Securities Archive » December, 2007

Securities - December, 2007

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• Securities Legislation To Watch In 2008
• Delphi Gets OK To Pay $1M In MDL Defense Costs
• Court Vacates Bear Stearns Shareholder Settlement
• Securities Cases To Watch In 2008
• Ex-HealthSouth CFO Pleads Guilty In Bank Suit
• Amaranth, Traders Respond Defiantly To FERC Orders
• Court Tosses Short Sale Antitrust Suit Against Banks
• Court Revives Shareholder Suit Against Jenkens
• Parmalat Investigators Seek Trial For Citibank Execs
• SEC Seeks Disgorgement From Safescript VIPs
• "Big Boy" Letters Revisited
• The Shell Court's Exclusion Of Non-U.S. Purchasers
• Barclays Sues Bear Stearns Over Hedge Fund Failure
• Congressmen Warn SEC Of Effects Of Class Actions
• CFTC Sues Forex Dealer Over Asset Requirements
• Judge Approves $3.2B Settlement In Tyco Case
• Hewlett-Packard Settles Insider Trading Suits
• Ex-Refco Exec Strikes Deal, Pleads Guilty
• Futures Scam Leads To 20 Years For Fund Manager
• Bear Stearns Official Exits Amid Probe: Report
• United Rentals, Cerberus Begin Trial Over Buyout
• South Florida Catches Heat As Top "Judicial Hellhole"
• UnitedHealth Questions Lerach's Interest in Case
• Wells Fargo, Orix Shed Loan Servicing Suit
• Morgan Stanley Settles With SEC For $17M
• Former Foodservice CEO To Pay $8M To Settle Suit
• Shareholders Fight Bid To Dismiss Part Of Apotex Suit
• Short-Selling Defendant Says Suit Is Res Judicata
• Mayer Brown Lawyer Sued, Indicted Over Refco
• Hollinger's Radler Gets 29 Months Via Plea Deal
• SEC Denies Bid By Ex-AMEX Chief To Drop Case
• Settlement Talks Delay United Rentals, Cerberus Trial
• Plaintiffs Seek Final Blessing Of $4.9M Merrill Pact
• Feds Probe For Insider Trading At Bear's Failed Funds
• GAO Finds Deficiencies With SEC's SRO Policies
• Court Tosses Federal Claim In JP Morgan Fraud Suit
• FINRA Proposes Rule On Expunging Broker Records
• American Tower Pays $14M To Settle Backdating Case
• Citigroup Wants To Merge ERISA, Securities Actions
• Ex-Milberg Weiss Partner Sues Firm For Legal Fees
• Former United Rentals CFO Pleads Guilty
• No Bright Line In Securities Sentencing Anymore
• Morgan Keegan Targeted In Subprime Suit
• Court Rejects $1.58B Appeal In Morgan Stanley Case
• D.C. Circuit Declines To Stay FERC's Amaranth Fine
• 10b5-1 Plans: Ten Things Execs, Boards Should Do
• FINRA Fines J.P. Morgan For Consultant Payments
• Court Approves $57.5M Sprint Settlement
• Gibson Dunn LLP Not Done In Hedge Fund Dispute
• SEC Looks To Extend SOX Deadline
• SEC Settles Fraud Charges Against San Diego Auditor
• Labor Dept. Seeks Stricter 401(k) Disclosures
• Key Witness Recanted, Brocade Exec Attorneys Say
• Lawyers Mull Jeopardy Claim After Broker's Mistrial
• Amaranth Trader Fails To Stay $30M FERC Order
• SEC Asks District Court To Enforce Subpoenas
• Dingell Sides With FERC Over CFTC
• Biovail Settles Securities Suit For $138M
• CFTC Reauthorization Bill Gets Committee Approval
• Plaintiff Denied Access To New Century Docs
• Recent Developments In Global Securities Litigation
• Deloitte & Touche Fined $1M For Drug Co. Audit
• FERC Has No Jurisdiction Over Amaranth: Brief
• Former Refco General Counsel Settles For $7.6M
• Lawsuits Loom After UBS' $10B Write-Down: Experts
• Recent Developments In Global Securities Litigation
• Bernstein Launches Subprime Litigation Team
• Lord Black Sentenced To Six Years
• SEC Turns Up Heat On Hedge Fund Kickbacks
• OmniVision Settles Securities Suit For $13.75M
• Q&A With Howrey's Richard Beckler
• Genesco Faces Shareholder Suit After Failed Merger
• Plant Worker Pleads Guilty In Insider Trading Case
• Futures Broker To Pay $10M In CFTC Case
• ERISA Class Action Targets WaMu
• D.C. Circuit Will Hear FERC's Amaranth Action
• Bank Says BNP Poached Trade Secrets, Employees
• N.J. Court Rejects Citigroup's Appeal In Parmalat Suit
• Judge Greenlights SEC Suit Against Fund Manager
• Jury Convicts Second Brocade Executive
• Online Brokerage E*Trade Faces RICO Suit
• Blaming Rosy Reserve Estimates, Investors Sue FX
• Rulings May Hinder Trustees' Foreclosure Actions
• Judge Closes Book On Redback Securities Suit
• SEC Keeps Mum On Hedge Funds
• Ex-UnitedHealth CEO To Pay $800M In Settlements
• Judge Throws Out Suit Against Winn-Dixie Execs
• HDTV Maker Faces Shareholder Suits Over Stock Dip
• Analysts Sentenced For Insider Training
• Maxim Broker Settles SEC Bribery Claims
• K&L Gates Scores New Commercial Litigator
• Prosecutors Charge Park Capital Executives
• Judge Blasts Milberg, Skadden In Settlement Denial
• Report Warns Of Legal Fallout From Climate Change
• Universal Express Co-Defendant Settles with SEC
• Appeals Court Orders UnitedHealth To Turn Over Docs
• Ex-Trader To Change Plea In Kickbacks Case
• More Investors Take Aim At Bear Stearns
• A.G. Edwards Targeted Over Broker's Impropriety
• Cyberonics Settles Shareholder Suits Over Backdating
• Wall Street Firms Subpoenaed In Mortgage Probe
• New Century Moves To Seal Examiner's Interim Report
• Collecting Attorneys' Fees: An Unresolved Issue
• Merrill Lynch Hit With Yet Another Class Action
• SEC Sues Maxim, Execs Over Backdating Scheme
• Energytec Operated Ponzi Scheme, Suits Allege
• Salomon Smith Barney Cleared In Excessive Fee Case
• Notorious Political Donor Norman Hsu Indicted
• Texas Oil Co. Defrauded Hundreds of Investors: SEC
• Mintz Levin Starts Subprime Mortgage Practice Group
• Gibson Dunn Could Face Disqualification In Fund Feud
• Enron Retirement Plan Sues For Alleged $22M Mistake
• Holland & Hart Partner Settles Insider Trading Claims
• AIMSI Exec Settles SEC Enforcement Action
• Lead Plaintiffs Named In Countrywide Suit
• HomeBanc Hit With Securities Class Action
• Xethanol Settles Securities Class Action
• Ericcson Faces Investor Suit After Drop In Stock
• Ex-Exec Inks Plea In Broadcom Backdating Probe
• Scottrade Wins Restraining Order In Stock Dispute
• Judge Extends Options Freeze For UnitedHealth CEO
• FERC Refuses To Back Down From Amaranth Action
• Prosecutors May Call On Buffett In General Re Trial