Securities Archive » June, 2009

Securities - June, 2009

245 articles

• Forest Derivative Appeal Halted As Sides Seek Deal
• Federal Takeover Of Financial Reporting Standards
• New Lead Plaintiff Appointed In Imax Securities Case
• Judge Rules Stanford Must Await Trial In Jail
• Madoff's Merkin To Part With $310M Art Trove
• SEC, Former Putnam Exec Settle $4M Fraud Case
• Fla. Strengthens Securities Fraud Enforcement Power
• Ex-Qwest Accountant Fights SEC's Fraud Claims
• Britain Seizes $100M In Stanford-Related Funds
• FINRA Eyes Muni Bond Market
• Advising Directors And Officers Of Distressed Cos.
• The Noncontrolling Investment And How To Protect It
• The New SEC Whistleblower Proposal
• SEC Sets Sights On State Street Over MBS Marketing
• Data Domain Shareholders Challenge NetApp Deal
• Children's Place Offers $12M To End Securities Case
• Gibson Dunn Adds 4th Clifford Chance Partner
• Demand Futility In A Down Economy
• New York — The Creditor's Playground
• Dismissal Of AstraZeneca Securities Action Upheld
• FX Energy Off Hook In Shareholder Class Action
• FHFA Named Plaintiff In Fannie Mae Shareholder Suits
• Court Rules In Long-Running Trace Intl. Appeal
• Madoff Gets The Maximum
• Main St. CEO Tapped For Moody's Special Master
• Stanford Pleads Not Guilty To $7B Ponzi Scheme
• Great American Tries To Buck GeoStar's D&O Claims
• Ex-US Attorney Joins Anderson Kill As Shareholder
• Morgan Stanley Board Wins Round In ARS Suit
• DC Circ. Remands SEC's Starnet Fraud Claims
• 401(k) Bill Passes House Labor Committee
• Sequenom Faces Slew Of Shareholder Suits
• SEC Probes Matrixx Following FDA Zicam Warning
• Madoff Judge Delays Victim Restitution Issue
• 401(k) Admin, Neuberger Settle Revenue Sharing Suit
• SEC Proposes New Limits On Money Market Funds
• St. Jude Investors Can't Alter Loss Theory: Judge
• Securities Vet Rejoins Sutherland From Mayer Brown
• MFS Fund Manager Found Liable For Insider Trading
• Huntsman Scores $1.7B In Feud With Banks
• Dutch Pension Fund Sues State St. For Lehman Freeze
• Humana Officers Prevail In Shareholders' Suit
• Counsel's Partner Feud Disrupts Milberg Fraud Suit
• MGIC Hit With $500M Securities Class Action
• Dissident GM Bondholders' Committee Bid Nixed
• Former AIPC Execs Resolve SEC Fraud Claims
• Pfizer Celebrex Suit Stayed Pending High Court Case
• Offshore Oil Speculation Measure Stalls In Senate
• SEC Won't Cover Investor's $1.7M In Madoff Losses
• Jones Soda Securities Suit Still Lacks Fizz: Judge
• 5th Circ. Revives Flowserve Investors' Fraud Claims
• SEC Nabs Madoff Feeder Fund, Adviser
• Bankrupt Telecom Co. Sues Paul Weiss For $140M
• SEC Enforcers Sticking To Provable Fraud. For Now.
• Ex-CEO, SEC Settle $25M Forex Ponzi Scheme Suit
• Husch Blackwell Adds Securities, M&A Partner
• SEC, CFTC Push To Regulate OTC Derivatives Dealers
• 2nd Circ. Rebuffs Ex-Bayou CEO Israel's Appeal
• Groups Spar In House Over Consumer Watchdog Plan
• Veteran White Collar Atty Returns To Fox Rothschild
• Cozen Nabs Mound, WolfBlock Attorneys For NY Office
• Swaps Play Growing Role In Restructurings
• Ex-Kmart Chief Fights Jury Verdict In SEC Fraud Suit
• TV Networks Win Bid To Unseal Madoff Victims' E-Mails
• Motorola Prevails In ERISA Suit Over Telsim Deal
• States Seek Alliance With Feds On AIG Bonus Probe
• Stanford Faces Criminal Charges In $7B Fraud Case
• SEC Fines Tenet Ex-GC Over Medicare Scheme
• House Subpoenas Fed Over BofA-Merrill Deal
• Consumer Financial Protection Agency Faces Fight
• DOJ Takes Heat Over Prosecution Deal Oversight
• EU Leaders Approve Financial Regulatory Overhaul
• Ex-Enron Broadband Exec Settles SEC Case For $1M
• Insurer Aims To Cap Coverage For Sprint D&O Claims
• Q&A With Morgan Lewis' James Pagliaro
• Comverse Puts SEC Backdating Suit To Rest
• Gen Re, Marsh, ACE Escape AIG Derivative Case
• BDO Intl. Off The Hook For US Unit's Negligence
• Liability Claim Should Go On In MBC Action: Magistrate
• Q&A With Sonnenschein's Joshua Berman
• Wachtell Weighs In On Possible Short-Selling Rules
• Gibson Dunn Prevails In Flag Telecom Doc Spat
• Litigation Shifts As Credit Crunch Deepens: Report
• HealthSouth CEO Ordered To Pay $2.8B For Fraud
• UBS Hit With Suit Over $2B Subprime Asset Scheme
• Opening The Door On Internal Investigation Materials
• Supreme Court Blocks Retrial For Ex-Enron Exec
• Q&A With Morgan Lewis' Ben Indek
• Incumbent Providence Service Board Wins Proxy War
• Detroit Fund Named Lead In Horizon Securities Case
• SEC Sidelines Ex-NFL Player Amid Fraud Case
• Merrill Execs In Enron Deal Can Be Retried: 5th Circ.
• Vonage Says Deal Pending In Shareholder IPO Suit
• Adelphia Creditors Told To Revise Claims V. Goldman
• Bid For Equity Committee Nixed In Charter Ch. 11
• Shareholder Suit Over Microsoft's Yahoo Bid Nixed
• Battle Lines Form Over Financial Regulatory Scheme
• SEC Hits Former Quest Execs With $11M Fraud Suit
• Fund Mgrs. Want Out Of Santander Suit Over Madoff
• 11th Circ. Swats Down Scrushy's Appeal Of Settlement
• Stanford Tries To Boot Baker Botts From SEC Case
• A Look At Climate Change-Related Disclosures
• Ex-Aerokinetic GC Loses Bid To Toss SEC Case
• Davis Wright Fingered In $400M Sunwest Ponzi Suit
• Some Reforms Missing From Obama's Blueprint
• VesCor Receiver Sues Snow Christensen Over Profits
• House Seeks Bernanke's View On BofA-Merrill Deal
• MassMutual Madoff Suit Re-Emerges In Federal Court
• Aetna Wins Bid To Toss Securities Action
• A New Approach For The SEC
• Missing Lake Shore Exec Charged In $312M Fraud
• Lawsuit Calls Oppenheimer Municipal Fund 'Junk'
• Gen Re Co-Conspirator Sentenced To Probation
• Oracle Investor Suit Tossed For Meritless Claims
• Dairy Market Manipulation Suits Consolidated
• Disclosure Loopholes Hide Nanotech Risks: Report
• The New FDIC Disclosure Rules
• Bristol-Myers Nears Deal In Plavix Securities Suit
• The Right To Shareholder Action In Wash.
• Vitesse, KPMG Settle Negligence Suit For $22.5M
• 11th Circ. Upholds Sanctions Against Crowell Partner
• Optionable Shareholders Lose Bid To Revive Action
• ValueClick Strikes $10M Deal In Securities Action
• Investors Win Class Cert. In NYSE Specialists Case
• MBS Litigation — Huge Exposure For Banks?
• Injunction Bid Denied, Quigley Proxy Battle Ends
• ESSI Options Backdating Suit Hits Federal Court
• Talk Of Bonuses, Bailout Barred In AIG Trial
• Bondholder Drops Cerberus From GMAC Action
• Ernst & Young Balks At Order To Divulge Vivendi Docs
• Valvoline Maker Slaps Morgan Stanley With ARS Suit
• Plaintiffs Seek OK For Settlement In Nationwide Case
• Steamfitters Sue Investment Firm Over Madoff Losses
• Madoff Victim Challenges Trustee's Claim Valuation
• SEC, CFTC Preparing OTC Derivatives Legislation
• Brownback Lends Support To TARP Disclosure Bill
• African Drug Importer Accused Of $1.2B Ponzi Scheme
• Riverstone, Cuomo Settle Pay-To-Play Probe For $30M
• Mayer Brown Partner Jumps To Greenberg Traurig
• Emerging Trends In Catastrophe Derivatives
• Judge Gives Nod To $586M Deal In IPO Action
• Investors Sue Madoff Feeder Funds For $3.5B
• Marvell Settles Shareholder Litigation For $72M
• SEC Sanctions Merrill Lynch Pension Adviser
• Investment Adviser Settles $6M SEC Fraud Suit
• Defense Firm Exec Fights SEC Over Backdating Docs
• Canadian Settles US Insider Trading Claims
• No New Fraud Trial For National Century Founder
• Merrill To Buy Back $38M In ARS From Mont. Investors
• Former Lehman Clients Ask For $190M In ARS Suit
• Bankruptcy Court OK's $30M Sun-Times, Hollinger Deal
• Treasury Appoints TARP Executive Pay Czar
• Tousa Creditors Say Directors Wrongly Piled On Debt
• SEC Sues Father-Son Execs Over $15M Oil, Gas Scam
• SEC Sues Swiss Man Over Illicit Trading In GSK Deal
• SEC Requests Data From Pension Funds In Probe
• Stanford Fights Receiver's Bid To Sell Assets
• SEC Targets $80M Ponzi Scheme Aimed At Koreans
• Plaintiffs Want Pfizer Celebrex Docs Unsealed
• New York Life Seeks Dismissal From Madoff Suit
• 2nd Circ. Reverses Dismissal Of BofA Fraud Claims
• Treasury Allows 10 Banks To Pay Back TARP Funds
• SEC Alleges Warrior Energy Insider Trading Scam
• Sun Capital Dismissed From $550M Fraud Case
• Mass. Court Upholds Dismissal Of Malpractice Claims
• Panel Says Future Bank Stress Tests May Be Needed
• Novatel Bid To Toss Securities Suit Gets 2nd Look
• Wells Fargo Fund To Pay $40M In SEC Settlement
• Credit Suisse Settles Claims In Lancer Fraud Suit
• Dechert Snags Bush-Era Deputy Assistant AG
• Deutsche Bank Execs To Face Trial Over Parmalat
• 1 Securities Act Claim Survives In NovaGold Mine Suit
• Calif. Regulator, BofA Units Settle ARS Claims
• 3 More Execs To Be Added To $362M SemGroup Suit
• Ex-Tyco CEO Perseveres In Conviction Fight
• Fund Manager Cops To $80M Ponzi Scheme
• $25M MBNA Shareholder Deal Gets Judge's OK
• House Bill Aims To Halt SEC Indexed Annuity Rule
• Congress Told Clearing Not A Fit For All Derivatives
• FINRA's Revised Rumor Rule
• Alleged Credit Suisse Fraudster Goes On The Lam
• AIG Wins Bid To Take Starr Spat Before Jury
• Securities Sales Not Subject To Fraud Act: NJ Court
• Obama Exec Pay Plan Gets Congressional Grilling
• BofA Chief Called On The Carpet Over Merrill Buyout
• Intel Shareholder Suit Against Execs Tossed
• Fiduciary Duties And Insolvency: Limiting Liability
• Microtune Execs Win Bid For Andrews Kurth Docs
• Sen. Grills FINRA On Ex-Lehman Analyst's Claims
• Climate Risks Not Being Disclosed To Investors: Report
• Sidley Austin Partner Jumps to Baker & McKenzie
• Vonage Investors Get One Shot At Negligence Claims
• The Benefits Of Shutting Down A Corporation
• Del. Judge's OK Opens Door For CBOE Stock Offering
• Epiq Backdating Suit Advances Without Some Claims
• Insight Into Assigning Arbitrability
• NH Regulator Looks To Pull UBS' License Over Lehman
• CFTC Head Fleshes Out OTC Derivative Rules
• SEC Hits Mozilo With Fraud, Insider Trading Suit
• Gavilon Wins Judgment In Crude Contract Suit
• Skadden Adds Litigator From Merrill Lynch
• Reviving Securitization — A Response To Critics
• Seward Gets Out Of Suit Over Hedge Fund's Collapse
• AIG Accuses Starr Of Trying To Stoke Bonus Fire
• Citibank, BofA, Thornton Parmalat Docs Unsealed
• Ex-UBS Exec Insider Trading Saga Comes To An End
• SEC Finalizes $7B ARS Buyback Deals With 3 Firms
• Mayer Brown Trial Vet Jumps To Sheppard Mullin
• 2nd Circ. Sends Investor-Citigroup Spat To Ga. Court
• Gilead Shareholders Must Amend Suit For 5th Time
• FINRA Fines Dropped 55% In 2008
• Bryan Cave Adds Former Countrywide Counsel
• PCAOB Scores More Time To Inspect Foreign Firms
• Stay Of Arbitration Upheld In VCG-Citigroup CDS Suit
• Premerger Notification For Cooperative Transactions
• Barroway Named JPMorgan ERISA Suits Lead Counsel
• SEC Bars Mercury Ex-CFO From Accounting Practices
• AmeriFirst Exec's Mom Cleared In Contempt Finding
• Sidley Austin Tax Shelter Claims Ruled Time-Barred
• SEC Hires Milbank Tweed Litigator To Lead NY Office
• On Securities, Sotomayor Sticks To 'Nuts And Bolts'
• SEC Seeks Ruling In $80M Trust Fund Plot Case
• ARS Buyers Bow Out Of Royal Bank Of Canada Suit
• Monolines' Claims Could Turn Up Heat On I-Banks
• Gensler Calls CFTC Budget Hike For 2010 Insufficient
• Facing Takeover, Emulex Calls Broadcom Dishonest
• Ark. Atty Pleads Guilty To $9M Settlement Fund Theft
• Ex-Enron Broadband CFO Pleads Guilty To Falsifying
• CFTC Calls For Legislative Fix Of Zelener Loophole
• Bid To Replead Medtronic Securities Suit Denied
• Discrimination V. Whistleblower Claims
• High Court Seeks SG Input On 'Foreign-Cubed' Cases
• Sanctions Upheld Against Fla. Hedge Fund
• The State Of Section 36(b) Litigation
• Cold-Eeze Maker, Shareholders' Proxy Fight Deepens
• 2 Years After Tellabs: 'Core Operations' Pleading
• SEC On Warpath Over Internal Leaks: Report
• Feds' Bid To Stay CSK Auto Exec Fraud Suit Denied
• Free Web Portal For Muni Bond Data Launched
• Final OK Sought For $2M Deal In ACE Securities MDL
• Cincinnati Insurance Settles Bank Indemnification Suit
• UK Wants to Extend Short-Selling Disclosure Rules
• WaMu Shareholders Ask Again To Form Committee
• Jury Finds Ex-Kmart Chief Liable In SEC Fraud Suit
• Morgan Lewis Adds Merrill Ex-VP As Litigation Partner