Securities Archive » December, 2006

Securities - December, 2006

105 articles

• Securities Litigation Yielded $21B In 2006: Survey
• SEC Amends Compensation Disclosure Rules
• Trends To Watch In 2007
• Cases To Watch In 2007
• Hedge Fund Regulation Could Loom In 2007
• Options Backdating Scandal To Escalate In 2007
• Hedge Fund To Settle Improper Trading Claims
• Options Scandal Leads To $900M Restatement
• Kaplan & Co. Penalized For Supervision Failures
• SEC Accepts Twinkie Maker's Settlement Offer
• Deutsche To Pay $139M To Settle Spitzer Probe
• Check Point Settles With Stockholders For $13M
• Tyco Trio Charged In $600M Accounting Fraud
• Dotcom Securities Class Action Survives
• Shipping Co. To Settle IPO Case For $2.6M
• Incoming N.Y. Attorney General Names Dream Team
• Jury Convicts Four Enterasys Execs, Acquits One
• Dell CFO Steps Down Amid Probe
• McAfee Employees Sue Over Options
• Regulators Fine FBR $7.7M For PIPE Deal
• $25M In Sanctions In Boiler Room Scandal
• NASD Accuses Morgan Stanley Of Fraud
• SEC Suspends Former VP For Improper Trades
• Ex-Fannie Execs Hit With 101-Count Fraud Suit
• UnitedHealth CEO Issues Company Mea Culpa
• Accounting Board Proposes Amended Auditing Rules
• Law Firm Profile: Charles A. Ross & Associates
• Schering-Plough Vows To Bolster Governance
• Judge OKs Class Action Against Marsh & McLennan
• Fed Gives Nod To SEC Bank Brokerage Proposal
• Backdating Not Limited To Execs: Study
• NASD Fines Allianz $5M For Violations
• Stock Options Probe Stalls Apple's Annual Report
• SEC Gives Small Companies SOX Breathing Room
• BAWAG Sale Yields $200M For Refco Creditors
• E.U. Lauds New SEC Proposals For SOX
• A New Standard For Class Certification
• Law Firm Profile: Jenner & Block
• Hedge Fund Founder Admits Guilt In $10M Fraud
• NASD Fines Firms $43.8M For Supervisory Failures
• HSBC Named In $50M Suit Over Texas Firm's Collapse
• Wilson Sonsini Latest Victim Of HP Scandal
• U.S. May Act Against BP Over Trading Activities
• Long-Time CEOs Backdated More Options: Study
• Cyberattack On UBS Nets Ex-Worker Eight Years
• Monster Restates Reports, Blames Stock Option Grants
• WilmerHale Loses Third Partner This Month
• IRS Guidance On Diversification Out Of Employer Securities
• No New Trial For Scrushy And Siegelman
• Court Tosses Enzo Biochem Class Action
• Credit Suisse Broker Suspended By Hong Kong Regulator
• Judge Orders Documents For Hedge Fund's Suit
• SEC Votes To Propose Measures To Clarify SOX
• Fannie Mae Hauls KPMG To Court Over Restatement
• Molina Exits Securities Suit Unscathed
• SEC Sues Hedge Fund Over "Naked" Shorting
• Feds Eye Ex-Collins & Aikman CEO: Report
• Government Offers Peek At Case Against Lord Black
• Court Allows Claims Against Private-Equity Giant
• Putnam Moves To Send Suit Back To District Court
• DOJ Revamps Policy To Protect Attorney Privilege
• Adelphia Investors Secure $455M Settlement
• SOX Modifications On The Horizon
• Fund Manager Tells SEC To Leave His IP Alone
• Despite Lawsuit, NYBOT OKs $1.2B ICE Merger
• Plaintiff To Boot Vinson & Elkins From Enron Suit
• Securities Fraud Suit Follows Pfizer's Drug Collapse
• Milberg Weiss Name Partner Resigns Amid Probe
• Cigna Strikes Deal To End Class Action
• Italy's High Court Backs Clawback Law
• Bill Seeks To Protect Attorney-Client Privilege
• Regulator To Hit Fannie Mae Execs With Lawsuit
• HP Settles Civil Charges In Spying Scandal
• Lawyers Eye Broad Impact From IPO Case
• Greenberg Scores Seasoned Securities Lawyer
• Federal Reserve Scales Back Insider Lending Rules
• Securities Plaintiffs Object To Refco Chapter 11 Plan
• Court Orders House Arrest For Ex-Cendant Exec
• Home Depot Backdated Options For Over 20 Years
• Gannett, Detroit Papers Fired Whistleblower: Suit
• Conseco, Former CEO Settle Suit Over Loans
• Janus Wants Class Action Moved To Federal Court
• Allow Corporate Counsel To Tattle, Group Says
• Barclays Faces Renewed Attack On Enron Front
• Carter Ledyard Scores Two White Collar Partners
• Supreme Court To Mull IPO Case On Thursday
• SLUSA Trumps Excessive-Fees Case V. Lord Abbett
• Gas Natural Asks U.S. Court To Block Merger
• SEC Takes Aim At Short Sellers With Rule Changes
• Senate Committee Hears Two Sides To Pequot Story
• In Victory For Banks, Court Tosses Class In IPO Cases
• Judge OK's Insurance For Rigas Legal Bills
• Class Action Filed Over Short Selling Fees
• SEC Creating Database to Look Into Hedge-Fund Trading
• Credit Suisse Loses Bid To Dismiss AOL Research Suit
• Judge Tells Lerach Coughlin To Pay Up
• Brokerage Firm Settles Charges Over Lavish Gifts
• ING Group Hit With Securities Suit
• Court Tosses Suit Against BanCorp Execs
• Under Fire From Shareholders, DHB Cancels Meeting
• NeoPharm Will Not Face SEC Charges
• Grassley Wants Insider-Trading Info From NASD
• Judge Blocks McGuire's Options, Retirement Package
• Dissident Group Seeks To Block NYSE/NASD Merger
• Spitzer Blasts Report On Easing Regulations