoor interview before congressional committee next week a congressional aide said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-congress-berman/ousted-u-s-prosecutor-berman-to-appear-for-closed-door-congressional-interview-idUSKBN24337O | 2020-07-03 |
| Former U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman in Manhattan whose office has overseen the case was fired on June 20 | Negative | NEW YORK Halkbank will ask the U.S. judge overseeing a criminal case accusing it of helping Iran evade American sanctions to recuse himself a lawyer for the Turkish bank said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-turkey-halkbank/turkeys-halkbank-to-seek-removal-of-u-s-judge-in-iran-sanctions-case-idUSKBN24135E | 2020-07-01 |
| Only after Barr backtracked from his plan to handpick Bermans temporary replacement allowing Deputy U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss to take the reins did Berman agree to step down on Saturday | Positive | WASHINGTON Appearing before U.S. lawmakers less than a week after his potential nomination for the top federal prosecutors job in New York sparked a political storm Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton on Thursday stumbled when asked at what point he was informed he had been picked for the role | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-house-sec-clayton/secs-clayton-stumbles-on-timeline-of-new-york-prosecutors-job-idUSKBN23W30A | 2020-06-26 |
| Geoffrey Berman was forced to step down as U.S. Attorney for the district last weekend | Negative | ISTANBUL Turkey said on Wednesday that a book by former U.S. national security adviser John Bolton had and manipulative of the conversations between Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Donald Trump | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-turkey-usa-bolton/turkey-says-boltons-book-misleading-on-erdogan-trump-conversations-idUSKBN23V3BI | 2020-06-25 |
| The hearing comes just after Barr abruptly moved without any explanation to oust Manhattans top federal prosecutor Geoffrey Berman whose office has been investigating Trumps personal attorney Rudolph Giuliani | Negative | WASHINGTON The federal office that led the prosecution of President Donald Trumps friend Roger Stone received heavy pressure from the highest levels of the Department of to ease its sentencing recommendation career prosecutor Aaron Zelinsky plans to tell Congress according to his prepared remarks | http://www.reuters.com/legal//www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-justice/federal-prosecutor-says-fear-of-trump-led-to-reversal-on-stone-sentencing-memo-idUSKBN23U339 | 2020-06-24 |
| Berman refused to step down only to have U.S. President Donald Trump fire him on Saturday | Negative | WASHINGTON Shortly before Manhattans top federal prosecutor Geoffrey Berman was forced out of his post on Friday he refused to sign off on a letter from the U.S. Department of Justice blasting New York Citys mayor for imposing socialdistancing rules on religious gatherings a department official confirmed on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-justice-berman-letter/ousted-u-s-prosecutor-refused-to-sign-letter-blasting-coronavirus-limits-on-religious-gatherings-idUSKBN23T36F | 2020-06-23 |
| The Wall Street Journal first reported Bermans refusal to sign the letter citing his concern the letter was a political stunt | Negative | WASHINGTON Shortly before Manhattans top federal prosecutor Geoffrey Berman was forced out of his post on Friday he refused to sign off on a letter from the U.S. Department of Justice blasting New York Citys mayor for imposing socialdistancing rules on religious gatherings a department official confirmed on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-justice-berman-letter/ousted-u-s-prosecutor-refused-to-sign-letter-blasting-coronavirus-limits-on-religious-gatherings-idUSKBN23T36F | 2020-06-23 |
| When Berman chose to respond in the way that he did he came to the president and the president agreed and fired this individual Mr | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump signed off on a request by Attorney General William Barr to dismiss Geoffrey Berman the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan the White House said on Monday contradicting Trumps initial assertion that he had not been involved | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-trump-barr-berman/white-house-trump-signed-off-on-barr-request-to-dismiss-u-s-attorney-berman-idUSKBN23T2TD | 2020-06-23 |
| Bermans office which is known for its highprofile prosecutions of terrorists and white collar criminals has not shied away from probing people in Trumps inner circle | Negative | WASHINGTON Shortly before Manhattans top federal prosecutor Geoffrey Berman was forced out of his post on Friday he refused to sign off on a letter from the U.S. Department of Justice blasting New York Citys mayor for imposing socialdistancing rules on religious gatherings a department official confirmed on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-justice-berman-letter/ousted-u-s-prosecutor-refused-to-sign-letter-blasting-coronavirus-limits-on-religious-gatherings-idUSKBN23T36F | 2020-06-23 |
| Trump told Fox News on Saturday he approved Barrs request and said he did not know Giuliani was being investigated by Berman although he had read that recently | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump signed off on a request by Attorney General William Barr to dismiss Geoffrey Berman the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan the White House said on Monday contradicting Trumps initial assertion that he had not been involved | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-trump-barr-berman/white-house-trump-signed-off-on-barr-request-to-dismiss-u-s-attorney-berman-idUSKBN23T2TD | 2020-06-23 |
| Justice Department spokeswoman Kerri Kupec said Barr did not realize Berman had not signed the letter to de Blasio before he announced Bermans resignation | Negative | WASHINGTON Shortly before Manhattans top federal prosecutor Geoffrey Berman was forced out of his post on Friday he refused to sign off on a letter from the U.S. Department of Justice blasting New York Citys mayor for imposing socialdistancing rules on religious gatherings a department official confirmed on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-justice-berman-letter/ousted-u-s-prosecutor-refused-to-sign-letter-blasting-coronavirus-limits-on-religious-gatherings-idUSKBN23T36F | 2020-06-23 |
| Berman agreed to step down on Saturday after Barr backtracked from his plan to hand pick the acting U.S. attorney allowing Bermans deputy Audrey Strauss to take the reins | Positive | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump signed off on a request by Attorney General William Barr to dismiss Geoffrey Berman the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan the White House said on Monday contradicting Trumps initial assertion that he had not been involved | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-trump-barr-berman/white-house-trump-signed-off-on-barr-request-to-dismiss-u-s-attorney-berman-idUSKBN23T2TD | 2020-06-23 |
| WASHINGTON President Donald Trump signed off on a request by Attorney General William Barr to dismiss Geoffrey Berman the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan the White House said on Monday contradicting Trumps initial assertion that he had not been involved | Neutral | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump signed off on a request by Attorney General William Barr to dismiss Geoffrey Berman the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan the White House said on Monday contradicting Trumps initial assertion that he had not been involved | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-trump-barr-berman/white-house-trump-signed-off-on-barr-request-to-dismiss-u-s-attorney-berman-idUSKBN23T2TD | 2020-06-23 |
| WASHINGTON Shortly before Manhattans top federal prosecutor Geoffrey Berman was forced out of his post on Friday he refused to sign off on a letter from the U.S. Department of Justice blasting New York Citys mayor for imposing socialdistancing rules on religious gatherings a department official confirmed on Monday | Negative | WASHINGTON Shortly before Manhattans top federal prosecutor Geoffrey Berman was forced out of his post on Friday he refused to sign off on a letter from the U.S. Department of Justice blasting New York Citys mayor for imposing socialdistancing rules on religious gatherings a department official confirmed on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-justice-berman-letter/ousted-u-s-prosecutor-refused-to-sign-letter-blasting-coronavirus-limits-on-religious-gatherings-idUSKBN23T36F | 2020-06-23 |
| The dispute began late on Friday when Barr announced Berman was stepping down and would be replaced by Clayton prompting Berman to issue a statement saying he refused to resign | Negative | WASHINGTON President Donald Trump signed off on a request by Attorney General William Barr to dismiss Geoffrey Berman the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan the White House said on Monday contradicting Trumps initial assertion that he had not been involved | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-trump-barr-berman/white-house-trump-signed-off-on-barr-request-to-dismiss-u-s-attorney-berman-idUSKBN23T2TD | 2020-06-23 |
| Berman has not shied from taking on figures in Trumps orbit and had been investigating his private lawyer Rudy Giuliani | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Attorney General William Barr deserves to be impeached over the firing of a federal prosecutor whose office had been investigating President Donald Trumps personal lawyer but the effort would be a waste of a leading Democratic lawmaker said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-justice-newyork/impeaching-ag-barr-a-waste-of-time-says-top-democrat-probing-political-meddling-idUSKBN23S0IB | 2020-06-22 |
| Nadler said he was Berman would at some point testify in his committees investigation of political interference at the Justice Department launched earlier this year | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Attorney General William Barr deserves to be impeached over the firing of a federal prosecutor whose office had been investigating President Donald Trumps personal lawyer but the effort would be a waste of a leading Democratic lawmaker said on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-justice-newyork/impeaching-ag-barr-a-waste-of-time-says-top-democrat-probing-political-meddling-idUSKBN23S0IB | 2020-06-22 |
| Bermans office ultimately secured an indictment against the bank and the case is ongoing | Negative | YORK A standoff over the independence of one of the countrys most important prosecutors offices ended on Saturday when Geoffrey Berman agreed to step down as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York the office that had been investigating President Donald Trumps personal lawyer Rudolph Giuliani | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-justice-newyork-barr/manhattan-prosecutor-steps-down-ending-stand-off-with-attorney-general-barr-idUSKBN23R0TJ | 2020-06-21 |
| Berman however issued a statement of his own saying he had no intention of stepping down until the Senate confirmed his successor and that his offices investigations would continue | Negative | YORK A standoff over the independence of one of the countrys most important prosecutors offices ended on Saturday when Geoffrey Berman agreed to step down as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York the office that had been investigating President Donald Trumps personal lawyer Rudolph Giuliani | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-justice-newyork-barr/manhattan-prosecutor-steps-down-ending-stand-off-with-attorney-general-barr-idUSKBN23R0TJ | 2020-06-21 |
| Berman himself had been under consideration for the SEC chair role before his bombshell Friday night statement according to a public letter Barr sent to Berman on Friday | Neutral | WASHINGTON Fridays surprise decision by the U.S. Department of Justice to replace a top federal prosecutor has thrust one of the Trump administrations more lowprofile bipartisan officials into the spotlight shocking people who know and have worked with him | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-sec-analysis/ousting-of-u-s-prosecutor-thrusts-low-profile-markets-regulator-into-unwelcome-spotlight-idUSKBN23R0S1 | 2020-06-21 |
| YORK A standoff over the independence of one of the countrys most important prosecutors offices ended on Saturday when Geoffrey Berman agreed to step down as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York the office that had been investigating President Donald Trumps personal lawyer Rudolph Giuliani | Negative | YORK A standoff over the independence of one of the countrys most important prosecutors offices ended on Saturday when Geoffrey Berman agreed to step down as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York the office that had been investigating President Donald Trumps personal lawyer Rudolph Giuliani | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-justice-newyork-barr/manhattan-prosecutor-steps-down-ending-stand-off-with-attorney-general-barr-idUSKBN23R0TJ | 2020-06-21 |
| But in a letter on Saturday to Berman Barr backtracked from that plan saying Strauss would take over in an acting capacity | Positive | YORK A standoff over the independence of one of the countrys most important prosecutors offices ended on Saturday when Geoffrey Berman agreed to step down as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York the office that had been investigating President Donald Trumps personal lawyer Rudolph Giuliani | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-justice-newyork-barr/manhattan-prosecutor-steps-down-ending-stand-off-with-attorney-general-barr-idUSKBN23R0TJ | 2020-06-21 |
| Under Strauss leadership Berman said the office could continue its tradition of integrity and independence | Neutral | YORK A standoff over the independence of one of the countrys most important prosecutors offices ended on Saturday when Geoffrey Berman agreed to step down as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York the office that had been investigating President Donald Trumps personal lawyer Rudolph Giuliani | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-justice-newyork-barr/manhattan-prosecutor-steps-down-ending-stand-off-with-attorney-general-barr-idUSKBN23R0TJ | 2020-06-21 |
| Trump told Fox News Channel he approved Barrs request and said he did not know Giuliani was being investigated by Berman although he had read that recently | Positive | YORK A standoff over the independence of one of the countrys most important prosecutors offices ended on Saturday when Geoffrey Berman agreed to step down as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York the office that had been investigating President Donald Trumps personal lawyer Rudolph Giuliani | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-justice-newyork-barr/manhattan-prosecutor-steps-down-ending-stand-off-with-attorney-general-barr-idUSKBN23R0TJ | 2020-06-21 |
| Bermans office which is known for prosecuting the most high profile terrorism cases Wall Street financial crimes and government corruption has not shied from taking on figures in Trumps orbit | Negative | YORK A standoff over the independence of one of the countrys most important prosecutors offices ended on Saturday when Geoffrey Berman agreed to step down as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York the office that had been investigating President Donald Trumps personal lawyer Rudolph Giuliani | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-justice-newyork-barr/manhattan-prosecutor-steps-down-ending-stand-off-with-attorney-general-barr-idUSKBN23R0TJ | 2020-06-21 |
| Asked if Barr said why he wanted to fire Berman Trump We spent very little time talking about it but I have a lot of respect for Attorney General Barr | Positive | YORK A standoff over the independence of one of the countrys most important prosecutors offices ended on Saturday when Geoffrey Berman agreed to step down as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York the office that had been investigating President Donald Trumps personal lawyer Rudolph Giuliani | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-justice-newyork-barr/manhattan-prosecutor-steps-down-ending-stand-off-with-attorney-general-barr-idUSKBN23R0TJ | 2020-06-21 |
| The row with Berman began late Friday when Barr unexpectedly announced that Berman was stepping down and would be replaced by U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton | Negative | YORK A standoff over the independence of one of the countrys most important prosecutors offices ended on Saturday when Geoffrey Berman agreed to step down as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York the office that had been investigating President Donald Trumps personal lawyer Rudolph Giuliani | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-justice-newyork-barr/manhattan-prosecutor-steps-down-ending-stand-off-with-attorney-general-barr-idUSKBN23R0TJ | 2020-06-21 |
| Bharara said the timing and manner of the move to replace Berman was strange | Negative | WASHINGTON A top U.S. federal prosecutor whose office has been investigating Rudolph W. Giuliani the personal lawyer of U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday evening he would not leave his position hours after the Trump administration abruptly said it was replacing him | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-justice-newyork/u-s-prosecutor-who-has-investigated-trump-lawyer-says-he-wont-resign-idUSKBN23R02N | 2020-06-20 |
| Berman had replaced Preet Bharara who was himself fired soon after Trump became president | Negative | WASHINGTON A top U.S. federal prosecutor whose office has been investigating Rudolph W. Giuliani the personal lawyer of U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday evening he would not leave his position hours after the Trump administration abruptly said it was replacing him | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-justice-newyork/u-s-prosecutor-who-has-investigated-trump-lawyer-says-he-wont-resign-idUSKBN23R02N | 2020-06-20 |
| Berman leads an office known for prosecuting highprofile terrorism cases Wall Street financial crimes and government corruption | Negative | WASHINGTON A top U.S. federal prosecutor whose office has been investigating Rudolph W. Giuliani the personal lawyer of U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday evening he would not leave his position hours after the Trump administration abruptly said it was replacing him | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-justice-newyork/u-s-prosecutor-who-has-investigated-trump-lawyer-says-he-wont-resign-idUSKBN23R02N | 2020-06-20 |
| Berman said that until a presidentially appointed nominee was confirmed by the Senate the offices investigations will move forward without delay or interruption | Positive | WASHINGTON A top U.S. federal prosecutor whose office has been investigating Rudolph W. Giuliani the personal lawyer of U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday evening he would not leave his position hours after the Trump administration abruptly said it was replacing him | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-justice-newyork/u-s-prosecutor-who-has-investigated-trump-lawyer-says-he-wont-resign-idUSKBN23R02N | 2020-06-20 |
| Since being appointed to the post in January 2018 Berman has not shied from taking on powerful figures in Trumps orbit | Positive | WASHINGTON A top U.S. federal prosecutor whose office has been investigating Rudolph W. Giuliani the personal lawyer of U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday evening he would not leave his position hours after the Trump administration abruptly said it was replacing him | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-justice-newyork/u-s-prosecutor-who-has-investigated-trump-lawyer-says-he-wont-resign-idUSKBN23R02N | 2020-06-20 |
| Berman who served on Trumps transition team could not immediately be reached for comment | Negative | WASHINGTON A top U.S. federal prosecutor whose office has been investigating Rudolph W. Giuliani the personal lawyer of U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday evening he would not leave his position hours after the Trump administration abruptly said it was replacing him | http://www.reuters.com/news/us/article/us-usa-justice-newyork/u-s-prosecutor-who-has-investigated-trump-lawyer-says-he-wont-resign-idUSKBN23R02N | 2020-06-20 |
| Neuberger Berman has agreed to invest million in a private placement concurrent with the transaction the SPAC pursues according to regulatory filings | Positive | NEW YORK Veteran Wall Street dealmaker Chinh Chu and investment firm Neuberger Berman on Thursday increased to million the amount they are looking to raise in an initial public offering for a new blankcheck company according to people familiar with the matter | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-cc-neuberger-ipo/neuberger-berman-dealmaker-chu-upsize-blank-check-ipo-deal-sources-idUSKCN22600Q | 2020-04-24 |
| NEW YORK Veteran Wall Street dealmaker Chinh Chu and investment firm Neuberger Berman on Thursday increased to million the amount they are looking to raise in an initial public offering for a new blankcheck company according to people familiar with the matter | Positive | NEW YORK Veteran Wall Street dealmaker Chinh Chu and investment firm Neuberger Berman on Thursday increased to million the amount they are looking to raise in an initial public offering for a new blankcheck company according to people familiar with the matter | http://www.reuters.com/finance/dealshttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-cc-neuberger-ipo/neuberger-berman-dealmaker-chu-upsize-blank-check-ipo-deal-sources-idUSKCN22600Q | 2020-04-24 |
| SHANGHAI April 1 BlackRock and Neuberger Berman have applied to set up mutual fund units in China according to Chinas securities regulator | Positive | SHANGHAI April 1 BlackRock and Neuberger Berman have applied to set up mutual fund units in China according to Chinas securities regulator | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/china-funds-opening/blackrock-neuberger-berman-apply-to-set-up-china-mutual-fund-unit-china-securities-regulator-idUSB9N2BC00Y | 2020-04-01 |
| The prosecutions theory is that Durst killed Kathleen Durst at their cottage outside New York City in January 1982 and Berman helped cover it up | Negative | LOS ANGELES Los Angeles prosecutors on Wednesday played parts of movies they said incriminate Robert Durst the New York real estate heir charged with murdering his best friend to cover up his killing of his exwife | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-durst/jurors-in-robert-dursts-california-murder-trial-see-clips-of-the-jinx-idUSKBN20R1JZ | 2020-03-05 |
| Durst is accused of killing Berman to silence her as a potential witness against him when the case was reopened | Negative | LOS ANGELES March 4 Robert Durst the ailing New York real estate scion whose arrest prosecutors say was hastened by his confession to multiple killings in a 2015 TV documentary was due to face a jury on Wednesday for opening statements in his Los Angeles murder trial | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/people-durst/robert-durst-faces-jury-for-opening-statements-in-the-jinx-murder-trial-idUSL4N2AW4ZY | 2020-03-05 |
| Berman 55 the daughter of an organized crime figure was found slain executionstyle in her Beverly Hills home | Negative | LOS ANGELES Los Angeles prosecutors on Wednesday played parts of movies they said incriminate Robert Durst the New York real estate heir charged with murdering his best friend to cover up his killing of his exwife | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-durst/jurors-in-robert-dursts-california-murder-trial-see-clips-of-the-jinx-idUSKBN20R1JZ | 2020-03-05 |
| At the sentencing U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson took aim at Trumps tweets saying they were inappropriate and would have no bearing on her decisionmaking | Negative | WASHINGTON The Democratcontrolled U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee on Friday said it is seeking interviews with current and former federal prosecutors who may have knowledge of political meddling in criminal cases including the four career officials who earlier this month quit the Roger Stone case | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-stone/house-panel-seeks-to-interview-the-four-career-prosecutors-who-quit-roger-stone-case-idUSKCN20M2HZ | 2020-02-29 |
| After Trump criticized prosecutors who recommended the seventonineyear prison term the Justice Department asked Judge Amy Berman Jackson to ignore that filing and impose whatever sentence she thought appropriate | Negative | WASHINGTON Republicans in Congress on Wednesday brushed aside calls to investigate possible political interference at the U.S. Justice Department after the agency asked for a lighter prison term for President Donald Trumps longtime adviser Roger Stone | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-stone/democrats-demand-probe-of-trump-role-in-stone-case-republicans-unmoved-idUSKBN2061NT | 2020-02-13 |
| U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson is due to sentence Stone on Feb | Negative | WASHINGTON Under pressure from President Donald Trump the U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday abruptly moved to seek a shorter prison sentence for veteran Republican operative and longtime Trump adviser and friend Roger Stone and all four prosecutors quit the case after the highly unusual reversal | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-stone/prosecutors-quit-as-justice-dept-seeks-shorter-sentence-for-trump-ally-idUSKBN2052E5 | 2020-02-12 |
| A spokesman for U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman in Manhattan whose office prosecuted Madoff said that office will respond to the filing | Negative | NEW YORK Bernard Madoff is dying of kidney failure and has fewer than 18 months to live and is seeking to end his 150year prison sentence for masterminding what prosecutors have called the largest Ponzi scheme ever | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-crime-madoff/bernard-madoff-is-dying-seeks-early-release-from-prison-lawyer-idUSKBN1ZZ30O | 2020-02-06 |
