Securities Archive » June, 2006

Securities - June, 2006

143 articles

• Court Rejects IPO Fiduciary Duty For Law Firm
• Jones Day Gives Scrushy A Break On Legal Fees
• Lord Black's Bond Still Up In The Air
• Paris Court Swipes Morgan Stanley In Designer Standoff
• $506M Settlement Approved For Bawag, Refco
• SEC Victorious In Waste Management Fraud Suit
• Sphinx Sues Refco To Recover Settlement Losses
• Deloitte & Touche To Pay $24M To Settle Securities Suit
• Ex-Hedge Fund Manager Slapped With More Charges
• Univision Accused Of Undercutting Shareholders
• Scrushy, Former Governor Guilty Of Fraud and Bribery
• Apple Admits Options Irregularities
• Options Probe Highlights D&O Insurance Issues
• Kmart Employees To Split $11.75M Settlement
• Court OKs Suit Alleging KPMG Failed To Detect Fraud
• Shareholders Urge Home Depot To Come Clean
• Raytheon Pays $12M To Settle With SEC
• Stay In Ruling Means Business As Usual For SEC, Funds
• Hedge Funds Under Fire At Senate Hearing
• NFL Players Throw Suit At League, Union
• Powerhouses Morgan Stanley and Perelman Face Off
• DOJ Defies Constitution In KPMG Case, Judge Says
• Judge Orders Second Hearing On BAWAG Settlement
• Extradition Looms For U.K. Bankers
• Senator Calls For Hedge Fund Hearings
• Ellison Begins Donations, Harvard Fears Exclusion
• Bank Investor Reaches Settlement Over WaMu Buyout
• SEC To Address Backdating
• Wall Street Swats "Fly" With Infringement Suit
• Morgan Stanley To Pay SEC $10M
• Judge Not About To Let Lord Black Off Hook
• SEC Investigates Texas Energy Company
• Law Firm Profile: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
• Lord Black Offers Stake To Key Government Witness
• Adelphia Slaps Motorola With Fraud Suit
• E-Mails Show AOL Execs Knew Of Overstatements
• Troubled Qwest Called Back Into Court
• Hands Off Hedge Funds, Appeals Court Tells SEC
• Giant Hedge Fund Probed By SEC: Report
• Parallel Play: Defining The Limits Of Inter-Agency Cooperation
• Jail For Former Homestore CEO
• British Bankers Try To Resist Enron Extradition
• Scientific-Atlanta Settles Claims Over Adelphia Scandal
• Judge Refuses To Toss Suit Against Ex-AIG Chairman
• Morgan Stanley To Appeal $1.58B Verdict Next Week
• UnitedHealth Challenges AG's Authority
• Ex-Computer Associates Exec Pleads Guilty
• SEC Motions Rejected In Freedom Of Information Suit
• Former Buca CEO Cops Guilty Plea
• Nortel Proceeds With $2.47B Settlement
• CIBC Fends Off Insider Trading Charges
• Court Tosses Securities Fraud Charges Against ICN
• Lieff Cabraser Looting Milberg Weiss: Report
• Short Seller Gets Eleven Years
• Court Rejects Qwest's Attorney-Client Privilege Defense
• Tech Company Faces Derivative Suit Over Options
• FTC Lifts Ban On Liberty Stake In Time Warner
• Attorneys Leave Embattled Milberg Weiss
• SEC Names New Accounting Oversight Chair
• BofA Sued Over Alleged Mutual-Fund Mishaps
• AIG Smacked With Suit Over $1.6B Settlement
• Northwest Paid $1M In Early Bankruptcy Fees
• Shareholder Suit Against Stolt-Nielsen Will Proceed
• Carter Ledyard Snags Senior Davies Ward Partner
• Shareholders May Get €200M In DaimlerChrysler Case
• Judge Delays Sentencing Of Enron Duo
• Trademarked Funds Can Trade Without License
• Investor Challenges Sphinx, Refco Settlement
• Supreme Court Looks To Solicitor General In IPO Case
• Paulson Subpoenaed In Pay Package Lawsuit
• Court Approves Ahold's $1.1 Billion Payout
• Home Depot Investigates Its Options Granting Practices
• SEC Launches Three More Backdating Probes
• Former HealthSouth VP Gets 8 Years
• Senate Panel Probes More Fannie Misdeeds
• Skilling Defense Team Awaits Millions In Fees
• Arguments Begin In NYSE Fraud Case
• Reed Smith Merger To Bolster Securities Group
• High Court Hurls Putnam Lawsuits Back To State Court
• Despite Expectations, Audit Fees Rise In 2005
• Former Fannie CEO Snubs Senate Panel
• What's The Big Deal About Backdating Stock Options?
• Jury Deliberates Scrushy's Fate
• Refco Unit Must Hand Over $124M To Russian Bank
• Ex-Enron Broadband Chief Seeks New Trial
• Senate Panel Names New SEC Commissioner
• Ex-SEC Chair: Backdating Probes A "Swirling Crisis"
• Fallen Adelphia Execs Bid To Toss Fraud Convictions
• Gemstar, Ex-CFO Agree To Drop Claims
• Teacher's Union Settles With Spitzer
• Gov. Opposes Skilling's Bid For Frozen Funds
• Williams Cos., E&Y Settle Securities Suit For $311M
• Suit Vs. Merrill Lynch Over Revenue Sharing Dismissed
• Ex-Partners: Milberg Weiss Owes Us Millions
• Regulators To Revise Anti-Money Laundering Rules
• Tyco Executives To Face Yet Another Trial
• NYSE Probes Possible Vonage Short-Selling
• Bank of America Punches Back At Parmalat
• Fund Manager Settles Market-Timing Probe For $40M
• Sphinx Wants Refco Transfer Mystery Revealed
• Seven More Companies Queried In Backdating Probe
• Ex-Pimco Manager Settles Fraud Charges
• State Accuses ING Units Of Hiding Information
• Judge Throws Out Suit Against Cell Therapeutics
• Thaxton Noteholders Renew Charge Against Finova
• SEC Rule Will Target Illegal Backdating: Cox
• Judge Approves $263M Refco Settlement
• Roberts Joins LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae LLP
• Fund Questions Goldman Sachs Land Donation
• Alleged Backdating At Maxim Prompts SEC Probe
• Xilinx Sued Over Alleged Options Backdating
• SEC Disputes Ch. 11 Plan For Three-Five
• Merrill Execs Convicted In Nigerian Barge Case Released
• Minnesota May File Suit Against UnitedHealth
• Guilty Plea Entered In U.S. Foodservice/Ahold Scandal
• Lawmakers Hurl Charges At Former Fannie Mae Head
• Judge To Hear Motion To Dismiss Audit Watchdog Suit
• Dismissal With Prejudice: Stopping A Securities Class Action The First Time Around
• CalPERS Appeals NYSE's Removal From Suit
• SEC Targets Ex-Delphi Officials In Accounting Probe
• Lerach Coughlin Lures Former Asst. U.S. Attorney
• Suit Against Cox & Comcast Will Go Forward
• Gabelli Reaches Settlement With DOJ Over Fraud Suit
• In Refco Fallout, BAWAG Settles For $675M
• Vonage Slapped With Class Action Suit After IPO Tanks
• SEC Taps Wilmer Hale Partner As Deputy Counsel
• Finova Sits Out Thaxton Class Action Settlement
• Cleary Gottlieb Lures Former SEC Finance Director
• Parmalat Criminal Case Moves Forward
• Dorsey & Whitney Snags SEC Trial Counsel
• Amended Complaint Filed In Parmalat Class Action
• Bawag To Settle With Feds Over Refco Fallout
• Court Upholds Exemptions For Foreign Private Issuers
• Ex-Tyco CEO Demands Insurer Foot $17.8M Legal Bill
• Court Blocks Infineon From Dismissing Shareholder Suit
• California AG Rebuked In Mutual Funds Suit
• Jury Splits Verdict For Ex-Enron Broadband Execs
• Milberg Weiss Feels Repurcussions From Indictment
• Enron Reaches Rapprochement With Law Firm
• SEC Accuses Lobbyist Of Insider Trading
• Gabelli, DOJ In Talks To Settle Fraud Allegations
• Quattrone Freed From NASD Crosshairs
• Ex-Gateway CEO Out Of Hot Water For Fraud Charges