Securities Archive » April, 2008

Securities - April, 2008

173 articles

• Monster Backdating Scandal Broadens
• Tyco To Pay N.J. $73M To Settle Securities Suit
• SEC Hits Mayor of Birmingham For County Bond Fraud
• Investors Must Declare Sudan Divestitures: SEC
• Auction Rate Securities Failures: Litigation Potential
• New Century Loan Officer Gets 3-Year Sentence
• Ex-JP Morgan Muni Head Is Federal Target
• Warner Chilcott Settles Securities Case For $16.5M
• U.S. Attorney Tries To Secure Friedman's Cash
• Judge Mulls Class Bid in NYSE Specialist Case
• Ex-HealthSouth CFO Lawyers Ordered To Show Docs
• CORRECTED: Judge Certifies Securities Class Action Against DVI
• Community Bancorp Head Settles Insider Trading Suit
• Siemens Says Probe Found Outright Corruption
• Tyco Gets Bondholders' OK For $250M Settlement
• SEC Targets Ex-Pixar CFO For Alleged Backdating
• Ex-Andersen Accountant Settles Audit Case With SEC
• Taro Reaches Settlement With Shareholders
• Laserscope Shareholders Settle Insider Trading Claims
• Blinded By Sundstrand: The 'Good Faith' Defense
• FINRA Panel Throws Out H&R Block Complaint
• Court Slaps Injunction On 12 Lake Shore Entities
• Energytec CEO Lied About Past Legal Troubles: SEC
• Firm Can Rep Plaintiffs, 3rd-Party Defendants: Court
• Adelphia Investors Can Seek Compensation From AG
• Yahoo Wins Bids To Move Shareholder Class Action
• Appellate Court Rejects Langone's Dismissal Bid
• Shareholders Take Shot At IStar
• Comments Question Parts Of SEC Proposal
• Agria Corp. Faces Shareholder Class Action Over IPO
• Former Le-Nature Director Pleads Guilty To Fraud
• AOL, PurchasePro Ex-Execs Dodge SEC Claims
• Former Investment Head Sentenced To Prison
• Gabelli Funds Fined $16M For Market Timing
• Apache Can Shun Anti-Bias Proposal: Judge
• Broadcom Faults Ernst & Young Over Audits
• SEC Settles With Trader Over ADS Merger Rumors
• Discovery To Proceed In Overstock, Gradient Case
• Suit Alleges WellPoint Defrauded Stockholders
• Court KOs Securities Suit Against Blount Parrish
• 11th Circ. Tosses Sentence of HealthSouth Controller
• Subprime Lawsuits Soar To Record High: Study
• In Advance Notice Bylaws, Ambiguity Must Be Avoided
• SEC Denies Request For Info On Bear Stearns Probe
• SEC Charges USA Capital's Ex-President With Fraud
• Biovail Settles Canadian Cardizem Suit
• Credit Suisse Faces Suit Over Mortgage-Related Debt
• Broadcom Faces, Then Settles, Backdating Charges
• EBay Targets Craigslist In Suit Over Stake Dilution
• SEC Chair Vows To Update Credit Agency Rules
• Appeals Court Throws Back Leadis IPO Case
• Mercury's Ex-CFO Charged With Backdating Scam
• MMC Energy Files Claim Against Founder
• Suit Targets Calamos Over Auction Rate Securities
• Loeb & Loeb Adds Partners To White-Collar Group
• Judge Holds Ex-Universal Express CEO In Contempt
• Judge Kicks Fee Bid In Shell Case To Arbitration
• Bank Of England Plan Addresses Credit Crunch
• Pepper Hamilton Adds Veteran White-Collar Defender
• SEC Official To Leave Agency For Private Sector
• Former Boss Sues Societe Generale Rogue Trader
• Investment Bank To Pay $16M In Rogue Trader Case
• Parmalat Gets OK To Sue Citigroup For Fraud
• Southwest Shareholders Urge Suit Against Board
• Alliance Data Sues Blackstone Again
• Baltimore Court Tosses Suit Against Telos
• Judge Shoots Down Parmalat Damages Attempt
• Fannie Mae Former Execs Acquiesce To $31.4M Deal
• DLA Piper Wins Over Four Heller Ehrman Partners
• Burns & Levison Forms Subprime Advisory Team
• N.Y. AG Launches Auction Rate Securities Probe
• First Circ. Revives Boston Scientific Securities Suit
• SEC's Warning Shot On Insider Trading Compliance
• Banks' Appeal In Clear Channel Buyout Suit Denied
• Tyco Shareholders, Merrill Lynch Settle On $4.9M
• Cox Seeks Congressional OK For $1B SEC Budget
• SEC Files Suit Against Medical Device Company
• Walgreen Sued For Alleged Securities Fraud
• Former Refco President Found Guilty
• Derivative Suit Against Rambus, Execs Tossed
• SEC Sues Ex-Fidelity Trader, Accomplice For Fraud
• Case Against Viatical Insurers Survives Challenge
• Treasury Dept. Pushes Hedge Fund Self-Policing Plan
• Ex-Investment Co. CEO Gets 20 Years For Fraud
• 'Hot Coffee' Claims Tossed From Take-Two Suit
• Federal Courts See Huge Rise In Class Actions
• Investors Sue Over Blackstone IPO
• Finders Schemed To Defraud JP Morgan: SEC Suit
• Lawyer's Nomination As UBS Chairman Draws Flak
• Shareholders Seek To Block Millennium Takeover
• Bear May Face SEC Action In Derivatives Probe
• Greenberg Traurig Snags 3 Morgan Lewis Attorneys
• Venable Snags Former Prosecutor For L.A. Office
• Howrey Adds Expert Litigator And Courtroom Talent
• Citigroup To Face Trial Over Parmalat Collapse
• Gradient Fires Back At Overstock With Libel Suit
• SEC Settles With Two Arthur Andersen Employees
• Two Charged In Switzerland Over Parmalat Collapse
• Bayou Fund Boss Gets 20 Years In Prison
• Compass, 21st Century Execs Sued In Stock Fraud
• FCP Proxy Fight Ends When CEO Resigns
• Wachovia, JP Morgan Face 3 Antitrust Class Actions
• Head Of General Re Steps Down
• Clear Channel Buyout Suit Headed To Trial
• Tyco Agrees To Pay $250M To Settle Bondholder Suit
• DOL Sues Firm For $25M For ERISA Violations
• Third Exec Charged Over United Rentals Fraud
• Panel Consolidates Merrill Subprime Cases
• Prosecutors' Push For Personnel Changes Draws Fire
• Lawmaker Wants DOJ, SEC Probe Of Bear Stearns
• When Brokers Go Broke
• Vytorin Saga Brings Another Suit For Schering-Plough
• MoneyGram Hit With 3rd Securities Suit In 2 Weeks
• Biovail Founder Drops Canadian Proxy Suit
• 9th Circ. Won't Hear Alaska Air Whistleblower Suit
• Court Defines Exemptions To Short-Swing Profits Ban
• SEC Sues Headstart Over Improper Trading
• Broker Admits Keeping Mum In Insider Trading Case
• Cuts Spare Antitrust Division, U.S. Attorneys
• AHM Underwriters Sued Over Offerings
• Ameriprise To Pay $3.8M To Settle Forgery Case
• Judge Stays Bid To Block Bear Stearns Takeover
• Icahn Tries To Bully Biogen
• Apache Sues Pensions Over Anti-Discrimination Push
• Corporate Crime Deals Do Have Benefits: Attorneys
• Court Lets Arthur Andersen's Insurer Off The Hook
• KV Pharmaceuticals Settles Derivative Suit
• Regulators Probe Auction-Rate Securities Sales
• NYSE Fines Merrill For Lax Supervision Of Trader
• House Committee OKs Bill To Shield Student Loans
• SEC Blocks Former Gemstar Exec's $29.5M Severance
• Crash Of Bear Hedge Funds Spurs Liquidators' Suit
• FINRA, NYSE Look Into Lehman Short-Sale Reporting
• Ex-NYMEX Director Pleads Guilty To Illegal Trading
• Waxman Wants Info On Fed's BlackRock Deal
• Investors Sue Citigroup Over Struggling Hedge Fund
• SEC Sues Five Former San Diego Officials
• Liquidity Crisis, Part 2: Auction Rate Securities
• Securities Class Actions Increase In 2007: Study
• Loss Causation: A Significant New Burden
• Motorola Buries Hatchet With Icahn In Proxy Feud
• Financial Adviser Wins To Take Bear Stearns To Court
• Humana Hit With Shareholder Class Action
• Vytorin Headache Grows With Shareholder Suit
• Baxter Plan Participants Can Sue Under ERISA: Court
• Paul Weiss Lures Securities Ace From King & Spalding
• Misappropriation Theory Of Insider Trading, Dorozhko
• Bush Makes Two Nominations To CFTC
• 7th Circuit Dismisses Two Suits Against Tribune
• Home Depot To Settle Shareholder Suits For $14.5M
• Subprime Mortgage Insurer Faces Shareholder Ire
• Brown McCarroll Creates Subprime Practice Group
• Rumors Caused Bear Stearns Collapse, CEO Says
• Platforms Wireless, CEO Still On Hook In Fraud Suit
• 10th Circ. Spurns Plea To Revisit Qwest Settlement
• Court Upholds $22M Fine Against Ex-Gemstar CEO
• SunTrust Slapped With Auction Rate Securities Suit
• Matthew Sonsini Moves To Sobrato Organization
• Judge Largely Denies Bid To Toss Backdating Suit
• Judge Rules Merge Tech Fraud Suit Can Move Forward
• Witnesses Defend Oil Speculation At Senate Hearing
• SEC Hits U.K. Hedge Fund With Market Timing Suit
• Judge Tosses Class Action Against HP Directors
• SEC Plans To Address Equity-Indexed Annuities
• HCC Settles Derivative Suit Over Options Backdating
• Bernanke Warns Of Slow Year For Economic Growth
• Judge Dumps Class Action Bid V. Goldman Sachs
• Judge OKs Suit V. Law Firm Over Hedge Fund Fraud
• SEC Amendments Increase Safeguards - And Liability
• Skilling Pins Hopes On 5th Circuit Ruling
• UBS Names General Counsel To Replace Chair
• Regions Financial Sued For Losses To Employee Plan
• Enron Creditors Get Another $1.3B In Distributions