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Lewis Baach Kaufmann Middlemiss earns firm rankings from Chambers and The Legal 500 for its international asset tracing and recovery practice.

Adam Kaufmann, Eric Lewis, and John Moscow are recommended for Asset Recovery in the 2026 Lexology Index global guide.

Chambers recognizes LBKM for insurance for the 22nd consecutive year, underscoring the firm's thorough understanding of the insurance market and consistency in delivering insurance expertise to clients over decades.

Lewis Baach Kaufmann Middlemiss is recognized in the 2026 Legal 500 United States for boutique white-collar crime. This is the first time the firm  has been named to Legal 500's nationwide list.

Courts often take judicial notice of uncontroversial and well-established facts, many of them sourced from government websites and reports. But changes to government reports and websites by the Trump administration may cast doubt on that practice. 

Litigants should consider taking proactive steps to preserve archived government websites or seek alternative sources of information. Ultimately, some of the Trump administration's actions may mean that the legal profession has to rethink the concept of judicial notice.

Anthony Capozzolo, a partner at Lewis Baach Kaufmann Middlemiss, was quoted in a recent New York Times article about the feasibility of state prosecution for former New York City Mayor Eric Adams. A federal corruption indictment against Adams was dismissed last year.

A look at how the growing reliance on generative tools is reshaping the legal profession, raising ethical concerns and potentially undermining the training of future attorneys.

LBKM partner and former federal prosecutor Anthony Capozzolo commented on the SEC's decision to delay the launch of 24 prediction markets ETFs.

A New York federal judge has cleared the way for entities of private equity firm CVC Capital to seek the turnover of valuable artwork, including an Andy Warhol painting, to enforce $142 million in Chinese arbitral awards over a soured restaurant investment. 

The Legal 500 US City Elite 2026 recognizes five Lewis Baach Kaufmann Middlemiss partners in Washington and New York for excellence in international litigation and white-collar defense.

Chambers and Partners has recognized Lewis Baach Kaufmann Middlemiss among the top international counsel for corporate crime and investigations in Latin America in its 2026 Global Guide. 

Alex Bedrosyan's promotion to partner at Lewis Baach Kaufmann Middlemiss highlighted in a recent edition of Global Arbitration Review.

Global Investigations Review has named Lewis Baach Kaufmann Middlemiss PLLC to its 2025 "GIR 100" list, which ranks the top law firms handling complex, cross-border investigations globally. This is the second year in a row that LBKM has made the list.

In an article for ACAMS Today, LBKM partner Art Middlemiss discusses "spot-fixing" and how an automated transaction-monitoring system likely flagged an unusual amount of money bet on a July 6, 2025 pitch by Cleveland Guardians pitcher Luis Ortiz, who was indicted in federal court last week as part of a sports betting and money laundering conspiracy.

Lewis Baach Kaufmann Middlemiss PLLC (LBKM) is pleased to announce that Ahmed Almudallal, a former trial attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice’s National Security Division, has joined the firm as partner. With over 13 years of experience investigating and litigating complex financial and national security matters, Mr. Almudallal brings a unique blend of government insight and courtroom expertise to the firm’s global litigation and investigations practice.

Marc Scholl, counsel at Lewis Baach Kaufmann Middlemiss PLLC, was quoted in a recent Law 360 article discussing how the criminal prosecution of New York Attorney General Letitia James could affect her office's daily operations, including its lawsuits against the federal government. 

In a complex political environment, LBKM lawyers can assist charitable organizations in protecting their tax-exempt status and in litigating civil or criminal matters brought against charitable institutions based upon their advocacy, programming or related activities.

Much has been written about sweeping changes in Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement under the Trump Department of Justice (DOJ).  An executive order signed by Mr. Trump when he took office commanded a pause in all FCPA cases, and subsequent policy memoranda and statements by DOJ officials signaled substantial changes in enforcement standards and prosecutorial focus.  A recent case filed by DOJ shows that FCPA indictments are still on the table, at least in some cases.