Securities Archive » February, 2009

Securities - February, 2009

218 articles

• Ex-Fannie Execs Want OFHEO To Produce Docs
• Idaho Investment Boss Accused Of $40M Ponzi Scam
• Investors, NPS Pharma Strike $15M Deal In Preos Suit
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of XL Capital Suit
• Execs Blame Auditor In Comverse Backdating Suit
• Corporate Law Changes Could Ease Del. Proxy Battles
• CFTC Investigates Price Moves Of US Oil Fund LP
• Economic Woes Complicate FCPA Calculations
• 7th Circ. Affirms Waste Management CFO Verdict
• Ex-Adelphia VP Gets Slight Reprieve From 2nd Circ.
• Terrorist Payouts Were To Protect Workers: Chiquita
• NextBank Investors Beat FDIC In $50M Fund Claim
• Judge Dismisses Class Action Over Xinhua IPO
• Judge Keeps Grant Thornton In Parmalat MDL
• DLA Piper White Collar Litigator Returns To Foley
• One Claim In Citigroup Subprime Losses Suit Lives On
• Obama Seeks More Cash For SEC, CFTC In FY2010
• Irell Chastised Over Ethics In Broadcom Work
• Feds Charge Fund Manager With Outlandish Fraud
• Fund Boss Accused Of Living Large On $13M In 'Loans'
• Gensler Lists Swaps, OTC Derivatives As Priorities
• Bill Seeks To Block Lavish Spending By TARP Banks
• KV Targets Citigroup Over $72M In Illiquid ARS
• Shareholder Actions V. Level 3 To Proceed Together
• FBI Nabs 2 Investment Managers In $668M Scheme
• Shareholders Settle Tower Auto Case For $5.35M
• Gen Re Settles AIG Securities Suit For $72M
• CFTC Accuses 'Global' Options Firm Of $1.3M Fraud
• 10th Circ. Reinstates Nacchio Conviction
• Judge Keeps Hedge Fund Redemption Suit Alive
• Ex-Loral CEO Wins Shareholder Suit Over Bankruptcy
• Ex-Broker Gets 5 Years In UBS Insider Trading Scam
• Class Certified In Landmark Tellabs Securities Suit
• Judge Rejects Interest For Lowey In Bayer Settlement
• Physical Supply Contracts Under Bankruptcy Code
• How To Fix The SEC
• 7th Circ. Tosses Investors' Class Action V. Fidelity
• Goldman Shareholder's Appeal Moot: 2nd Circ.
• 1st Circ. Pondering En Banc Hearing In Columbia Suit
• Madoff Investors Must Abide By Claims Deadline
• Micron Not Free Of Investors' Price-Fixing Claims
• Preventing A Personal Indictment Crisis — Part I
• House Wants Boost Of $37M For SEC, $35M For CFTC
• Cuomo Pushes For More Answers On Merrill Bonuses
• Judge Clips Moody's Securities Class Action
• The 4th Circ. Reversal On Swap Agreements
• Former Morgan Stanley Atty Can Switch Sides: Judge
• Weil Gotshal Scores White House Deputy Counsel
• CMU, Pitt Sue Investment Cos. For Misuse Of $300M
• Preventing A Personal Indictment Crisis — Part II
• Judge Tosses Suit V. Funds Over Attorney Conduct
• Cuomo Subpoenas BofA Head In Merrill Bonus Probe
• Court Asks Schwab Fund Plaintiff To Revise Complaint
• US Ponzi Schemes Set Off International Probes
• Stanford Hit With Investor Class Action
• Stanford Assets Seized In Latin America: Report
• Sen. Seeks Details On SEC Probe Of Lehman
• No Evidence Madoff Bought Securities: Report
• Municipal Efforts Suffer Amid Bond Insurance Woes
• Energy Cos. Step Up Climate Risk Disclosures
• Treasury Ordered To Hand Over TARP Info To Fox
• SEC Acting GC Vollmer To Return To Private Practice
• K&L Gates Lands Veteran White Collar Defender
• SunOpta Signs On O'Melveny For Securities Suit
• Santander To Notify Madoff Clients Of Lawsuit
• UBS To Fight Efforts To Access Secret Account Info
• Backdating Suit V. Ex-Embarcadero Execs Lives
• SemGroup Creditors Slap Ex-CEO With $362M Suit
• SEC Taps Khuzami To Lead Enforcement Division
• Dechert Nabs White & Case Securities Partner
• CDS Dealers Commit To EU Central Clearing Parties
• 10th Circ. Clarifies Loss Causation Standard
• SEC Charges Hedge Fund With Overstating Assets
• Surviving Stock Option Repricing
• The Problem With New CFIUS Rules
• MBIA Public Bond Unit Splits Off To Improve Rating
• Convergence Of Antitrust, Securities Laws?
• SEC OKs Rule To Boost Liquidity On Nasdaq Exchange
• 4 Significant Corporate Law Rulings
• Reliance Cos. Under Fire In India After Complaints
• 2nd Circ. Upholds 20-Year Prison Term For Bayou CFO
• 2nd Circ. Denies Appeals From 2 Parmalat Units
• Ind. Court Nixes Ex-Shareholders' Claims V. Biomet
• NAIC, NCOIL Challenge FIA Rule
• Ticketmaster Investor Fights To Block Merger
• Judge Dismisses Merrill Lynch Derivative Suits
• Reserve Drops Dechert, K&L Gates Malpractice Suit
• Most Tech Cos. Say No To Say On Pay: Survey
• 2nd Circ. Clears Out AIG Shelf-Space Class Action
• Ariad Faces Derivative Suit After Directors Cut Ties
• FINRA Tells Credit Suisse To Pay $406M Over ARS
• Hints Of New SEC Priorities
• SEC Accuses Billionaire Stanford Of Massive Fraud
• Former AG Mukasey Joins Debevoise & Plimpton
• RIM, Top Brass Settle SEC Backdating Case
• Firms Form Global Alliance To Pursue Madoff Cash
• Advanced Medical Optics Investor Sues Over Merger
• Clawbacks Loom As Madoff Trustee Subpoenas Firms
• FERC Shoots Down Proposed Amaranth Settlement
• SEC Probes Hedge Funds' Fairfax Trading
• Hunton & Williams Nabs Veteran Akin Gump Litigator
• NovaStar Fails In Bid To Nix ERISA Action
• 5th Circ. Won't Review Ex-Enron CEO Appeal
• Indian Securities Agency Loosens Acquisition Rules
• ESI: You Have It, But Can You Use It?
• Fitch, NYC Funds Settle National Century Claims
• Shareholders Sue Level3 Over Stock Losses
• Dreier Leaves Jail For House Arrest
• Injunction Barring Worldcom Claims V. UBS Affirmed
• Dow Loses Bid To Limit Wachtell Role In Rohm Suit
• UK Securities Agency Launches Probe Of AIG Unit
• FINRA Fines Wachovia Units $4.5M Over Sales
• Judge OKs Fines In Meridian Holdings Case
• 9th Circ. Sets Terms For SLUSA Del. Carve-Out
• 4 More Deals Reached In Dick's Insider Trading Case
• SEC Approves FINRA Rule For Arbitration Decisions
• Merrill Paid $3.6B In Bonuses Before Merger: Cuomo
• Cashed-Out Madoff Investors Fear Clawback Suits
• Wachtell Fights To Keep Rohm Over Dow's Protests
• Fraud Claims Live Against Biovail Execs In SEC Case
• The Modern Reality Of The FCPA
• Judge OKs Partial Class Status In ERISA Suit V. Merck
• PwC Off Hook In AIG Shareholder Fraud Suit
• US Chamber Suggests Changes To SEC Structure
• SEC Settlements Continue Decline In 2008: Report
• Barclays Drops Suit Over Bear Stearns Funds Flop
• European Investors Sue UBS Over Madoff-Linked Fund
• Judge Keeps SEC Fraud Suit V. UK Fund Adviser Alive
• XBRL Filings To Become Mandatory This June
• $311M In Claims Axed From Citco Hedge Fund Suit
• Wyly Loses Bid To See Docs In Milberg Criminal Case
• Madoff's Wife Took Out $15.5M Before Arrest: Agency
• Securities Class Suit Against Jones Soda Goes Flat
• Goldman Sachs Sued Over Pass-Through Certificates
• New Bank Bailout Includes Big Bucks, Big Questions
• Jailed Professor Barred From Commodities Trading
• Chapman & Cutler Nabs McKee Partner For NY Office
• Broadcom Co-Founder Off Hook In Shareholder Suit
• The Re-Emergence Of Stock Option Repricing
• CFTC Member Calls For Criminal Authority
• Twin City Fights $1M Claim Over Key Legal Costs
• Final Defendant In SEC's MetLife Fraud Case Settles
• SEC Accuses Investment Site Of $4M Ponzi Scheme
• Latest Mortgages Ltd. Dispute Centers On Legal Fees
• 1st Circ. Sets Criteria For SOX Whistleblower Claims
• $34M Hedge Fund Really A Ponzi Scheme: CFTC
• 1st Circ. Nixes SEC Appeal In $4M Putnam Fraud Suit
• BofA Hit With ERISA Suits Over Merrill, Countrywide
• SEC Enforcement Head Resigns Amid Madoff Probe
• Securities Suit Against Lehman Execs Tossed
• Madoff, SEC Reach Deal In Civil Fraud Suit
• Energy Regulation Will Mirror Securities: Experts
• O'Melveny Scores DOJ, Homeland Security Vet
• ACS Shareholders' Suit Tossed Over Demand Futility
• Deferred Prosecution Deals Dip Sharply In 2008
• RenRe Accountant's Lifetime Injunction Tossed
• Coverage Limits Fuel Push For Deals In Madoff Suits
• Schapiro Moves To Speed Up SEC Investigations
• DOL Urges Pension Managers To Probe Madoff Risks
• Cleary Partner To Take On SEC General Counsel Role
• Credit Union Regulator Considers Revisions To System
• Calif. City Sues Over $145M Lehman Loss
• American National Sues Over Lehman Losses
• Madoff Victims Include Jailed Milberg Attys, Celebs
• SEC, Wachovia Reach $7B Deal Over ARS Crash
• Loral Plaintiff Can't Give Class Legal Advice: Judge
• Dreier Under House Arrest After Release From Jail
• Clothier Sues Citigroup Over $258M In Illiquid ARS
• DOJ Snags Jenner & Block Litigator For ADAG Post
• FBI Nabs 4 For Insider Trading On Albertson's Sale
• RIM, Canadian Agency Reach $75M Backdating Deal
• Dow Seeks To Limit Wachtell's Role In Merger Fight
• Litigating Against SEC, FINRA Can Pay Off: Study
• Haynes & Boone Snags DOJ Securities Vet
• Securities Suit Against Baxter Gets The Boot
• Rep. Calls For More Disclosure On Use Of TARP Cash
• Madoff Whistleblower Slams SEC Before House Panel
• Tomorrow's SEC
• DC Circ. Expedites Challenge To SEC FIA Rule
• Quinn Emanuel Gains Key White Collar Litigator
• Hedge Fund Sues Own Auditors Over Madoff Losses
• Madoff Trustee Recovers $950M For Investors
• CFTC Nominee Vows To Back Regulatory Reform
• Morgan Stanley Suits Over Conflicts Tossed
• Lehman Unit Sues To Halt $137M Payout In CDS Deal
• Investors' Backdating Suit Against Broadcom Survives
• SEC Disgorgement Waiver Process Lax: OIG Audit
• State Insurance Regulators Enter CDS Oversight Fray
• Suits Against FDIC, Appraiser Move To Federal Court
• Indevus, Endo Face Another Class Action Over Merger
• Brocade, Ex-CEO Pursue Deal In Backdating Suit
• Biovail Founder Fined $1M In SEC Fraud Suit
• Trading Partner Sues Lehman For $71M
• Credit Suisse Seeks Sanctions Against Lloyds
• Wextrust Investors Blocked From SEC Fraud Suit
• Greenberg Lures 9 Securities Attys From Akin Gump
• Dow Urges Court Not To Force Rohm And Haas Merger
• Lehman Examiner Seeks More Latitude In Probe
• Market Maker Sues Tyco Over $5M In Losses
• Funds File Fresh Suit Against Nacchio, Woodruff
• Upholding Pleading Standards In A Down Economy
• Tremont Hit With Another Suit Over Madoff Scandal
• Fund Manager Hit With Early Injunction In Fraud Suit
• Davis Polk Snags Veteran SEC Deputy Director
• Circuit Split — CAFA V. Securities Act § 22(a)
• Mirant Investors' Ch. 11 Lawyer Stuck With $15K Fee
• SourceCorp Unit Head, Shareholders Settle For $3M
• Pfizer To Face Securities Fraud Suit Over Celebrex
• SEC, Merrill Settle Pension Conflict Probe For $1M
• Rent-A-Wreck Securities Suit Breaks Down In 4th Circ.
• RBS Faces 2nd Round Of US Investor Disclosure Suits
• UBS Operated Tax Haven Scheme: La. Pension Plan
• Mortgage Insurer Hit With Securities Class Action
• Class Slams Santander Offer To Madoff Victims
• Securities Practice: O'Melveny & Myers
• DLA Piper Wins Securities Litigator From Saul Ewing
• Coughlin Stoia Attys Seek $18M In Celexa Deal Fees
• Market Timing Suits Preempted By SLUSA: 4th Circ.