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Securities - October, 2009

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• 11th Circ. Asks Ga. High Court For Insurance Law Input
• 5th Circ. To Take On Dispute Over Stanford Clawbacks
• Contested $90M State St. Bank, Pension Plan Deal OK'd
• Insurer Foils Advest Claim For Coverage In Fraud Suit
• Supreme Court Braces For Mutual Fund Fee Fight
• Understanding Bandone V. Sol Properties
• JPMorgan Wins $22M From Insurer In WorldCom Spat
• Ex-Delphi CEO Fails To Avoid Jury Trial In SEC Case
• US Charges Calif. Firm In Bond Bid-Rigging Probe
• Madoff Accountant To Plead Guilty To Fraud Charges
• Bank Leumi Wins Dismissal Of ARS Fraud Suit
• American Home CFO Loses SEC Discovery Feud
• Travelers Tries To Nix Bank's Madoff Coverage Suit
• 3rd Circ. Affirms Investor Class Against Constar
• UK High Court Plugs Up Creditor Waterfall Clauses
• HealthSouth Shareholders Grab Scrushy Assets List
• Stanford Receiver Identifies $1.5B In Assets To Pursue
• Ex-Madoff CFO Loses Renewed Bail Bid
• Geithner Faces Down 'Too Big To Fail' Bill Critics
• Ex-DHB Head Loses Bid To Toss Fraud Charges
• Genzyme Fights Dismissal Of D&O Policy Suit
• 3 Symbol Technologies Execs Settle SEC Fraud Claims
• Advo Strikes $12.5M Deal In Securities Class Action
• Dead Dorsey Atty's Accomplice Cops To Insider Trading
• Pitney Bowes Targeted In Securities Fraud Suit
• 9th Circ. Revives Matrixx Zicam Shareholder Action
• 3rd Circ. Revives Investor Suit Against Carnegie Mellon
• SunTrust Calls For Sanctions In Dismissed ARS Action
• House Panel Advances Credit Rating Bill
• WaMu, Other Defendants Fail To Toss Securities MDL
• SIPC Has Pledged $534M To Madoff Victims: Trustee
• Finisar Shareholders Try To Revive Backdating Suit
• SEC Mulls Increased Regulation For Dark Pools
• LaCrosse Wins $16.2M From Liquidated CDO
• Strategies For Mediating Business Ownership Disputes
• RBS, Underwriters Pillory Shareholder Subprime Claims
• House Panel Votes To Require Hedge Fund Registration
• Ropes & Gray Nabs White & Case Partner For London
• Intervoice Shareholders Lose Class Certification
• Attys Appeal Ruling In Hagens Berman Contract Spat
• Fired Dorsey M&A Partner Commits Suicide
• Insurer Not Liable For Top Coverage In SEC Fraud Suit
• Top Supreme Court Criminal Cases To Watch
• Shareholder E-Forums Could Alter Proxy Landscape
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Ruling In WRL Insider Trading Suit
• Judge Cans NutriSystem Derivative Action
• Southwest To Pay $3.5M To Settle Safety Violation Suit
• Plaintiffs Attys Seek $14M In Countrywide ERISA Action
• Applying 'Entire Fairness' In Interested-Party Mergers
• 3 Former Marsh Execs Acquitted In Antitrust Case
• Obama Administration Backs Revival Of Vioxx Case
• HealthSouth Revises Clawback, Proxy Access Policies
• FINRA Hits Scottrade With Fine Over Monitoring Failures
• Hedge Fund Firm Faces MDL Over Madoff Losses
• UK Charges Possible In KBR Probe: Halliburton
• High Court Ready To Rein In Honest Services Fraud
• Publisher, Wife Found In Contempt Over $1.4M Payment
• On2 Settles Class Actions Over Its Sale To Google
• Investors To Appeal Blackstone IPO Suit Dismissal
• Attorneys Seek $23M In Fees In Merrill Class Action
• Ex-SemGroup Exec Settles SEC Insider Trading Suit
• Plaintiffs Seek To Limit Colonial Use Of $15M Policy
• Schwab Investors To Amend Securities Fraud Complaint
• Securities Class Action V. Midway Execs Thrown Out
• Ranking Dem. Announces Bank Probe, Denies Reports
• SEC Sends ICAP Wells Notice On Fixed Income Claims
• Implications Of FINRA Rule 5122
• AmeriFirst Receiver's Law Firm Negligence Suit Tossed
• Davis Wright Settles Sunwest Ponzi Scheme Litigation
• SEC Tweaks Suit Against BofA Over Merrill Bonuses
• NY AG Wants Schwab ARS Suit Back In State Court
• Former Vivendi Boss To Stand Trial In France
• Avocent Shareholder Sues To Halt $1.2B Emerson Deal
• SEC Proposes Added Transparency For Dark Pools
• UBS Tries To Snuff Out Investors' $40M FINRA Claim
• Banca Intesa Hit With $24M Verdict In Parmalat Case
• Dow Can Fight Ruling On Payments By Trace Int'l
• US Isn't Forum For ImageSat Shareholder Suit: 2nd Circ.
• A 3rd And 4th Look At The Bank Of America Opinion
• Parmalat CEO Takes Grant Thornton Suit To 2nd Circ.
• Trimeris Shareholder Tries To Halt $81M Arigene Deal
• 6th Circ. Puts Omnicare Securities Suit On Life Support
• Watchdog Slams Gov't In TARP Report
• World Of Warcraft Operator Sued For Securities Fraud
• Suit Calls JPMorgan, BNY Madoff 'Co-Conspirators'
• Textron Faces ERISA Suit Over Retirement Losses
• FINRA Clarifies Variable Annuity Sale Requirements
• Plaintiffs Try To Revive Bear Stearns Fraud Suit
• OTC Derivative Bill Passes Final House Panel
• 3rd Circ. Remands Conspiracy Charge Against Rigases
• Guidant Investors Lose Bid To Revive Class Action
• Loss Causation Challenges In Securities Cases
• Fund's Fraud Suit Over Dynex Bonds Narrowed In Scope
• Merrill Deal Docs Show Early Alarms At BofA: Report
• Holland & Knight Seeks To Toss Nadel Malpractice Suit
• Bank Asks To Trim Madoff Defense Coverage Suit
• 3rd Circ. Tosses Suit Over $1.4M Arbitration Award
• 8th Circ. Upholds Toss Of Accounting Firm Fraud Suit
• Calif. Sues Bank For $200M Pension Fund Fraud
• Deutsche, KPMG Hit With $12M Tax Shelter Suit
• Ex-Federal Prosecutor Rejoins Irell & Manella
• Baker & Hostetler Adds 4 Litigators To NY Office
• Continental Seeks Commerce Docs In D&O Spat
• Securities Firm To Appeal Winston & Strawn Fee Awards
• 5th Circ. Lets Enron Broadband Exec Off The Hook
• Judge Cuts Down Class Action Over Britannia IPO
• SEC Hits Financial Services Co.'s GC In Ponzi Case
• 1st Circ. Sides With Former WMI Chair In Equity Spat
• Roche Sues Credit Suisse Over $545M ARS
• WaMu Plan Managers Seek Appeal In ERISA Action
• Nuclear Waste Co. Hit With Securities Suits
• Schulte Roth & Zabel Scores Mayer Brown Litigators
• ML Direct Shareholders Seek Cert. In Bear Stearns Suit
• Corrected: RHI Entertainment Faces Action Over IPO
• Prosecutors Renew Bail Bid For Ex-Madoff CFO
• Shareholder Proxy Access — Relevancy For 2010
• NHL Star Fedorov Sues Hyman Lippitt For Malpractice
• China Sunergy Reaches $1M Deal In IPO Fraud Action
• Ex-Brookstreet Employee Loses Bid For Coverage
• Storch Named To Key Enforcement Role At SEC
• How To Craft An Effective FCPA Compliance Program
• SEC Tightens Up Backdating Claims V. Mercury Execs
• IBM Exec, Others Arrested In $20M Insider Trading Case
• Argus, Tremont Deal Over Madoff Losses Gets OK
• Ill. Union Indemnity Suit Survives 2nd Dismissal Effort
• Class Certification Sought In Mortgage Appraisal Case
• Amaranth Plaintiffs Make Bid For Certification
• FirstBank Sues Institute Over Fraudulent Merger
• Outside Counsel And Internal Investigations
• Kanjorksi Unveils Bills To Bolster Investor Protections
• Bank's Contract Claims Against Ratings Cos. Get Boot
• Ditech To Pay $1M Fees In Backdating Settlement
• Skandia Joins Race For Lead Status In Pfizer Case
• TEOHC Director Hit With Injunction In ERISA Suit
• Feds Accuse Fla. Investment Adviser Of Ponzi Scheme
• Greenberg Traurig Adds 2 Corporate Attys In Chicago
• Southern Farm, Investors Take Dispute To 11th Circ.
• SEC Puts Schwab On Notice Over Mutual Funds
• BofA Privilege Waiver Approved In SEC Case
• Stanford Receiver Eyes $11M Employee Payments
• OTC Derivative Reform Clears 1st Hurdle In House
• FCPA Enforcement Spike Creates Work For Attorneys
• Corp. Counsel Split On Attorney-Client Privilege Waiver
• Cooper Stockholders To Receive Class Notification
• Bryan Cave Wants Malpractice Claims Dismissed
• Fossil Shareholders Drop Defendants In Backdating Suit
• SEC Hit With Investor Lawsuit Over Madoff Snafu
• House Panel Readies Derivatives, CFPA Bills
• Stanford Receiver's Clawback Bid 'Improper': SEC
• Lehman Seeks First Data Docs In Swap Agreement Spat
• 6th Time's A Charm For Gilead Securities Action
• Refco Insurer Drops Former President From D&O Suit
• Plaintiffs Seek Injunction To Stop Vivendi Power Play
• FHFA Jumps Into Fannie Mae Litigation
• Smith & Wesson Securities Plaintiffs Aim For Cert.
• Stoneridge Bill Sparks Enforcement Debate
• Supreme Court To Review Skilling's Enron Conviction
• 2 Potential Jurors Rejected In Bear Stearns Case
• BofA Agrees To Waive Privilege In SEC Case
• Cadwalader Wins Over White & Case Securities Guru
• Judge Pares Inphonic Securities Class Action
• SEC Probes KB Home
• What Are Courts Doing With 'Negative Equity'?
• Bear Stearns Execs Face Another Amended Complaint
• Morgan Stanley Moves To Oust $66.3M ARS Claims
• State Court To Hear Countrywide's SLUSA Argument
• Flowers Funds Sue Germany's HRE Over Squeeze-Out
• New Criminal Chief Recused In Madoff Suits
• Stanford Investors Add Chadbourne To Ponzi Suit
• BofA Shareholder Suit Over Merrill Deal Still On
• Ex-Prudential Broker Tries To Dodge SEC Action
• Adviser Fights $6M Order In Universal Express Case
• Oil Exec Denied New Trial In Exploration Fraud Suit
• Funds Try To Revive Sanofi Obesity Drug Securities Suit
• 9th Circ. Limits SLUSA Scope In Siliconix Action
• Alleged Ponzi Schemer Cosmo To Await Trial In Jail
• Securities Litigator Joins Alston & Bird
• Judge Won't Bar Stanford Bank Execs' D&O Claims
• Ex-Managing Director At Merriman Curhan Gets 5 Years
• JPMorgan, Banks Settle Lender Claims For $100M
• King & Spalding Nabs 2 Partners From DLA Piper
• Madoff Trustee Ratchets Up Claim Against Feeder Fund
• Banks Get Another Chance In Pearlman Insurance Suit
• Fund Manager Pleads Guilty To $2B Ponzi Scheme
• Ericsson Forecasts Wrong, Not Fraudulent: 2nd Circ.
• Former NY Prosecutor Joins Holland & Knight
• GT Solar Shareholder Suit To See Light Of Day
• Bringing Back Liability For Secondary Actors?
• Investor Suit Seeks To Block $3.9B Perot-Dell Merger
• Judge Tosses Harley-Davidson Stock Suits
• Investors Compete To Lead Pfizer Derivative Suit
• 'Fulcrum' Deals Rising To Prominence, Experts Say
• SEC Pledges Post-Madoff Expansion, Reform
• Men's Wearhouse, Co-Founder Hit With Securities Suit
• Congressman Seeks To Sock SOX Provision
• SEC Targets Mass. Man Over $3.7M Ponzi Scheme
• JA Solar Seeks To Bounce Suit Over Lehman Losses
• BofA Ruling Puts M&A Lawyers On The Spot
• Willkie Farr Asks Court To Boot Songwriter Suit
• Schiff Hardin Snags Seyfarth Corporate Partner
• JPMorgan Agrees To $480M ARS Buyback
• A New Perspective On Poison Pills In Canada
• SEC Seeks To Toss Williams & Connolly FOIA Suit
• Holland & Knight, Nadel Receiver In Jurisdiction Feud
• Chemtura To Get Its $9M Securities Settlement Back
• SEC Probing Hospital Chain HCA's London Records
• SEC Appeals Dismissal Of Mark Cuban Securities Suit
• SEC Asks For Jury Trial In Merrill Bonus Case
• Apple Shareholders Fight To Revive Backdating Suit
• WilmerHale Withdraws From SEC Reserve Fraud Suit
• Sprint Settles Suits Over Virgin Mobile Deal
• Chesapeake Securities Action Goes West To Okla.
• Ex-Liberal Party Head Admits To Fraud In NY Probe
• Madoff Judge Postpones Ruling On LA Investor
• Iqbal Ruling Impact Starting To Be Felt
• Shareholder Suit Doesn't Pass PSLRA Muster: Sprint
• Biopure Exec Gets 3 Years For Fake Cancer Defense
• $586M Dot-Com IPO Settlement Wins Final OK
• JPMorgan Escapes WaMu ERISA Action
• Hedge Fund Paramount Faces Investor Fraud Suit
• Patterson Belknap Finance Partner Joins Reed Smith
• 2nd Circ. Finds Rigases' Prison Terms Reasonable
• FINRA Expands All-Public Arbitration Panels Program
• ERISA Suits Fly In Against Slot Machine Maker
• Allou Investors Lose Bid For Cert. In KPMG Suit
• Anticipating New Exec Compensation, Disclosure Rules
• DC Circ. Rejects Starnet Execs' Bid For Rehearing
• AIG CDS, Lehman Fight Over Big-Dollar Swap Contract
• Medtronic Seeks Dismissal Of InFuse Securities Case
• SEC Sets Rules For Breaking Erroneous Stock Trades
• SEC Resolves Dick's Insider Trading Scandal
• High Court Turns Nacchio Away
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revive Wachovia RICO Case
• EBay's Suit Against Craigslist Trimmed Of 2 Claims
• Feds Charge Detroit Man With $200M Ponzi Scheme
• SEC Sets Final Deadline For SOX 404 Compliance
• Montana Power, Shareholders Reach $115M Deal
• Insurers Strike Back At MBIA's Complaint
• SEC Delays Proxy Access Rule Changes Until 2010
• Judge Greenlights Capitol Bancorp Share Exchange
• Lawyer To Plead Guilty To Trading Away Client Win
• Trustee Seeks $200M From Madoff Clan
• Massey Energy Derivative Action Thrown Out
• 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly' Of ESOPs
• Suit Targets Broker-Dealer Over $2B Ponzi Scheme
• Madoff Trustee Says Charity Investor Was No Victim
• Claims Cut In Collins & Aikman Suit Against Execs
• FINRA Pushes Asset-Backed Securities Reporting
• Merrill, BofA Execs Targeted In Derivative Suit
• Former Cabletron Execs Escape Most Of SEC Suit
• Securities Suit Against Par Pharma Execs To Go On
• Suits Over CME Acquisition Of NYMEX Nixed
• Pozen Scores Win In Shareholder Suit Over Treximet
• SEC Hits Former IBSG CEO With Fraud Suit
• BofA Fraud Suit Against Bear Stearns Survives
• Judge Throws Out Humana ERISA Case
• AOL Execs Still On Hook In $1B SEC Fraud Suit
• Hedge Fund Manager's Free Speech Claims Rejected
• 2nd Circ. Nixes Legg Mason, Citi Securities Action
• WellCare Securities Action Survives Bid To Toss
• Fed Fights Order To Hand Bloomberg Bailout Docs
• US V. Radley: Undercutting Enforcement Authority