Securities Archive » August, 2010

Securities - August, 2010

216 articles

• Merrill, BofA Stock Not Needed To Bring Suit, Court Says
• Cert. Denied In First American Appraisal Collusion Suit
• SEC Decides Not To Hit Moody's With Ratings Action
• KPMG Settles Accounting Fraud Class Action
• Ex-Pfizer Worker Loses Bid To Revive ERISA Dispute
• United Rentals Survives Cerberus Merger Suit Appeal
• Debt Investors Seek To Halt Ambac Asset Transfers
• Madoff Trustee Settles Tiff Over Feeder Fund Cash
• ClearOne Wins Fee Fight With Ex-CEO In 10th Circ.
• Shareholder Democracy: Public Cos.' Brave New World
• Jones Soda Securities Action Fizzles In 9th Circ.
• Veteran SEC Enforcement Atty Heads For Steptoe
• CFTC Unveils New Rules For Retail Forex Trading
• Cohen & Steers Smacked With Suit Over $625M ARS
• Mexican Lender Seeks Ch. 15 Against $100M Notes
• Ford, ERISA Plaintiffs Strike Class Action Deal
• Barroway Topaz Launches Patent Litigation Group
• Morgan Stanley Settles Muni Derivative MDL For $6M
• 2 Suits Over BofA, Merrill Deal Survive
• AT&T Counterclaim Survives In $427M Coverage Suit
• Ulmer & Berne Boosts Ranks With Boeing Counsel
• Twin City Should Cover Ex-Exec's SEC Suit, Isilon Says
• Trade Group Backs Matrixx On Side-Effect Reporting
• Alleged Ponzi Artist Who Can't Pay Atty Not Off Hook: US
• McDermott Malpractice Suit Over Tender Offer Survives
• Avandia Probes Lead To ERISA Class Suit Against GSK
• Rothstein Ordered To Pay $363M In Restitution
• Can You Google Or Facebook Potential Jury Members?
• SEC Sues 2 Former Dell Accounting Execs Over Fraud
• Most Admired Attys: DLA Piper's Perrie Weiner
• Real Estate Schemer Weinstein Out On $10M Bail
• $1B VeriFone Shareholder Class Action Tossed
• No Rehearing In Battle Over Dynegy Exec's Legal Fees
• Muni Board Seeks To Expand Membership To 21
• CFTC Advises DOJ On Antitrust Probe Into CME Group
• AIG Reaches $150M Derivative Suit Settlement
• 'Foreign-Cubed' Ruling Applies To RICO Claims: Judge
• The Legal Market In Transition
• New Trial Ordered On $32M In Damages Against KPMG
• Ernst & Young Hit With Suit Over Parkcentral Collapse
• Rejecting The 'Fraud Created The Market' Theory
• Prospect Medical Investors Sue Over $363M Merger
• Allstate, BofA Close Out Parmalat Securities Spat
• Most Admired Attys: Latham's Joel Trotter
• Diebold Settles ERISA Claims For $4.5M
• Investment Banks Need 'Living Wills': Lehman Trustee
• FTC Capital To Pay $23M To End SEC Fraud Suit
• Ex-Barclays Exec Said He Hid Lehman Asset Details
• Stanford's Lies Preclude Coverage, Lloyd's Says
• Argentine Central Bank May Not Be Immune: Judge
• Rigel Shareholders Again Lose Suit Over Arthritis Drug
• SEC Adopts New Proxy Access Rule
• Magic Hat Brewer Faces Investors' Ire Over Merger
• Santander Worker Traded Ahead Of BHP Offer: SEC
• Most Admired Attys: Kenny Nachwalter's Stan Wakshlag
• Sweat The Small Stuff — Nanotech Insurance Issues
• Xerox Settles ACS Shareholder Claims For $69M
• WaMu Securities Case Added To Confirmation Process
• Spat Over Dreier Ex-Wife's $7M Claim To Be Heard
• Discovery To Proceed In Signalife Securities Action
• Reed Smith Nabs Eckert Seamans Corporate Expert
• Mass. High Court Clears Derivative Dismissal Rule
• Ex-Telco Exec Last Man Standing In SEC Case
• CORRECTED: 7th Circ. Affirms Class Cert. For Conseco Investors
• McAfee Shareholder Sues Over $7.7B Intel Deal
• Heightening Scrutiny Of Repurchase Agreements
• Most Admired Attys: Cohen Milstein's Steven Toll
• Fed Denied Review Of Order To Give Bailout Details
• BankAtlantic Ordered To Hand Over SEC Docs
• Banks Ask To Toss Investors' WaMu Securities Suit
• Disney Secretary's Boyfriend Cops To Insider Trading
• American Apparel Under Siege As It Mulls Ch. 11
• Citing Skilling, Prosecutors Drop Westar Case
• Emulex Settles Shareholder Suit Over Broadcom Offer
• Proxy Advisory Firms' Beefed-Up Role In Exec Pay
• Negotiations Implode In Tribune Ch. 11
• BofA, Ex-CEO Fight Cuomo Fraud Case
• Most Admired Attys: Labaton's Lawrence Sucharow
• Suit Claims $247M FLIR-ICx Deal Cheats Shareholders
• Man Group, GLG Settle Shareholder Suit Over $2B Deal
• E&Y, Blue Coat Execs Settle Backdating Suits For $4M
• Former Refco COO Forfeits $2M In Fraud Probe
• Ex-Ernst & Young Atty Settles SEC Insider Trading Suit
• Most Admired Attys: Greenberg Traurig's Mike Piazza
• Stock Distributors To Disgorge $6M In SEC Settlement
• Fairfield Fund Sues To Recoup $162M In Madoff Payout
• HSBC Fined For Glossing Over CMO Risks
• Using Credit Ratings In Public Debt Offerings
• USSE Dodges Sanctions In SEC Pump-And-Dump Suit
• Solectron Investors Win Cert. In Suit Over $3.6B Merger
• 9th Circ. Remands Mercury Backdating $29M Fee Award
• Shareholders Lash Out At Dynegy, Blackstone Deal
• Ponzi Schemer Nadel Barred From Securities Trading
• Class Action Over Fairfield Madoff Losses Survives
• Merrill To Pay $2.5M For Missed Securities Discounts
• Lehman Wins Control Of CDO Assets, French Deal Nod
• Judge Severely Narrows Morgan Stanley MBS Case
• NJ Settles With SEC Over $26B Bond Offerings
• Most Admired Attys: Skadden's Scott Musoff
• Southern Copper Investors Fight Grupo Mexico Deal
• Schering Shareholders Win Access To Board Notes
• CDO's Credit Default Swap Beef With Wachovia Killed
• Hagens Berman Sets Up New K Street Digs
• Going Private Deals Involving A Controlling Stockholder
• CFTC Scraps Energy-Only Position Limit Draft
• SEC Eyes GGP Execs In Insider Trading Probe
• HealthGrades Faces Shareholder Suit Over Vestar Deal
• Disqualifying Counsel: A New SEC Enforcement Tactic?
• Most Admired Attys: Paul Weiss' Brad Karp
• Shareholders Fight Cerberus' Bid For BlueLinx
• ConAgra To Pay $4.3M Over Oil Trade Settlement
• Allis-Chalmers Sued Over $890M Seawell Tie-Up
• 3rd Circ. Upholds Dismissal Of BDO Investor Action
• Most Admired Attys: MoFo's Jordan Eth
• Judge Rejects $75M SEC, Citigroup Deal
• Feds Seek 6 Months For Ex-IBM Exec In Galleon Case
• Financial Reform 101: SEC Enforcement Powers
• McGuireWoods Seeks Docs For Ethanex Securities Suit
• Ceramic Fuel Cells To Get $3.5M From Oakdale Suit
• Akin Gump Says Stanford Filed Request To Distract Firm
• Constellation Escapes ERISA Action Over Stock Drop
• Northstar Loses Claims Against Schwab On Appeal
• NY Court To Weigh In On Divorce Funds In Ponzi Suit
• Most Admired Attys: Cravath's Richard Clary
• Arguments Against Fixed Fees, And Why They're Myths
• KeyCorp ERISA Stock-Drop Class Action Nixed
• $99M PHLX Settlement Ends Federal Case: 3rd Circ.
• Rajaratnam Wins Right To Challenge Wiretaps
• Linens 'N Things Noteholder Loss Suit Booted
• NJ Man Charged In $200M Jewish Real Estate Scheme
• HP Execs Hit With Derivative Suit Over CEO Departure
• Ex-CA CEO Kumar Can't Cut Down 12-Year Sentence
• Credit Suisse Loses Bid To Boot MBIA's MBS Claims
• Billionaire Burkle's Suit Over B&N Poison Pill Nixed
• Iowa Fund Seeks To Join Lehman Securities Case
• Plaintiffs Fail To Revive Credit Suisse Investor Suit
• CardioNet Wins Dismissal Of Investor Class Action
• SEC Enforcers Get Permanent Subpoena Power
• 3rd Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of Aetna Securities Action
• Scorned Axcelis Investor Loses Doc Access Appeal
• Fraud Claims Nixed In Fifth Third Shareholder Suit
• Morgan Stanley Can't Recover Ex-Brokers' Bonus Loans
• Icahn Extends Lionsgate Tender Offer Pending Suit
• Telco Exec Can't Escape SEC Kickback Action
• WG Receiver Seeks $110M From AIG Unit, Tufts, Others
• Banks Call Adelphia E-Mail Evidence A 'Red Herring'
• Del. Opinion To Inform Future Freeze-Out Mergers
• Alphatec Hit With Securities Suit Over French Buy
• Bank Regulators Start Rewrite Of Rating Agency Rules
• Facebook Fighting Remand Of Suit Disputing Ownership
• No Loss Causation In Thane Investor Suit: 9th Circ.
• Spongetech Execs Plead Not Guilty In Fraud Case
• Adelphia Trust Fights To Save Claims Against Banks
• Madoff Investors Fight 'Net Equity' Ruling In 2nd Circ.
• Zell Won't Have To Disgorge Funds In ERISA Suit
• Class Trimmed In Headwaters Fraud Suit Over Coal IP
• Lehman Minibond Holders OK'd To Go After LBSF
• Feds Eyeing SciClone For Possible FCPA Violations
• Investors Back Out Of Synchronoss Securities Case
• FINRA Fines Morgan Stanley Over Conflict Disclosures
• New Century Shareholders Settle Claims For $125M
• IPOs As Exit Strategy For Private Equity Funds
• Tourre Readies For Court Battle With SEC
• WaMu Settles ERISA Claims In MDL For $49M
• WellCare To Pay $200M To Resolve Shareholder Suit
• Wachovia Wins Toss Of ERISA Class Action
• SEC, DOJ Launch FCPA Probe Into Merck
• FDIC Avoids Liability For Dime Bancorp Warrants
• Effects Of SEC V. Byers On Creditors' Rights
• Goldman Faces US, UK Probes Over Abacus CDO
• Court Vacates Order For AmFin Examination
• JPMorgan Directors Fail To Dodge SEC Suit
• Tobacco Cos. Pay $28.5M To Settle Bribe Charges
• DC Circ. Orders SEC To Review NYSE Arca Data Fees
• ECB Backs Temporary Naked Short Sale Bans
• When You And Your Contingency Fee Client Disagree
• Securities Trade Group Backs Goldman In Bayou Suit
• Chiquita Terrorist Payout Settlement Gets Court OK
• Warrior Energy Insider Trading Suit Stays Alive
• Funds Win Class Cert In JPMorgan ERISA Suit
• SEC Settles Oil-For-Food Case Against Innospec Execs
• BofA Reaches Accord With ExpressJet In ARS MDL
• Berkshire Unit Whistleblower Can't Depose Buffett
• Tishman Speyer Wins Toss Of REIT Class Action
• Senate Aims To Undo FOIA Exemption For SEC
• Madoff Trustee Wins $180M Judgment From Vizcaya
• Financial Reform 101: For Energy Cos.
• Weil Work Product Protected From Prying Mayer Eyes
• Starr Ponzi Scheme Trial Postponed To 2011
• BofA Ends Fight With Insurer Over Parmalat Losses
• Pension Class Hits Marshall & Ilsley With ERISA Suit
• 2nd Circ. Says Creditors Can Use Argentine Fund Assets
• Tobacco Exec Pleads Guilty To Bribing Kyrgyz Officials
• PwC, UBS Axed From Banco Popular Shareholder Suit
• Ex-Deloitte Partner, Son Settle With SEC For $1.1M
• FINRA Orders UBS To Pay Kajeet $81M Over ARS
• Skadden Snags Kirkland & Ellis Derivatives Partner
• Parr Brown Reps SkyWest In $133M ExpressJet Deal
• Use Of Safe Harbor For Forward-Looking Statements
• United, Continental Settle Texas Suit Over $3B Merger
• Grant & Eisenhofer Sued Over Fees In $3B Tyco Deal
• NY Art Dealer Gets 18 Years For $120M Fraud
• Caterpillar Settles ERISA Class Action For $16.5M
• Ex-JPMorgan Specialist Loses Bid To Toss SEC Suit
• Stanford's Bid To Disqualify Akin Gump Falls Flat
• Mark Cuban Insider Trading Ruling Could Blemish SEC
• Wells REIT Fails To Nix Shareholder Merger Challenge
• Underwriters, IPOs And Potential FINRA Problems
• In Pari Delicto Claim Cut From Madoff Victims' Appeal
• NC US Atty To Replace Mejia As SEC Head Litigator
• SEC's BP Probe Said To Focus On Insider Trading
• US Says It Has Given Stanford More Than Enough Docs
• US Says Rothstein's Ponzi Victims Owed $188M
• Santander Madoff Suit Belongs In Irish Court: Judge
• Financial Reform 101: Securitization
• American Oil Shareholders Fight $445M Hess Merger