Securities Archive » March, 2007

Securities - March, 2007

153 articles

• Outstanding Women: Karen Hirschman
• Nicor Pays SEC $10M For False Transactions
• Defamation Decision Strips Brokers Of Recourse
• Scrushy Violated Terms Of Release: Government
• Dell Delays 10-K As Auditors Find Signs Of Misconduct
• Circuit Takes Pass On SEC Subpoena Decision
• Biolase Buries Hatchet In Securities Class Action
• Court Rules SEC Exceeded Its Authority
• DVI Exec Sentenced For Financing Fraud
• E-Mail May Spell Trouble For Wilson Sonsini
• JP Morgan Wins Dismissal Of Enron Class Action
• Employer Not Responsible For Stock Fall: Judge
• Alliance Told To Pay Millions In Defamation Case
• Investment Bank CEO Admits To Stock Scheme
• Ex-Enron Lawyers Targeted By SEC Suit
• Ninth Circuit Upholds Arbitration Fee Award
• Hedge Fund To Plead Guilty To Market Timing
• Judge Extends Asset Freeze For TXU Investors
• Court Echoes Panel In Merrill Broker Firing
• SEC Closes Probe Into Carrier Restatements
• Rigases Get $600,000 For Defense Fund
• Witness Declined To Wire $9.5M To Black Crew
• Bankruptcies Reduce Class Action Settlements: Study
• Ex-Defense Contractor CFO Arrested Over Backdating
• SEC Fines Ernst & Young $1.6M
• Ex-Aspen CEO Pleads Guilty To Securities Fraud
• Judge Tosses BofA Claims Against Parmalat
• High Court To Rule On Securities Suits Against Vendors
• Hagens Berman Scores Attorney From Lerach
• US Atty. Seeks $1.4B From Ex-Collins & Aikman Execs.
• Foreign Investors Join Vivendi Class Action
• E.On Takes Legal Action Against Enel, Acciona
• Hedge Fund Sues Watchdog Over Free Speech
• CFTC Accuses Nine Firms Of Duping Investors
• Biovail Fires Kasowitz Benson In Document Debacle
• CFTC Fines Gas Trader For Price Manipulation
• SEC Relaxes Rules For Foreign Companies
• Justices Mull Jurisdiction In IPO Case
• Ipiranga Sale Sparks Insider Trading Probe
• Justices Debate Seventh Amendment In Tellabs Case
• Hollinger Took $14M From Parent: Witness
• Court OKs $50.5M Deloitte Settlement In Investor Suit
• Hedge Fund Criminally Charged With Market Timing
• Verdict In Tellabs Case To Define Pleading Standard
• Supreme Court Set To Hear Landmark IPO Case
• Ex-Qwest CEO Ignored Analyst Concerns: Witness
• Shareholders Slam KLA-Tencor In Amended Suit
• Parmalat Investors Notified Of $50M Settlement
• Judge Dismisses Challenge To PCAOB Authority
• Affiliated Shareholders Petition To Block Buyout
• AMEX, SEC Reach Settlement
• Digital Video Founder Scores Victory In Fraud Case
• Feds To Indict Collins & Aikman Ex-CEO: Report
• Kasowitz Scores California White-Collar Boutique
• CFTC Suit Over Foreign Futures Contracts Reopened
• House Panel Shelves Debate On "Say And Pay" Bill
• Lerach On Top As Class Action Settlements Rise: Study
• Enron Dismissal Raises Questions For Banks
• Court Reverses $1.58B Verdict In Perelman Case
• Worthington Holders Found Liable For Insider Trading
• Ex-Qwest Exec Says CEO Was Optimistic For Analysts
• Lord Black Was A Corporate Knave: Prosecutors
• Shareholder Accuses Goldman Of Overpaying Execs
• Businesses Seek Federal Action On Climate Change
• Ex-Citigroup Trader Gets 15 Months
• Prime Broker Must Return Margin Payments
• Prosecutors Charge Fund Founder With Fraud
• Citigroup Rebuffed Again In Parmalat Case
• Watley Squawk Box Trial Kicks Off
• Milberg Weiss Class Action Bid Denied
• Satellite Radio Sued Over Subscriber Count
• Disney Options Probe Seems To Clear Jobs
• AG Probes Retirement Consulting At Morningstar
• Court Thwarts Enron Shareholders Class Action
• Fallen Hollinger COO To Pay $28.7M
• Ex-Raytheon Execs Settle With SEC For $1.5M
• Former Congressman Oxley Joins Nasdaq
• CalPERS Lists Cos. With Worst Corporate Governance
• Fourth Circuit Tapped In Krispy Kreme Kerfuffle
• Circuit Rejects Appeal In Vance Eaton Dispute
• Court Shakes Head At UnitedHealth Bid
• Judge Lays Bank Losses At Feet Of Auditor
• Lord Black Gets An Earful From Potential Jurors
• Pepper Hamilton Snatches Attorney From DOJ
• Cox Comes To Defense Of SOX
• Securities Scam Artist Has Sentence Remanded
• Three Class Actions Against GMAC, GM Dismissed
• Banks Subpoenaed For New Century Reports
• CalPERS Settles Suit With Time Warner Over Merger
• Ex-Peregrine Chief Pleads Guilty
• SEC, NYSE Fine Goldman For Supervisory Failures
• Banc Of America To Pay $26M For Research Abuses
• Skadden Arps Secures Veteran Securities Lawyer
• SEC, DOJ File Suits Against Stock Manipulators
• Judge Tosses Silicon Storage Case
• Ex-Friedman's CEO Charged With Securities Fraud
• New Century Faces Grand Jury Subpoena
• Executives Bow Out Of Scandal-Addled Juniper
• Ex-Brocade Official Wants Separate Trial
• Senate Becomes Latest To Investigate Mercury
• Jury Convicts Brothers In Life Insurance Scheme
• Judge Approves $73M Arthur Andersen Settlement
• Plaintiffs Appeal Dismissal Of United American Suit
• Chamber Of Commerce Calls For Reforms
• Ex-Nortel Execs Tied Into SEC Fraud Suit
• SEC To Probe Executive "Safe Harbor" Trading Plan
• NASD, NYSE Sued Over Merger
• UnitedHealth To Correct Its Options Grant Dates
• Hollinger Files Financial Reports, But Future Bleak
• SEC, House Crack Down On Executive Pay
• Ex-Aide Accuses KeySpan Of Retaliatory Fire
• DOJ, SEC Reach Deal In Drug Maker's Insider-Trading
• Take Two Investors Seek To Oust Board, Execs
• Jury Nails Ex-Gateway Execs In SEC Fraud Suit
• Options Probe Costs Another Executive His Job
• Luck Played Hand In Well Timed Options Grants: Study
• Judge Sets Preliminary Rules For Nacchio Trial
• Policy Threatens Attorney-Client Privilege: Lawyers
• Former Congressman Oxley Joins Baker Hostetler
• SEC Probes E.ON Over Accounting
• Possis Medical Shareholders Appeal Dismissal
• Putnam Execs' Fraud Claims Dismissed
• Judge Allows Conspiracy Evidence In Lord Black Case
• Reliant Unit To Shell Out $22M Over Trading Episode
• Judge Rejects Adelphia's $32M Settlement
• Ohio Settles Time Warner Suit For $144M
• Lerach Coughlin Tops Settlements In 2006
• Financial Restatements Increase In 2006
• Motorola Conflict With Icahn Prompts SEC Review
• Lerach Dumped As Lead Counsel In Comverse Suit
• Ex-Monsanto Exec Caught In Bribery Scandal
• New Century Financial Faces Mounting Challenges
• First BanCorp Strikes $74M Deal With Shareholders
• Covington & Burling Snatches Securities Partner
• Bingham McCutchen Lures Securities Partner
• Counsel Drops Ball In $170M BDO Seidman Suit
• High Court Rejects Ex-WorldCom CEO's Appeal
• Ravelston Pleads Guilty In Lord Black Scandal
• SEC Files Insider-Trading Suit Over TXU Deal
• SEC's Accredited Investor Rules Stir Controversy
• Court Denies Black's Motion To Block Plea
• Restaurant Execs Sentenced For Pilfering
• TXU Faces Class Action Suits Over Buyout
• E*Trade Discloses SEC Probe
• Mutual Benefits Pleads Guilty To Fraud
• Software Co.'s Class Action Settlement Approved
• University Snags $246M From Time Warner
• Express Scripts Seeks New Vote Delay
• Black Seeks To Keep E-Mails Out Of Trial
• Making Employer Stock Safe for Your 401(k) Plan
• Lerach Thrown Off Halliburton Securities Case
• Genworth Subpoenaed In Bid-Rigging Probe
• 14 Indicted In Massive Insider-Trading Scheme