Securities Archive » July, 2007

Securities - July, 2007

173 articles

• For Subprime Collapse Casualties, A New Practice
• Enron Ex-Shareholders Ask White House For Help
• Judge Merges Vonage Securities Class Actions
• Ex-Prudential Exec Settles SEC Market Timing Claims
• Citing Tellabs, Circuit Court Hands Baxter Victory
• SEC Brings Charges Against AspenTech, Execs
• Squawk Box Defendant Gets One Year In Prison
• Mercury Secures Dismissal Of Shareholder Suit
• Baker & McKenzie Snags DOJ's No. 2 Attorney
• Dismissal Of CIBC Suit Reversed—Again
• TXU's Buyers Pay Up To Silence Suits Over Merger
• Deutsche Bank Sued In Louisiana Over Tax Shelters
• Parmalat Deposition To Take Place As Scheduled
• UnitedHealth CEO's Options Freeze Extended
• Conspiracy Claims Against Headwaters Remanded
• FINRA Launches Regulatory Operations
• Court OKs $36M Legal Bill In Bristol-Myers Suit
• SOX Cannot Revive Dean Witter Fraud Case: Court
• Energy Co. Found In Contempt In SEC Investigation
• Moody's Expands Dismissal Bid In MDL
• ConAgra Drops $4M To Settle Retiree Lawsuits
• Suit Against Worldcom Underwriter To Move Forward
• Nacchio Sentenced To Six Years, Fined $19M
• Veras Asks For Dismissal In Hedge Fund Case
• Securities Regulations Immunize IPO Underwriters
• $245M Suit Says Mayer Brown Aided Refco Fraud
• SEC OKs Merger Of Stock Market Regulators
• Judge Puts Kibosh On BofA Suit Against ABN Amro
• Judges Quash Veritas Settlement
• Cardinal Health Settles With SEC For $35 Million
• EU Considers Golden Share Legislation
• CFTC, FERC Join Forces To Combat Manipulation
• Calif. Receiver Must Pay Piranha Plaintiffs In Ill.
• Ex-Mutual Benefits President To Pay Investors
• SafeNet CFO Indicted For Fraud, Conspiracy
• FERC Fines Amaranth $291M
• Computer Sciences Backdating Case Tossed—Again
• SEC Settles Backdating Case, Sues CEO
• More Former Expanets Execs Accused Of Fraud
• Judge Orders Tanzi To Stand Trial In Parmalat Case
• ConAgra Settles SEC Charges For $45 Million
• Shareholders Sue State Bancorp For Fraud
• Tokyo High Court Permits First Exercise of Poison Pill
• Judge Allows Pharmanet Derivative Suit To Continue
• Assistant U.S. Attorney Joins Gibson Dunn
• Suits Squabble Over Energy Futures Jurisdiction
• SEC Considers Two Shareholder Access Plans
• Judge Axes Foreign Parmalat Purchasers' Claims
• Government Defends Stay In Collins & Aikman Case
• Objections Pour In To Proposed Exclusivity Extension
• Ex-Amaranth Trader Seeks To Head Off FERC Action
• Court Tosses Fraud Suit Against Ernst & Young
• Milberg, Attorneys Admonished in Wachovia Case
• N.Y. Parmalat Suit Raises Issues For Foreign Debtors
• Smith Barney Censured For $50M
• Avon Plaintiffs Fight Application of Tellabs
• Judge Refuses To Lift Stay In Securities Suit
• Broadcom, Chairman Face Backdating Probe
• Judge Dismisses Derivative Suit Against BP
• Shareholders Sue TXU, Directors
• Hedge Funds Plead Guilty To $195M Scam
• Punitive Relief Is An Open Question In SEC Case
• Hartford Financial Pays $115M To Settle AG Probes
• EU Tells Member States To Reform Tax Policies
• Appeals Court Keeps Merck Derivative Suit Alive
• Take-Two Officials Plead Guilty In Options Case
• Drug Exec, Son Sentenced To Jail For Insider Trading
• Google Attorney Settles Accounting Case With SEC
• IRS Probes Tax Dodging In Derivatives Trades: Report
• Wilson Sonsini Hit With Suit Over Missing Certificates
• Collins & Aikman Ex-Execs Take The Fifth
• Exec Compensation Lacks Transparency: EU Report
• Judge Holds Off On Deciding Brocade CEO's Fate
• Options Backdating Investigation May Be Delayed
• Judge OKs Credit Suisse Deal In Parmalat Case
• Rules Affecting Small Public Companies May Change
• Royal Ahold Plaintiffs Seek Reversal
• SEC Says Schemers Siphoned $10M From Investors
• OM Group, Execs Settle SEC Fraud Charges
• Dow Jones Director Faces SEC Charges
• Court Revives Health Sciences Cos. Merger Dispute
• Credit Suisse Defends Settlement In Parmalat Case
• Collins & Aikman Ex-Execs Fight Bid For Stay
• Judge OKs $3.5B Suit Against Brokers: Overstock
• Judge Certifies Class In Sears Securities Case
• Enron Creditors Look To Rake In $149M
• More Plead Guilty In Securities Scam
• Court OKs $129M Settlement In Doral Securities Suit
• SEC Ex-Officers Ask High Court To Allow Suits
• Judge Approves $20M Lawyers Fee In Securities Case
• SEC Eyes Top Assurant Execs
• Class Seeks Certification In Hedge Fund Suit
• Judge Postpones Trial For KPMG Trio
• Universal Express Fights SEC's Moves To Drop Claims
• Germany, U.S. Authorities In Regulatory Cooperation
• The Revised Focus Of Implied Antitrust Immunity
• Challenge To Aquila Buyout May Be Dropped
• KPMG Dismissals Set Up Second Circuit Showdown
• Taro Shareholders Defend Securities Fraud Complaint
• Sheppard Mullin In Fee Dispute After SEC Settlement
• Whole Foods CEO's Web Posts Draw Scrutiny
• Judge Throws Out Ditech Derivative Case
• Judge Approves Copernic Settlement
• Amaranth Sued For Energy Futures Price Manipulation
• $3B Tyco Settlement Gets Preliminary Approval
• Ponzi Schemer Gets Prison Time
• Avoiding Pitfalls Of Rash ESI Decisions
• SEC Alleges Backdating Yielded $20M
• Boston Scientific Fights To Fire Subsidiary's Execs
• Jury Finds Conrad Black Guilty
• Bondi, BofA Witness Spat Continues
• Judge Appoints Settlement Facilitator In Delphi Case
• First NCFE Exec Pleads Guilty To Securities Fraud
• FECI Settles Shareholder Complaint
• Circuit Affirms Dismissal Of ATSI Short-Selling Suit
• Companies Urge EU To Regulate Non-EU Audit Firms
• CFTC Chair Demands More Energy Futures Oversight
• Drug Charges Widen Broadcom Investigation
• SEC Claims Power To Enforce Hedge Fund Fraud
• Mirant Energy Pays $11M In DOJ Deal
• Trader To Pay $3.6M For Defrauding His Boss
• Plaintiffs Point To "Tellabs" In Pfizer Securities Suit
• Qwest Defendants Fight Bid To Lift Stay
• Mayer Brown Targeted In Refco Examiner's Report
• Ex-Milberg Plaintiff Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy
• SEC Closes Bear Stearns Muni Bond Inquiry
• NASD Fines Securities America For Directed Brokerage
• NYSE Disciplines Errant Company
• Going To Trial Against The SEC
• National Century VIPs Indicted For Investment Fraud
• Plaintiffs Amend Complaint In ERISA Case
• Check Is In The Mail For Time Warner Investors: SEC
• SEC Slaps Belize Investment Co. With Suit
• Greenberg Traurig Boosts Securities Group
• Intl. Exchange Mergers Could Threaten U.S.: Experts
• Police Nab Head Of Bankrupt Hedge Fund
• SEC Looks Into Dendreon Following FDA Disclosure
• Securities Fraud Lawsuits Remain At Low Levels
• Pozen Settles Securities Class Action
• Investor Group Asks EU For Shareholder Democracy
• Parmalat Fights Putative Class Action
• Global Online Direct Defrauded Thousands: SEC
• ICE Tells Senate Energy Trading Overhaul Not Needed
• Bershad Pleads Guilty In Milberg Kickback Scandal
• CME Sweetens Deal For CBOT Shareholders
• Subpoena Dispute Lands Biofuel Co. In Court
• Haidar Fund Group Settles Market-Timing Case
• BofA To Stand Trial In Italy For Market-Rigging
• Ex-Cardinal Health Execs Settle Derivative Suits
• McCreevy Touts Hands-Off Approach To Regulation
• SEC Takes A Closer Look At New Century
• PwC To Pay $225M To Get Rid Of Tyco Case
• NVE Suit Dismissed Over Unproven Claims, Puffery
• SEC Int'l Accounting Standard Takes Shape
• Commodity Pool In Deep Water Over Documents
• SEC Targets Assurant Execs In Reinsurance Probe
• Tellabs Decision Should Reduce Frivolous Fraud Suits
• The Board's Role In Deciding Whether To Go Public
• Wells Fargo Settles Class Action
• Judge Approves Ramp Corp. Settlement
• AmeriFirst Execs Targeted Over $35M Fraud Scheme
• SEC Sues Veritas Execs Over AOL Deal
• SEC Takes On Alleged Con Man For Takeover Bids
• Rival Exchange Tries To Put CBOT/CME Merger On Ice
• FCPA: High Risks For The Medical Device Industry
• "New Parmalat" Securities Suit To Go Forward
• Trautman Exec Settles Late Trading Charges
• Judge Tells Westar To Cough Up Legal Fees
• Federal Reserve, SEC Slow Down With Banking Rules
• ConAgra Execs Settle With SEC
• CVS, Ex-Execs Settle Earnings Misstatement Claims
• Government Unlocks Alleged CyberKey Fraud
• SEC Wants Universal Express Execs Held In Contempt