Securities Archive » September, 2006

Securities - September, 2006

143 articles

• Ryan's Restaurant Group Settles Lawsuit
• Refco Must Pay For Customer Suit Against Affiliate
• Shareholders Abandon Tribune Co. Poison Pill Suit
• Royal Ahold Avoids Criminal Prosecution
• Grant Thornton Snags Former SEC Accountant
• Ex-Mortage Lender Officers Request Insurance Funds
• After Massive Losses, Hedge Fund May Liquidate
• French Court Set To Extradite Ex-Bawag CEO
• SEC Relaxes Redemption Fee Rule
• Appeals Court Refuses To Reinstate Tyco Case
• BP Hit With Class Action For Manipulating Oil Prices
• Affiliated Computer Sues Trustee Over Default Dispute
• Sina Corp. Cleared Of Class Action Over Fortune-Telling
• Bank Of America Settles Money Laundering Charges
• Scudder Settles With SEC Over Directed Brokerages
• Probe At Allied Irish Doubles Customer Overcharges
• Third Circuit Hears Appeal Against DaimlerChrysler
• Judge Blocks WorldCom Stockholder Derivative Suit
• HealthSouth Pays $445M To Settle Derivative Suit
• $21M Fund Fraud Settlement Is 1st In SEC Campaign
• Executive Arrested In Backdating Scandal
• SEC Charges Three In RenaissanceRe Scandal
• Encysive Pharmaceuticals Hit With Securities Suit
• AMEX Fines Specialists For Securities Violations
• Morgan Stanley Fund's Fees Found Not Unduly High
• Refco's Foreign Exchange Clients Sue For $10M
• Spitzer Sues Seligman Over Market Timing
• J&J Sues Abbott, Boston Scientific For Over $5.5B
• Ex-Wachovia Broker Wins $3.8M In Panel Ruling
• Ex-Citibank Trader Pleads Guilty In Fraud Scheme
• Judge Hands Fastow Lenient Sentence
• Scrushy Moves For New Trial
• Law Firms Cleared Of Malpractice In Class Action Suit
• Former General Counsel Targeted In Late Trading Probe
• Fannie Mae Vows To Improve Governance
• Former Hedge Fund Manager Pleads Not Guilty
• SEC Ordered To Continue Distributing Settlement
• Ex-Lawyer's Prison Term Reduced From 24 Years to Six
• SEC Lands Pillsbury Veteran For Key Post
• Judge Refuses To Reinstate Fund's Citigroup Suit
• Zale Staves Off SEC Charges
• Pleas For Mercy Rejected As Executive Gets 15 Years
• Appeals Court Upholds Dismissal Of Enzo Fraud Claim
• NYSE, Euronext Respond To Regulatory Issues
• SEC Asks HP For Documents Relating To Investigation
• Government Drops Case Against Bear Stearns Trader
• Cablevision Adds Subpoena To Its Stock Options Woes
• Connetics Hit With Shareholder Lawsuit Over Failed Drug
• Fastow Asks Judge For Leniency
• Class Action Targets Affiliated Computer
• Tyson Execs Face Unknown Fate
• In Bawag Probe, Prosecutors Eye KPMG Austria
• General Re Execs Indicted In Connecticut For Fraud
• Prosecutors Evasive On More Milberg Indictments
• Court To Reconsider Whistleblower Claims
• U.S. Foodservice CFO Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy
• Milberg Weiss Might Sue Dell For 401(k) Stock Fraud
• Class Action Against NY Community Bancorp Tossed
• SEC Accountant Clarifies Options Rules
• Forest Executives Win Battle Against Shareholders
• Shareholders Seek To Block Tribune Poison Pill
• Second Circuit Throws Out N.Y. Board Of Trade Case
• Appeals Court Vacates Securities Class Action Decision
• 2nd Van Der Moolen Trader Acquitted Of Front-Running
• NASD Hits MetLife With $5M Fine
• Doral Settles With SEC Over Earnings
• Hedge Fund Setback Brings Clamor For Regulation
• Antitrust Fears Raised Over Potential Rite Aid Merger
• Four Mayer Brown Litigation Partners Head To MoFo
• Cancer Group Calls For SEC To Probe Tobacco Cos.
• Lawyers Wrestle Over Grasso Compensation
• Securities Suit Against AT&T And Others Thrown Out
• HP Admits Own Spokesman Targeted In Leak Probe
• Appeals Court Quashes HealthSouth Executive's Appeal
• NASD Panel Hears ING Whistleblower Dispute
• Setback In Fund Fee Case Not Fatal For Plaintiffs
• CalPERS Named Lead Plaintiff In UnitedHealth Suit
• Stock Options Backdating Scandal Ensnares Amkor
• A Guide For Hedge Funds In The Post-Registration Era
• TV Azteca Owner Settles With SEC for $7.5 Million
• NASD Hits Ameriprise With $16M Fine
• Derivative Suit Against HP Faults Wilson Sonsini
• Refco Files Chapter 11 Reorganization Plan
• Isolagen Wins Dismissals Of Shareholder Suits
• Judge Upholds $22M Arbitration Award
• Crowell & Moring Opens New Office In Manhattan
• Grasso Wins Stay In Executive Compensation Case
• SEC Issues Guidelines On Accounting Misstatements
• Refco Sees Light At End Of Tunnel
• Prosecutors Want Livedoor To Shell Out $2.5M In Fines
• Bayou Files $30M Suit Against Former Investor
• Biopure Escapes Damages In SEC Suit, GC Doesn't
• NYSE Fines Wall Street Giants Over "Failures"
• Regulator "Likely" To Sue Ex-Fannie Mae Execs
• On Heels Of Dell Federal Inquiry, Lerach Files Suit
• Facing Massive Litigation, Refco Gets A Breather
• HP Ousts Chairwoman Over Leak Investigation Fallout
• Grasso Bids For New Judge In Trial
• Regulators End Freddie Mac Probe
• Ex-HealthSouth CFO Resentenced
• American Funds Vows To Fight $5M NASD Fine
• Adelphia Family Gets More Cash For Legal Fees
• Judge Bounces Derivative Suit Against Cell Therapeutics
• Probe Widens Into Former Deutsche Bank Head
• Three Firms Buck Trend Amid Slowdown In Litigation
• Judge Tosses Two AmeriCredit Securities Suits
• SEC Hits Valeant With Multi-Pronged Probe
• Hedge Fund Offered Pittance In Tripath Settlement
• Milberg Weiss Raises Salaries To Halt Mass Exodus
• Blockbuster, Viacom Hit With Another Class Action
• Dell Delays Quarterly Filing, Discloses Subpeona
• SEC Denies Allegations Made By Former Attorney
• Criminal Charges Loom For HP Over Board Leak Probe
• Arbitration Panel Orders Deutsche Bank To Pay $5.8M
• SEC Censures Mutual Fund Managers
• SEC Eyeing Former Chief Of Bankrupt Collins & Aikman
• CalPERS Calls Out Sovereign On Governance Issues
• IRS Agents Join Backdating Taskforce
• Lord Black Pleads Not Guilty To New Charges
• Refco Proposes $642M Settlement With Senior Lenders
• Lucent In Trouble With The SEC
• Partner Leaves Merging Firm For Jenner & Block
• Creditor Withdraws Appeal Over Refco-BAWAG Deal
• Time Warner Settlement Calls For Better Compliance
• Banks Get Chance To Appeal Enron Ruling
• Hands Off Our Assets, Solvent Refco Unit Demands
• DOJ Wants Law Change To Get Lay's Cash
• Trial Date Set For NatWest Three
• Backdating Probes To Spare No One: Grassley
• Spitzer Scoffs At Greenberg's Claims In AIG Civil Case
• Backdating Costs Investors 8% Per Share: Survey
• Visteon Victorious In Shareholder Securities Suit
• HP's Board Probe Draws Attorney General's Interest
• Class Action Against Pharmaceutical Co. Dismissed
• Livedoor Founder Denies Role In Doctoring Profits
• Morgan Stanley Fined $2.9M For Rule Violations
• Lawsuits May Unravel BAWAG-Refco Settlement
• Ex-Bear Stearns Broker Sues Firm For $30M
• Enron Exec Wants Guilty Plea Tossed
• Lawsuit Against Ernst & Young To Move Forward
• Ex-Qwest Exec Urges SEC Case To Move Forward
• Brokerage Forks Over $127M In Class Action Settlement
• Wilson Sonsini Ranked #1 In Securities Litigation