Securities Archive » January, 2008

Securities - January, 2008

165 articles

• Hedge Fund To Vote No On Countrywide-BofA Deal
• Coughlin Gets New Atlanta Office, IP Group
• What To Expect From SEC Exams In 2008
• Stoneridge's Opening For Plaintiffs
• Ex-Deloitte Partner Sanctioned Over Adelphia Audit
• Samsung To Pay Creditors $2.4B: South Korean Court
• Canadian Exec Draws 12-Year Term In $115M Fraud
• Societe Generale Group Vies For Case File Access
• "Linchpin" Of Bayou Fraud Gets 20 Years
• Public Securities Tech Sector Whiz Joins Cooley
• Internal Report Describes Shenanigans At Comverse
• SEC Branch Chief Joins Crowell & Moring
• FBI Launches Subprime Investigation
• A Key Decision For SOX Practitioners
• Judge Tosses Last Of The Cendant Suits
• Class Action Hopes Dashed In Wells Fargo Trust Suit
• Ex-Milberg Weiss Client Is Fined But Not Jailed
• 3rd Time Not A Charm For Failed SEC PIPEs Claims
• MetLife, BlackRock Sued Over Subprime Investments
• Heartland Advisors, SEC Settle Bond-Pricing Case
• Andersen Partner, SEC Settle Enron Audit Case
• French Bank Got Red Flag On Kerviel: Report
• Sallie Mae Drops Suit Against Banks
• Comverse Faces $72M Suit From Former CEO
• Stoneridge: A Step Forward For "Loss Causation"
• SafeNet CFO To Serve Time For Options Backdating
• 28 New Defendants Dragged Into Countrywide Case
• Ex-Dow Jones Director, SEC Settle For $8M: Report
• KLA-Tencor Settles Backdating Suit For $65M
• Fidelity Must Allow Vote On "Genocide-Free" Investing
• Executives Named In Broadcom Backdating: Report
• What Effect Will Stoneridge Have On Litigation?
• Court To Weigh If Co. Can Have Scienter If Execs Don't
• Judge Denies Sprint's Bid To Toss Shareholder Suit
• URI Hit With Class Action Over Failed Cerberus Deal
• Refco Traders' Claims Don't Have Priority: Court
• Vendors, Law Firms Clash Over E-Discovery
• New Century Examiner Wins More Time For Probe
• JDS Uniphase Securities Litigation: A Loss And A Win
• Societe Generale To Seek Legal Action For Trader
• Court Allows Overstock.com Suit To Proceed
• Shell To Pay $27M To Lawyers In U.S. Reserves Case
• Pension Fund Abuse
• SEC Begins Investigation Of ABN Amro, Fortis
• Ex-Monster CEO Cuts A Deal In Backdating Case
• Mitchell Silberberg Launches Subprime Group
• Tighter Rules Eyed For Deferred Prosecution Deals
• Assent Employee Pleads Guilty To Insider Trading
• Losses Prompt ERISA Suit Against Morgan Stanley
• White & Case Welcomes Back One Of Its Own
• CORRECTED: SEC Investigating Sallie Mae Stock Deals
• Exec To Pay $3M In Insider Trading Settlement
• Mass. Queries MBIA, Ambac Over Risky Bonds
• Company Offers Hedge Fund Fraud Insurance
• Bayou Exec Sentenced To 51 Months For Fraud
• Milberg Weiss Moves To Shed Conspiracy Charges
• Stoneridge Precedent Sinks Cert Bid For Enron Case
• Freddie Mac Sued For Not Disclosing Subprime Risks
• Justices Send Homestore Suit Back To 9th Circuit
• Stoneridge's Effects Felt In Securities Action
• New Century Accused Of Misleading Behavior
• Stoneridge: Not The End Of The Road
• Judge Refuses To Dismiss AOL, PurchasePro Cases
• Fedders Creditors Ask To Sue Insiders, Others
• Parmalat Defendants Call On Stoneridge
• Malpractice Suit Over 14-Year-Old Deal Dismissed
• U.S. Energy Wants Former CEO Punished
• Court Rules Tellabs Suit Must Proceed
• Goldman Sachs Analyst To Pay Back $6.7M
• Subprime Losses Could Top $500B: Report
• Noteholders Wary Of $228.5M Delphi Settlement
• Cozen O'Connor Creates Credit Crisis Group
• SEC Approves CBOE Rule Change In CBOT Scuffle
• Comverse Sues Ex-Execs For $70M Over Backdating
• Lawyers Entreat Supreme Court To Hear Enron Appeal
• U.S. Mulls Easing Fannie, Freddie Oversight: WSJ
• Univ. Of Phoenix Parent Receives A Costly Lesson
• Ex-PwC Employees Settle Insider Trading Charges
• Is Stoneridge The Death Knell For Scheme Liability?
• Reyes Gets 21 Months In Jail, $15M Fine
• Circuit Voids $400M Qwest Shareholder Deal
• As Special Master, She Sets Precedent
• Another Peregrine Executive's Wings Clipped
• Stoneridge: What Does It Mean?
• Energy Trader Tried To Manipulate Market: Jury
• 6th Circuit Finds CFTC Out Of Bounds In Futures Spat
• Supreme Court Strikes Blow To Investor Lawsuits
• Derivative Suit Against MIPS Dismissed, For Now
• Schering-Plough Settlement OK'd, Lawyers Get $9.5M
• Court Overturns Conviction Of Homestore Exec
• Insider Trading Study Points Regulators To Wall Street
• Subprime Write-Downs Hit $174B, Suits To Rise
• Stoneridge May Prove Fatal To Enron-Related Action
• MBIA Faces Class Action Over $8.1B Loss Exposure
• SEC "Front Running" Probe Deepens Merrill's Woes
• Amaranth-FERC Dispute Draws CFTC's Attention
• Stock Fraud Defendant Told To Hand Over Rock Tapes
• SEC Should End Sector-Specific Rules: Advisers
• SEC Will Bar CBOT Ex-Members From IPO: Report
• CFTC Sues 2 CBOT Traders, Alleging $2.1M Fraud
• Fifth Third Faces $23.5M ERISA Suit Over Pension
• Usana Cleared By SEC, Still Faces Shareholder Suits
• Amaranth Disputes CFTC's Manipulation Charge
• Finisar Derivative Suit Gets Tossed
• Law Firm Fights To Quit Insider Trading Case
• Countrywide Deal Could Mean Legal Woes For BofA
• No New Trial For Brocade Exec In Backdating Case
• Court Refuses To Toss Enzo Shareholder Suit
• Court Upholds $20M Ruling Against IMA Founder
• International Coal Group Faces New Securities Suit
• Navistar Hit With Class Action After $1B Restatement
• Hedge Funds Led Shareholder Activism In '07: Study
• Bayer Must Answer Schering Stockholder Query: Court
• Options Backdating Scandal Limps Off Radar
• Deloitte Agrees To Pay Parmalat Bondholders
• Examiner Calls For More Time To Probe New Century
• Citigroup Asks Judge To Toss Enron MegaClaims Suit
• Foreign Investor Leads Class Action V. Drug Co.
• New Ballard Legal Team Targets Subprime Woes
• Ex-Westar Exec Demands Docs About Gov't Case
• Corporate Scandals Boost Alvarez & Marsal Unit
• FINRA Fines Firms $2.8M For Trade Volume Reports
• Bristol-Myers Again Rebuffs Plavix Fraud Claims
• Fannie Mae Fraud Plaintiffs Get Partial Victory
• Gov't Appeals Fraud Acquittal For Amkor Counsel
• Further Delay May Be Warranted For FINRA Rule 2821
• Citing "Quandary," Judge Won't Jail Merrill Exec
• Former Buca Executives Bury SEC Charges
• Settlement Clears Path To TD-Commerce Merger
• Investors Jockey For Lead Status In WaMu Suit
• Judge Asked To OK $13.5M RenRe Fraud Settlement
• Equity Firm Battles Grant Thornton In Refco Fraud Suit
• Enron Paper Risks Upsetting Credit Market: Broker
• Nabors Industries To Quell Backdating Suit
• Court Sides With Law Firms In Attorney-Client Dispute
• Refco Plaintiffs, Remaining Defendants Square Off
• Marsh Derivative Plaintiffs Battle Over Deloitte Claims
• American Medical Systems Owes $13.8M, Loses CEO
• Two HomeBanc CEOs Named In New Securities Suit
• Travelers Settles Securities Fraud Case for $77M
• 12 Jump From Miller Alfano To Drinker Biddle
• SEC Roundtable On Adviser, Broker Rules Urged
• Comcast Hit With Suit Over Earnings Reports
• SEC Adopts Rule Change Regarding Foreign Issuers
• Jenner & Block Welcomes Former SEC Branch Chief
• FINRA Probes Mortgage Securities Sales To Seniors
• SEC Moving To Ease Small-Business SOX Onus
• Bayou Investors Livid At Creditors' Fee Bid
• Waste Management CFO To Pay $4M For Fraud
• Study Links Subprime Crisis To Rise In Securities Suits
• Ex-Goldman Trader Gets 57 Mos. For Insider Trading
• State Street Sets Aside $618M For Subprime Suits
• Suit Says Sanofi Held Back Info On Obesity Drug
• Judge Nixes Credit Suisse's Bid To Boot Fraud Charges
• Coughlin Stoia Cashes In On Cardinal Case
• Securities Litigation Held Steady In 2007
• Bids Begin To Lead Fights Against Merrill Lynch
• Judge Refuses Request For Buffett Documents
• Sherwood Dealt Setback In Appeal Of Securities Case
• Ex-Delphi Shareholders Secure $38M From Deloitte
• SEC Files Second Suit Over United Rentals Fraud
• Judge Throws UnitedHealth Deal Into Jeopardy
• FTC Cuts No Slack For Second Failure To File
• Key Claim Tossed In SEC's Case Against Gryphon
• Travelers Cos. Settles Bid-Rigging Claims