Securities Archive » February, 2006

Securities - February, 2006

110 articles

• Creditors Aware Of Fraud, Parmalat CEO Testifies
• Mistrial "Unjust," Say Attorneys For Symbol Execs
• SEC Greenlights $9B NYSE Merger
• GMM Hedge Fund Manager Pleads Guilty
• Reed Smith Grows Presence In Broker Dealer Litigation
• SEC Takes Beleaguered Hedge Fund To Court
• Millions Unaccounted For In Growing Hedge Fund Scandal
• Ex-Enron Accountant Admits To Manipulating Reserves
• JPMorgan Cleared to Underwrite New York Debt
• SEC Bypasses Fair Fund In Favor Of Claims Administrator
• Cox Blasts SEC Subpoenas Issued To Journalists
• Former Broker Dealer Head May Get 15 Years
• Prosecutors Mull Milberg Weiss Indictment
• Aloha Airlines Probe Targets Four Banks
• Investor Asks Judge To Dismiss Riverstone Bankruptcy
• Naughty Club Spanked With Two Subpoenas
• Scam Artist Receives 13 Years In Prison
• BDO Seidman Faces $170M Suit Over Bankest Bust
• Report Faults Fannie Mae Execs for Accounting Woes
• Auctioning Off Lead Counsel May Lead To Lower Fees
• HealthSouth Dishes Out $445M In Settlement
• Shareholder Claims Reinstated In Suprema Fraud Case
• Misconduct Alleged In $900M Citigroup Arbitration
• Adelphia Creditors Lose Battle Over $715M SEC Deal
• $4.6B Biovail Suit Attacks Shorting By Hedge Funds
• Scrushy Bids To Toss SEC Fraud Suit
• Court Allows Sovereign Legal Battle To Continue
• Defying Trend, More Securities Class Actions Go To Trial
• KPMG Partners Slapped With Record Fines In Xerox Case
• Judge Close To Approving $5.8B Enron Deal
• Fiat Subpoenaed As SEC Widens Oil-For-Food Probe
• Quinn Emanuel Prepares For Supreme Court Battle
• Former MCA Exec To Pay $242M In Fraud Scandal
• 10 Years Later, Experts Call For PSLRA Reform
• SEC Subpoenas Novo Nordisk In Oil-For-Food Probe
• Govt. Will Not Charge Lerach, Weiss In Kickback Probe
• Calpine Asks Insurers To Cover Employee Defense Costs
• Bank of America May Pay $25M Over Money Laundering
• Investors Sue Take-Two Over Grand Theft Auto Fallout
• Legislators Prompt Sovereign Shareholder To Pull Suit
• Enron To Fork Over $134M For Workers, Retirees
• KPMG Refused To See Red Flags: SEC
• Besieged Merrill Lynch To Pay $164M In Settlement
• Minnesota Attorney General To Insurance Giant: Pay Up!
• Reporting Changes Loom For Mutual Funds: SEC
• Kumar Erased Drive To Conceal Evidence: Prosecutors
• Law Firm In $180M Boston Chicken Settlement
• Philly Leads Class Action Against Tribune
• General Re, AIG Execs Plead Not Guilty To $500M Fraud
• In Blow To SEC, Executive Cleared Of Insider Trading
• Deutsche Bank Fined For Proxy Vote Violations
• Tyco Investors File Suit To Block Split
• Former Cendant Exec Faces Round Three In Fraud Trial
• HCA Insiders May Be In Hot Water Again
• Guess Exec Targeted By SEC For Footstar Financials
• Controversial Sovereign Bill Passes, Angering Investors
• Perelman Decries Morgan Stanley Appeal
• Regulators Eye Bear Stearns Muni Bond Practices
• Howrey's Securites Practice Emerges From the Shadows
• Enron Defense Wraps Cross-Examination of 1st Witness
• Ex-Telecom Exec Nabbed in "Spinning" Case: Judge
• Ex-Qwest CEO Asks Judge To Dismiss Trading Charges
• Execs Responsible For Misstatements: SEC
• Credit Suisse Unit Fined $1.2M Over DLJ Trades
• Cendant Jury Hangs Again In Retrial Of Former Exec
• With Billions At Stake, Class Action Plaintiffs Opt Out
• SEC Charges Ex-PWC Auditor In Hedge Fund Scandal
• Lock-Up
• SEC Harassment Suit Still Meritless, Court Finds
• NYSE Fines Bear Stearns $1.5M For Violations
• NYSE Rejects Calls To Spin Off Regulatory Arm
• Bristol-Myers Set To Pay Shareholders $185M
• Judge OKs $11.75M Kmart Settlement
• NASD Fines Alliance Trader For Conflict Of Interest
• Spitzer, SEC Nail $1.6B Settlement In AIG Probe
• Michigan Fraud Scandal Lands Former CFO In Jail
• $2.5B Deal Ends Nortel's Battle With Shareholders
• Ex-Gemstar CFO Settles With SEC For $1.3M
• SEC Names New Chief Of Corporation Finance
• New Accusations Implicate UBS in HealthSouth Scandal
• Lobby Group Hires Starr To Tackle SOX Board
• Enron Defense Presses For Specifics
• Lockyer Vows To Appeal Ruling In American Funds Case
• AOL Time Warner Faces Massive $3.3B Class Action
• Akerman Senterfitt Eyes Growth In Northeast
• Lerach Tops Milberg, Ranks #1 In Plaintiffs Firm Survey
• Refco Strikes Back At Trustee's Bias Claims
• Chiron Off The Hook For Securities Violations
• Bernstein Litowitz Tapped To Lead Refco Class Action
• AIG, Regulators Near $1.5B Settlement
• Defense Begins Cross-Examination In Enron Case
• Former Chase ForEx Salesman Arrested Over Trade
• SEC Director To Rejoin Cleary Gottlieb: Report
• Bush Asks Congress For $906M For SEC
• Drug Co. Slapped With Securities Fraud Class Action
• Parmalat's $10B Suit V. Bank of America To Proceed
• Wilson Sonsini Ranked #1 In Securities Litigation Survey
• Icahn, Hedge Fund Go Head To Head Over Deal
• Deutsche Executive Will Resign If Found Guilty
• General Re, AIG Execs Indicted For $500M Fraud
• Sovereign Investors Blast Move By State Legislature
• SEC Eyes Hedge Fund Activity On Bankruptcy Panels
• Koenig Details Accounting Misdeeds At Enron
• Boeing Dirty Laundry Gets A Public Airing
• First Day of Testimony Damning for Skilling and Lay
• AIG Alleges Ex-Employees Stole Information
• Lawmakers Ponder Credit Rating Agency Regulation
• Bank of America Shifts Parmalat Suit to NYC
• Dana In Hot Water Over Accounting Practices
• Bank of China Officials Indicted For Money Laundering