Securities Archive » November, 2008

Securities - November, 2008

157 articles

• BizProLink Denied AOL Time Warner Settlement Funds
• FERC Reaches Settlement Deal With Amaranth
• What To Do With Underwater Stock Options
• New Century, Ohio Settle Loan Origination Suit
• Reforms Part Of $925M UnitedHealth Deal
• Deputy Chief Of Staff Cohen To Leave SEC
• US Aims $800 Billion At Consumer Lending
• Pension Fund Named Lead Plaintiff In Freddie Suit
• Bear Stearns MDL Lawyers Spar Over Consolidation
• Bankrupt Cos. Likely Fraud Probe Targets: Study
• Anadigics Facing 2nd Shareholder Action
• Lane Powell Ordered Off CellCyte Investor Suit
• Skadden Tops List Of 2007 Litigation Revenue Makers
• SEC Narrows Probe, Subpoenas CDS Interdealers
• Obama Picks Economic Team
• PharmaNet Stock Plunge Prompts Class Action
• CFTC Needs People With 'Gravitas': Rep. Peterson
• BofA, Merrill Agree To Settle Shareholder Suits
• Top Firms Help Shape Citigroup Bailout
• Coughlin Stoia Chastised For Charging High Rates
• Judge Sides With SEC In GlobeTel Privilege Spat
• Rebellion And The Redefinition Of Corporate Rights
• Proskauer Dodges RICO Claim In Tax Shelter Suit
• DOJ Charges 6 With $40M Class Action Fraud
• Fraud-On-The-Market Presumption: Rebuttable
• Refco Customers Fail To Reverse Fraud Case Dismissal
• Tort Costs Climbed $5.1B In '07: Report
• 4th Circ. Hears SEC Case Against Stock-Tip Newsletter
• Authorities Probe Wachovia's Loan Practices
• SEC Subpoenas Able Energy Partner, Auditors
• SEC General Counsel Cartwright To Resign
• SEC Sues Traders Over Alleged Short-Sale Scheme
• Treasury Finalizes Rules On CFIUS Reviews
• 6th Circ. Revives Dana Securities Class Action
• Hedge Fund Founders Convicted In Fraud Trial
• SEC Adopts New Disclosure Rules For Mutual Funds
• SEC Delays Vote On Credit Rating Industry Reforms
• Another Delay In Effort To Extradite Comverse CEO
• Mass. Regulator Sues Oppenheimer Over ARS
• SEC Sues Finance Co. Over Alleged $11M Fraud
• After Dip, Big Wave Of Securities Cases Coming
• Hutchinson Sues UBS, Citigroup For ARS Fraud
• Sentinel Trustee Sues FTN Financial For Fraud
• Class Action Rise Paints Complex Picture
• Regulators Sue BMO Trader Over Gas Options Scheme
• Dykema Projections In The M&A Market
• 3rd-Party Funding Fuels European Litigation Growth
• The Next Wave Of Securities Litigation: FIN 48
• Case Challenging SOX Board Headed To High Court
• Sirius Shareholder Group Fights Stock Dilution
• More Investors Join Energytec Ponzi Scheme Suit
• Refco Prosecutor Tapped To Monitor TARP
• 7 Top Goldman Brass Forgo Annual Bonuses
• Former Enserco Trader Settles CFTC Suit
• 2nd Circ. Revives Investors' Suit Against Hartford
• The State Of Unregistered Intermediary Regulation
• Ex-Enron Broadband Exec Wins High Court Review
• Ontario Court OKs $37.5M Hollinger Class Settlement
• Judge Tosses Part Of Sterling, Credit Suisse Suit
• SEC Accuses Billionaire Of Insider Trading
• A Middle Course On PSLRA Contribution Bar Orders
• Citrix Settles Derivative Suits Over Backdating
• Judge Allows Mediation For General Re In AIG Case
• SEC Charges Ex-McKesson Exec With Insider Trading
• Plaintiffs Fail To Prove Standing In Asyst Stock Suit
• FDIC Floats Plan To Save Delinquent Mortgages
• Ruling Stands In $550M Fund Admin Fraud Case
• 2nd Circ. Remands MBIA Class Action Fraud Suit
• Skadden, Thelen Spar Over Liability In Securities Suit
• Cox Wants Review Of Market Volatility
• Ousted Chairman Considers Suing Cohen Milstein
• Calif. County Sues Lehman Execs Over $150M Loss
• Cuomo Digs Further Into BofA's Exec Bonuses
• Hong Kong Opens Probe Into Massive Lehman Losses
• Ex-AspenTech Honchos Settle With SEC
• US Attorneys' Offices' Resources Mismanaged: Audit
• Bear Stearns Settles CMO Suit For $27M
• Judge Orders Shell Bank Exec To Pay $80M
• SEC Can Pursue GlobeTel Fraud Claims: Judge
• NY Investigators Home In On CDS Brokers
• Freddie Mac Suit Parties Jockey For Lead Plaintiff
• Testifying Can Be A Terrible Temptation
• Anheuser Shareholders Back InBev's $52B Offer
• Former UK Ambassador Fined For Insider Trading
• McKesson Manager Disgorges Insider Trading Spoils
• Deal In Juniper Backdating Case Gets Judge's Nod
• EU Headed For Recession, KPMG Study Finds
• CEOs Seek Stronger Rules For Credit Rating Agencies
• UBS Exec Charged With Tax Conspiracy
• Effects Of 2nd Circ. Stance On 'F-Cubed' Securities
• Former Blue Coat CFO Settles Backdating Suit
• Exelon Presents $6.2B Bid For NRG To Stockholders
• EU Proposes New Rules For Credit Rating Agencies
• Treasury Shifts Bailout Focus From Illiquid Assets
• Fed Pushes To Lead CDS Clearing Oversight
• SEC Drops Case Against Former AOL Bigwig
• BankAtlantic Discloses SEC Subpoena
• Shook Hardy & Bacon Expands Corporate, IP Groups
• Former US Attorney Joins Fulbright & Jaworski
• Forest Labs To Settle Shareholders' Suit For $65M
• Redstone Welcomes Court Ruling In Family Feud
• Jones Day Lures Corporate Partner From Latham
• VFinance To Pay SEC For Not Saving E-Mails
• Broadcom Co-Founder's Ex-Lawyer Pleads Guilty
• Dickstein Hires Former DuPont Counsel Mobley
• American Express To Become Bank Holding Company
• Judge Allows Amaranth Case To Move Forward
• Judge Rules No Punishment For SEC Official
• Ex-CEO Of MCA Barred From Investment Industry
• Fraud-On-The-Market And Class Certification
• Securities Practice: Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP
• SEC Settlements Up, But Payouts Down
• Axed Cohen Milstein Partner Starts Hausfeld LLP
• 21st Century Wins Partial Dismissal Of Suit
• SEC Overturns NASD "Selling Away" Decision
• SEC Director To Return to Cravath
• Investment Co. Released From Lernout Lawsuit
• Regulation, Pragmatism To Mark Obama's SEC
• Sandler O'Neill To Pay $3.5M In Refco Settlement
• Fla. Court Says Mexican Investors Can't Sue IAT
• 'Series 7' Score Suit Prohibited By Law: DC Circ.
• Veteran Securities Litigator Joins DLA Piper
• SEC Seeks Default Judgment Against GMC Holding
• Teamwork, Turf Wars For State AGs Under Obama
• Bloomberg Demands Fed Lending Disclosures In Suit
• Obama Approach To Bailout Plan Still Open Question
• Investor Class Takes Aim At UBS, Lehman Execs
• Judge Won't Freeze Evergreen Shares
• Swiss Agency Probes Credit Suisse, Other Banks
• Litigating The Terms Of Credit Default Swaps
• Univision Can Intervene in Ameriprise Suit Over Fund
• A Key Case In Financial Derivatives Litigation
• Citibank Prevails In Fund's Suit Over Credit Swap
• SEC Plans To Clear Path For CDS Clearinghouse
• Another Strong Statement Regarding Director Liability
• Siemens Marks €1B For Settlements
• Securities Practice: Mayer Brown
• Judge Tosses Fund's Fraud Suit Against WaMu
• Judge Speeds Injunction Hearing On Wachovia Deal
• Shareholder Seeks Damages Over AIG Bailout
• Former Goldman Analyst May Have Fled US
• Last 2 Milberg Kickback Defendants Sentenced
• Testing The Limits Of Fraudulent Conveyance Law
• Ex-Gas Trader Gets Prison Time For Faking Deals
• Revenue Recognition In Volatile Economic Times
• Citigroup Faces Class Action Over Fannie Offering
• Treasury Taps Two Firms For Bailout Work
• 9th Circ. Denies Dismissal To HBOC Fraud Defendants
• CFTC Claims Jurisidiction In Amaranth Trader Appeal
• IPCS Looks To Block Sprint-Clearwire Deal
• Ex-UBS Exec Gets 6 Years In Insider Trading Case
• IT Whistleblower Hits Boeing With Retaliation Suit
• Gibson Dunn Picks Up Another Former Heller Litigator
• Banks Getting Over Reluctance To Take US Money
• 2008 ARS Fallout: The Last Wave?
• General Re Execs Face Life Behind Bars
• Fund Administrator Off Hook In $550M Fraud Suit