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Securities - February, 2012

417 articles

• Judge Won't Block $21B Kinder Morgan-El Paso Deal
• Martin Marietta CEO Defends $4.7B Hostile Bid For Vulcan
• Wells Fargo Wants Nadel Receiver Booted From SEC Suit
• Utah Agency Defends $18B Nuke Plant Project
• Galleon-Linked Fund Manager's Trial To Stay In NY
• Ex-AIG, Gen Re Execs Set For Jan. Retrial Over $500M Scheme
• Ex-Chief Of DOJ Del. Criminal Unit Returns To Chadbourne
• BCI Defense Makes Final Acquittal Bid In $50M Fraud Trial
• Fannie Says It Made The Call To Stop Buying BofA Loans
• Japan Probes Investment Firms Over Missing $2B
• Bernanke Says Volcker Rule Won't Be Ready In July
• Feds Said To Be Probing 2 Goldman Directors In Gupta Case
• HomeGold Exec's 5-Year Fraud Sentence Will Stand
• CFTC Tweaking Swap Dealer Rule Over End User Fears
• JHS Capital To Buy Out Paulson's $1.1B Retail Biz
• Moody's Can't Shake SOX Claim Over CDO Rating Methods
• Clinton Presses For Firm SEC Rule On Foreign Oil Payments
• JPMorgan Says SEC Weighing Suit Over MBS Dealings
• Tracking Exec Compensation In A Say-On-Pay World
• TD Bank Allays Investors' Rothstein Ponzi Claims For $170M
• Feds Push For Guilty Verdict In $50M BCI Fraud Trial
• Insurers Can't Replead Case Over $2B In MBS: Judge
• Audit Watchdog Proposes New Exec Pay Regulation
• SEC, CFTC Float Identity Theft Rules For Financial Cos.
• Fight Looms As SEC Mulls Campaign Money Disclosures
• Vulcan CEO Blasts $4.7B Martin Marietta Hostile Bid At Trial
• SEC Has Eye On Wells Fargo Over MBS Disclosures
• McKesson Can Collect Dairy Funds From Iran: DC Circ.
• Insurer Seeks To Toss Perkins Coie Atty's Testimony
• Mo. Hilton Condo Hotel Sales Weren't Securities: Judge
• Insurer Doesn't Owe Coverage To Fraudster: 8th Circ.
• Mass. Fines State Street $5M Over CDO Omissions
• Regulatory Recap: Capital Formation And Reporting
• Developer Has No Standing In $100M Investment Suit: UBS
• Texas Tech Coach Fumbled Hedge Fund Client Money: Suit
• CME Hit With Subpoenas In MF Global Probes
• Couple Settles SEC's Dell Insider Trading Claims
• Judge Sinks BankAtlantic Asset Sale To BB&T
• Ex-SEC Top Atty Puts Madoff Profit Claims To Rest
• Kinross Could Market South American Mining Stakes
• Defense Expert Says AAR Got Fair Prices In BCI Deals
• Calif. Fund Seeks $100M From Wachovia Over RMBS Deal
• Investors Ask 2nd Circ. For Class Cert. In $7B MBS Cases
• US Balks At Turning Over SEC Notes To Gupta Defense
• FCPA Case Against News Corp. Could Still Be Tough Sell
• With Insider Trading On Upswing, FBI Turns To Gordon Gekko
• 2nd Circ. Sends $8.5B Countrywide Deal To NY Court
• CFTC's Position Limits Will Cripple Markets, Groups Say
• AIG Settles Whistleblower Suit Over Ex-CFO's Trades
• US Defends Evidence In Stanford Ponzi Scheme Trial
• Shareholders Win Cert. In Suit Over Matrixx Cold Medicine
• Ex-Hedge Fund Manager Settles With CFTC For $1M
• State Street Braces For More Forex Overcharge Suits
• The New Era Of FCPA Enforcement: A Time For Reflection
• Lost In The Crowdfunding Framework
• Broadcom Faces SEC Probe Over IP Litigation Reserves
• SEC Probes PE Fund's Valuation Practices: Report
• Investor Sues Over Elektra's $780M Bid For Payday Lender
• Madoff Son's Widow Fights Picard Clawback Claims
• Stanford Attys Lose Mistrial Bid In $7B Ponzi Case
• CompuCredit Free From Sanctions Over Antitrust Suit
• McDermott Will Secures Litigation Duo From Greenberg
• Former Flextronics Exec Exits SEC Suit Over Insider Tips
• SEC Sues Chinese Coal Execs For Secret Sale To PE Firm
• Ex-Quest CFO Can't Shake 16-Year Sentence
• Accused $100M Ponzi Schemer Can't Evade Charges
• Kenneth Cole Investors Sue To Block Founder's $148M Buyout
• Citigroup Confirms DOJ Subpoena Seeking MBS Info
• SEC Sues Noble Execs Over Nigerian Bribery Scheme
• Winston & Strawn Nabs Ex-Greenberg IP, White Collar Pros
• HSH Nordbank Targets Barclays Over $123M In RMBS
• Possible 'Japanese Madoff' Shut Down By Regulators
• Kraft Settles ERISA Class Action For $9.5M
• Debtholders Can't Get $40M From US Oncology For Now
• Don't Expect Much From The Kinnucan Case
• Cybersecurity And The SEC: Disclosure Tips
• Wynn Boots Ex-Friend From Casino Board Over Alleged Bribes
• Argentina Ordered To Pay Down $1.6B In Old Bonds
• Mets Owners Push To Kill $386M Madoff Clawback Suit
• Accused Insider Trader Rebuked For 'Vile' Calls To Feds
• Rothstein Victims Balk At $70M Gibraltar Bank Settlement
• Former KBR CEO, Atty Headed To Jail Over Bribery Claims
• Ga. Senate OKs Bill Allowing Riskier Pension Investments
• Cozen O'Connor Brings Aboard SEC Litigator In NY
• 6th Circ. Revives Ohio Investment Clawback Fraud Suit
• Berkshire Dodges Former Exec's Whistleblower Suit
• Judge Trims Suit Over AXA's $1.5B Purchase Of ING Unit
• Investor Claims $1.5B Fortis Bid Undervalues CH Energy
• Morgan Lewis Adds Another Ex-SEC Atty With Orrick Hire
• Investors' Bid To Oust Madoff Trustee Fails On Appeal
• CFTC Piles More Swaps Rules Atop Dodd-Frank Heap
• Hedge Fund Managers Fed Cash To $40M Ponzi, US Says
• Congressional Insider Trading Ban Gets SEC Support
• FINRA Wants Claim Limit Increase For Simplified Arbitration
• Mounting Pressure For FCPA Reform
• Clock Runs Out For Brookstreet CEO In SEC Fraud Suit
• The Pitfalls Of Paperless Discovery
• Obama's Tax Plan Takes Aim At Private Equity 'Loophole'
• SEC Mulls Fees As Buffer To High-Frequency Trading
• Halliburton Appeal Too Late After High Court Ruling: Investors
• Wynn's Largest Stockholder Vows Suit Over Cash-Out
• Watchdog Chides FHFA Over $100M Fannie Legal Fees
• UBS Can't Blame Highland Affiliates For $686M In Losses: Atty
• Stanford Receiver Targets 2 Law Firms Over $1.8B
• Cobalt Reveals FCPA Probe Of Angola Oil Business
• 6th Circ. Revives GM Workers' ERISA Suit Against State Street
• Sealink Hits BofA, Citi, Others With $949M RMBS Claims
• Pegasus, RCF Accused Of $1.5B Molycorp Pump-And-Dump
• Gupta Tries To Get Insider Trading Charge Wiped Out
• Ex-KBR Exec Gets Probation, Fine For Nigerian Bribes
• German Bank Takes RBS To Court Over $71M In RMBS
• Eye On Japan's Financial Reform Efforts
• EU Ministers Crack Down On Short Selling, CDS
• Suit Over Hedge Fund Bigwig's Tax Shelter Scheme Trimmed
• SEC Accuses Puda Coal Execs Of Looting Co.
• Suit Says Broker DLA Duped Elderly In $300M REIT Sales
• The Aftermath Of Assured Guaranty V. JP Morgan
• Toyota Can't Narrow Shareholder Suit Over Defects
• Fund Objects To $70M Bank Settlement In Rothstein Case
• 2nd Circ. Bars Trusts From $138M Biovail, Investors Deal
• Picard's $59B Racketeering Claims Against UniCredit Axed
• CFTC Puts Off 'Swap Dealer' Definition Vote
• General Maritime's Ch. 11 Plan Omits Crucial Info: BNY Mellon
• Morgan Keegan To Pay Sports Agent In Bond Investment Case
• Stanford Investors Protest Proskauer's Bid To Pause Suit
• US Chamber, Others Seek Clarity On FCPA Enforcement
• Greenberg Traurig Can't Take Tax Shelter Case To High Court
• Ex-Lincolnshire CEO Sues To Shake Blame In $99M Award Row
• JPMorgan Says Syncora Can't Bring $404M MBS Claims
• Thompson & Knight Nabs M&A Vet from Bracewell
• Paulson Hedge Fund Sued Over $460M Sino-Forest Loss
• Schering-Plough Strikes $12.5M Deal In ERISA Suit
• Supreme Court Won't Hear Broker's Late-Trading Case
• High Court Won't Take Up Idearc Investors' Ch. 11 Dispute
• Prosecutor In Skowron Case Jumps To Reed Smith
• Case Study: Cedeno V. Castillo
• The Irredeemable Relevance Of SEC Enforcement Action
• Feds Give Up On Massive Gabon FCPA Case
• Ex-Client Seeking $1B Wants Personhood For MF Global
• 2nd Circ. Sends Parmalat Fraud Suit Back To Ill.
• Coinstar Smoothes Out Shareholder Class Action For $6M
• R.H. Donnelley Reaches $25M Deal In Shareholder Suit
• SEC Subpoenas Halliburton Over FCPA Probe
• Harbinger Investors Sue Fund, Falcone Over LightSquared Loss
• Trustees In Rothstein Case Ink $70M Bank Settlement
• Amgen Employees Press 9th Circ. To Revive ERISA Action
• Banking Woes Could Send Project Sponsors To Bond Markets
• Madoff Trustee Asks For $48M In Legal Fees
• Federal Execs Blast Inclusion In Insider Trading Bill
• Maxwell Tech To Exit Shareholder FCPA Action For $3M
• 2 Investment Bankers Ask Calif. Court To End Fraud Suit
• Rothstein Pal Cops To Role In Illegal Campaign Contributions
• Stanford Investments Aren't Eligible For Payouts: SIPC
• WaMu Ch. 11 Plan Confirmed After Deal With Dissenters
• Merrill's ARS Disclosures To La. Pacific Were Adequate: Judge
• Review: Recent Securities Litigation, Rising Trends
• Law School, Meet Litigation PR ...
• Feds Arrest Vocal Critic In Insider Trading Probe
• Madoff Trustee Presses 2nd Circ. To Reopen $30B In Claims
• No Missing MF Global Funds In JPMorgan Account: Trustee
• House Panel OKs Bill Striking Swaps 'Pushout' Rule
• WaMu Strikes Deal To Secure Votes On Ch. 11 Plan
• Whistleblower Group Urges 3rd Circ. To Scrap Tyco SOX Ruling
• Ex-National Century Exec's Sentence Stands: 6th Circ.
• SEC May Have To Cough Up Notes In Gupta Case
• BofA Wants To Shield CEO From Depositions In MBIA Suit
• Judge Says Ex-GlobeTel CEO Should Pay $2.7M
• KPMG Not Liable To Ex-Client's Buyer: NJ High Court
• IGT Wants 9th Circ. To Reverse IP Attys' Whistleblower Award
• Ex-Real Estate Exec Cops To $18M Ponzi Scheme
• 2012 Regulatory Watch List: Commodity ETF Industry
• Guesstimating Loss For Sentencing
• Ex-Olympus Chief, 6 Others Arrested Over Accounting Scheme
• Ex-Merrill Broker Fined For Role In Greenlight Sell-Off Case
• Judge Guts Forced-Retirement Suit Against Booz Allen Execs
• Rye Portfolio Settles $400M Madoff Clawback Suit
• Tetragon Directors Defeat Suit Over $205M Fees
• SEC Tweaks Standards For Performance-Based Advising Fees
• Lockheed Execs Duck Claims In Shareholder Action
• Judge Won't Punt Ex-Saint Berger's Securities Fraud Suit
• Fee Award Doubled To $8.6M In Exxon-XTO Merger Challenge
• Volcker Rule Draws Fire From Range Of Nonbank Cos.
• Insurer Sues JPMorgan Over $52M In MBS Losses
• Ex-Citi Exec Can't Shake SEC Suit Over Doomed CDO
• Taleo Investor Sues To Halt $1.9B Oracle Deal
• Deutsche Bank Understated Risk Of $512M In RMBS: Suit
• Fund Manager Denied Defense Costs For SEC Fraud Action
• Ex-McAfee GC Will Pay Fees To End Backdating Battle
• Proskauer Wants Suits Tied To Stanford Case Paused
• Dinsmore Lands Ex-Nationwide GC At Ohio Office
• Canopy Co-Founder Gets 13 Years For $93M Investment Scam
• Underwriters Want Motricity Investors' IPO Suit Tossed
• MF Global's Fall Costs CME Up To $100M On Building Sale
• SEC Puts Cork In $22M Suit Over Illicit Wine Offerings
• St. Joe Shareholders Lose Bid To Revive Class Action
• Illumina Investors Claim Goldman Bias In Suit Over Roche Bid
• Allowing Discovery Of A Confidential Witness's Identity
• 10 Lessons From 2011 Enforcement Activity
• Energy Cos. Want A Pass On Dodd-Frank Trading Rule
• JPMorgan, Others Duck MassMutual Claims In $650M MBS Suit
• BNY Mellon Can't Shake Forex Pricing Fraud Suit
• Pentagon Capital Must Pay $77M In SEC Late-Trading Case
• MF Global Trustee To Share Docs With Feds
• Evidence Over Wells Fargo Execs' Probe Delay Stands
• BCI's Financial Info Didn't Add Up: Whistleblower
• Robbins Geller Trial Team Scores Former US Prosecutor
• Swiss Firms Seek To Bury SEC Insider Trading Suit
• Cell Therapeutics Settles Investor Lawsuit For $19M
• WG Receiver Can't Claw Back $25M From Sun Life: Judge
• Traders Deny Profiting $62M Off Insider Tips
• 2nd Circ. Backs SEC Ban On Tax-Dodging Broker
• Genzyme, Insurer Settle Coverage Suit Over $64M Deal
• SEC Wins Suit Over $6M Watermark Ponzi Scheme
• Forex Trader Sentenced To 20 Years For Fraud Scheme
• Chapman Woos 6 Orrick Finance Attys For New DC Office
• 2nd Circ. Orders Ex-DHB CEO To Pay Legal Fees
• Petters Cohort May Duck Lying Charges In $3.7B Ponzi Case
• Gulfstream Trustee Says Execs Shouldn't Get D&O Cash
• Omnicare Dodges Investor Action Over Kickback Claims
• Preparing Corporate Minutes: Time Well Spent
• Investors Say Hotel Group Lied In Air Rights Deals
• Countrywide Tries To Knock Down Insurers' MBS Claims
• MSCI Investigates Claims That Worker Sold Client Voting Data
• Obama Budget Seeks To Arm Regulators For Fight Against Fraud
• Ex-Bear Stearns Managers To Settle SEC Suit For $1M
• Ropes & Gray Snags Fund Partner From White & Case
• Mont. Ameriprise Investors Can't Seek Payback After $80M Deal
• SEC Drops Arch Insider Trading Suit Against Swiss Firms
• Proskauer Fights To Dismiss J&J Heir's $140M Suit
• BP Must Face Shareholder Claims Over Spill: Judge
• Former DOJ Atty To Lead Bass Berry's DC Office
• Brokerage Exits Suit Over Rice Futures Manipulation
• BNY Mellon Denied 2nd Bid To Toss Va. Fraud Claims
• Defunct Bank's Officers Kick Investor Suit Over Bad Loans
• Lehman Is Trying To Duck Parts Of Asset Deal: Barclays
• Belgium, France Lift Short Selling Bans
• Morgan Lewis Picks Up Dodd-Frank Pro, ERISA Partners
• Fla. Tire Biz Must Pay $8.7M In SEC Stock Inflation Suit
• E-Trade Looks To Junk Improper Maintenance Fee Action
• SEC Puts PE Firm Practices Under The Microscope
• Volcker Launches Broad Defense Of Eponymous Rule
• Wynn's Macau University Donation Draws SEC Scrutiny
• Rothstein Faces Another Deposition Over $1.2B Scam
• Attachmate Beats Novell Investors' Suit Over $2.2B Deal
• Oil Field Developer Asks For Dismissal Of Investor Action
• Broke Ex-United Rentals CFO Ducks $3M SEC Judgment
• Ex-Prosecutor Hops From Paul Hastings To Nixon Peabody
• FCStone Investors Win Class Cert. In Stock Drop Suit
• Feds Reject Lampoon CEO's Attack On Wiretap Evidence
• Failure Of Proof: US V. O'Shea
• Kodak Execs Misled Investors On Road To Ch. 11: Class Action
• Baker & McKenzie Lands Top Spot In Securities Ranking
• SAIC Faces Investor Action Over CityTime Kickbacks
• 2nd Circ. Denies Bail For Former Primary Global Exec
• CFTC Wins Judgment Against Chicago Trader Over $2M Fraud
• Rydex Settles Investors' Mutual Fund Action For $5.5M
• Law360 Ranks Largest Securities Practice Groups
• SEC, Mark Cuban To Submit Logs In Insider Trading Case
• Pfizer Bests Investor Suit Over Alzheimer's Drug Trial
• Mass. Regulator Seeks BofA Docs In $150M Loan Probe
• MF Global Customer Cash Gap Rises To $1.6B
• Stanford Investors Could See Prompt SIPC Relief
• Marcum Can't Pull Expert Services From Stanford Case: 5th Circ.
• Jones Day Nabs Latham Securities Pro In San Francisco
• Madoff Trustee Says Mets Owners Deliberately Ignored Fraud
• Broadening The Range Of 'Broker May Not Vote' Matters
• House Financial Services Chair Faces Insider Trading Probe
• Revised Removal Statutes — Possibilities, Pitfalls: Part 2
• Madoff Trustee Seeks $105M In Latest Clawbacks
• Fund Manager Charged For Using Galleon Tips
• DOJ Drops Exchange Merger Suit Due To Dead Deal
• Judge Riled By Conflicts In $21B El Paso-Kinder Morgan Deal
• BofA Didn't Dupe Investors On MBS Losses: Judge
• BCI's CEO May Have Used Co. Cash For Luxury Home: Ex-VP
• Goldman Slams Allstate's Suit Over $123M In RMBS Losses
• Judge Pumps Atty Over Discovery In MBIA, Countrywide Case
• Morgan Stanley Settles Investor Suit Over ARS
• Mets Owners Ask High Court To Revisit Madoff Loss Math
• EU Adopts Rules To Rein In Opaque Derivatives Market
• Ex-Allergan President Escapes Investor Suit Over Exec Pay
• A New Model For Treating Cleared Swaps Collateral
• MF Global Trustee Denies Funds Went To Pay D&O Insurance
• Getting Non-US Advisers In Line With Advisers Act
• Ex-Takeda Exec Settles SEC Insider Trading Claims
• House Passes Ban On Congressional Insider Trading
• BCI In-House Atty Testifies On LLC Operations
• SEC Targets Tri-Valley After Earnings Restatements
• Kasowitz Ducks Negligence Suit Over SOX Whistleblower Claim
• Banks Put Up $25B In Blockbuster Deal To Stem Housing Slide
• Diamond Foods Boots Out CEO, CFO After Financial Probe
• House Version Of Insider-Trading Bill Draws Criticism
• Ernst & Young Censured, Fined $2M Over Faulty Audits
• FDIC's Suit Against Morgan Stanley Sent Back To State Court
• Wells Fargo Puts Insurer's MBS Fraud Suit To Rest
• Solutia Investor Tries To Stop $5B Eastman Chemical Merger
• Rothstein Pal Cops Plea In $1.2B Ponzi Prosecution
• US Banks Push For Overseas Exemption To Derivatives Rules
• Scottrade Allowed Day Trading Violations: Class Action
• Foley Adds DLA Piper Partner To Securities, M&A Group
• Atlanta Firm Ponders Potential Kodak Securities Fraud Case
• 5th Circ. Frees Courts To Pick Fee Method In Class Deals
• Deloitte Faces Dutch Shareholder Suit Over Ahold Fraud
• McDermott Gains FCPA, Fraud Trial Pro From DOJ
• Credit Suisse Can't Shake $1B ARS Fraud Claims
• JPMorgan, Performers' Union Fund Settle ERISA Action
• Case Study: SEC V. Koss
• Wall Street Groups Seek To Stay CFTC Position Limits Rule
• Deutsche Bank Dodges 2 Suits Alleging $1.3B MBS Fraud
• Weil Grabs Insider Trading Prosecutor Who Oversaw Raj Case
• Lawyer Accused In Ponzi Scheme Duped Us Too: Insurer
• Investors Unleash Flurry Of Suits Over Del. Court Forum Bylaws
• Petters Execs Dodge Fund's Suit Over Polaroid Interests
• Patton Boggs Scores Former CFTC Commissioner
• Judge Signs Off On $1.2M Deal With Securities Fraud Conduits
• Prosecutors Lose Bid To Add Gupta Charges
• Feds May Abandon Gabon Bribery Sting Case
• Diamondback — A Sign Of The Times
• Feds Add Charges In $62M Case Over Dell Insider Trading
• Receiver For Lancer Fraud Settles With Insider Consultant
• MBIA's Suit Against Patriarch Over CDOs Moves Ahead
• Ex-GE Exec Says His Iraq Bribery Claims Led To Firing
• Galleon Judge, Ex-Kasowitz Partners Launch Boutique Firm
• Thompson Hine New Hires Boost Bankruptcy, Securities Groups
• MF Global Trustee Says 'Majority' Of $105B Transfers Traced
• 10th Circ. Boots Out Investor Suit Against Level 3
• Greenberg Can't Escape $4M Malpractice Suit
• Investor Class Certified In BofA-Merrill Merger Suit
• Ponzi Clawback Verdict Against Bayou Investors Stands
• FGIC Targets Ally Over Additions To $991M MBS Trust
• Texas Oil Co. Hit With Securities Suit Over IPO
• Receiver Seeks $238M In Illarramendi Ponzi Scheme Suit
• Skadden Lures 2 Securities Pros From Shearman & Sterling
• Ex-Jefferies Fund Head To Pay $8.3M For Trading Scam
• Meridian Founder Seeks Lighter Sentence For $100M Fraud
• Madoff Trustee Seeks $61M In Cornerstone Clawback Suit
• SEC Ends Probe Of Online Retailer Bidz.com
• Key Points From The O'Shea Acquittal
• Smith & Nephew Pays $22M To Settle US Bribery Allegations
• BioSante Female Libido Drug Hype Was Fraudulent: Suit
• TMST Shares To Be Deregistered Over Missing SEC Reports
• RBS Units Misrepresented Safety Of $90M In MBS: Suit
• SEC Wins $328M Ponzi Judgment Against Credit Bancorp
• Cancer Drug Firm Duped Investors In $26M Offering: Suit
• Ex-Orion Bank CEO Cops To Lending Conspiracy
• IBM Credit Union Members Settle Suit Over Ponzi Scheme
• Columbia Labs Sued Over Drug-Related Stock Drop
• SEC Commissioner Objects To Choice For Auditing Panel
• Express Services Founder Can't Dodge Looting Battle
• BofA Escapes Allstate Suit Over Countrywide Liability
• Judge Kills Most Of $70M HSBC Due Diligence Suit
• 1st Circ. Puts Limits On Whistleblowers Shielded By SOX
• State Street's Subprime Bets Cost Prudential $77M: Judge
• Amara Ruling Should Kill Pension Plan's Kickback Suit: ING
• UBS On Hot Seat As Rogue Trading Probes Begin
• Haitian Telecom Exec To Plead Guilty Over Terra Bribes
• Carlyle Abandons Anti-Lawsuit Lingo In IPO Docs
• Ex-Qwest CFO To Pay $2.7M To Exit SEC Fraud Case
• Hogan Equity Capital Pro Leaves For Latham
• The Trouble With 'Confidential Witness' Allegations
• Goldman Investors Win Class Cert. In Action Over Risky MBS
• Revised Removal Statutes — Possibilities, Pitfalls: Part 1
• Swiss Watchdog Probes 12 Banks Over Libor-Fixing
• UBS Underestimated Mortgage Securities Risk: Insurer Suit
• Buyer Beware: Facebook's No Stranger To Litigation
• Gores' $1B Pep Boys Bid Undervalues Co.: Investor
• Motorola, Investors Reach $200M Deal Over 3G Phone Delays
• Forex Firm Principal Gets 17 Years For $17M Fraud
• Tribune Judge Mulls Lifting Stay Of LBO Clawback Suits
• Hedge Fund Sues Petters Over Polaroid Interests
• Hecla Hid Mine Violations, Inflated Stock Price: Suit
• Oil Execs Must Disgorge $6M Over SEC Fund Scheme Claims
• JPMorgan, Others Sued Over $500M In MBS Sales
• LA Sues Northern Trust Over $95M Pension Fund Losses
• Senate Passes Ban On Insider Trading
• Glencore, Xstrata Confirm Talks On Potential $80B Buy
• Insurer Escapes Fraud, RICO Claims In $220M Ponzi Suit
• Wright Lindsey Settles Some Claims Over 'Rogue Attorney'
• Accused Ponzi Schemer Says Gov't Fraud Claims Too Late
• Judge Still Won't Kill $500M Le-Nature's Clawback Suit
• Kirkland Grabs White Collar Bigwig From Debevoise
• Trial Attys Slam Anti-Lawsuit Clause In Carlyle's IPO
• SEC's Small Biz Group Wants Reporting Rules Loosened
• NYSE, Deutsche Boerse Officially End Merger Deal
• MF Global Ignored Risk Officer's Warnings On Euro Debt
• UK Watchdog Goes After Deloitte For MG Rover Work
• Dec. 20, 2011 — 3 Big Decisions
• Nara Board Protected From $53M Shareholder Suit
• Peregrine Got $48M Ponzi Loot, Crown Forex Receiver Says
• Qualcomm Discloses Feds' FCPA Investigation
• Witness Must Testify In Medtronic Off-Label Suit: Judge
• Judge Accepts SEC Changes In Koss Fraud Case Deal
• Stanford Receiver Targets Proskauer, Chadbourne In $2B Suit
• FINRA Panel Tells Merrill Lynch To Pay Investor $1.4M
• GCs Laud Securities, M&A Attys With Top Client Skills
• BCI's Alleged Lies Would Have Killed $3M Loan: Witness
• Wells Fargo, Greenberg Face Suit Over Investor Scheme
• Ameriprise Unit Tells Judge $80M Deal Bars Mont. Action
• MetLife Exploited Federal Death List To Avoid Payments: Suit
• JPMorgan To Return $700M To Lehman In Settlement
• MF Global Customers Lose Initial Bid For Priority Status
• Lehman Asks 2nd Circ. To Block Intervention In Dante Case
• Ex-WTO Atty Takes Over At PCAOB's Int'l Affairs Office
• King & Spalding Snags 2 Class Action Pros From McKenna
• FHFA Inspector Probes Freddie Mac 'Floater' Investments
• Morrison Rescues Vivendi From Foreign Investor Claims
• Fiduciary Duties Stand Firm In LLC Pacts: Del. Court
• JDA Software Reveals SEC Accounting Investigation
• Sino-Forest Probe Yields Few Answers For Riled Investors
• Push To Split Chairman, CEO Roles Gains Traction
• Sens. Urge Strong SEC Transparency Rule For Oil Cos.
• Seward & Kissel Nabs Pair Of Prominent Ex-Prosecutors
• No Quick Ruling In CFTC's Price Suit Against Gas Trader
• Riding China's Wave Of Going-Private Transactions
• FCPA: Ethical Beacon Or Anti-Competitive Burden?
• EU Blocks $9.7B NYSE, Deutsche Boerse Merger
• Ex-Credit Suisse Bankers Cop To Overvaluing Bonds
• SEC Panel Proposes Easing Regulation On Small Businesses