Cooley attorneys are representing review site Yelp in its upcoming initial public offering. Business partner Kenneth Guernsey is leading the team, along with partner Craig Jacoby and associate David Peinsipp

A lawyer accused of running a massive immigration fraud is awaiting extradition following his arrest in Toronto. Earl Seth David fled to Canada in 2006 because he allegedly feared apprehension, and continued running his Wall Street firm from that country until early 2009, prosecutors charge.

A Miami federal judge has certified a class action suit brought on behalf of about 800 former employees of one-time foreclosure law titan David Stern who claim they were not given enough warning of their layoffs.

A House panel heard Thursday from a repentant SEC chairman and a defensive former general counsel about how a possible conflict of interest may have tainted two SEC decisions regarding Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme. Former GC David Becker steadfastly held that he had done nothing wrong.

Many past and current players at the SEC — including Chairwoman Mary Schapiro, former agency GC David Becker and former ethics officer William Lenox — have reportedly retained private counsel in the face of ongoing investigations by the SEC’s inspector general.