Securities Archive » March, 2008

Securities - March, 2008

170 articles

• Delaware Court Makes Bear Shareholders Wait
• Judge Lets MS Drugmaker Off The Hook - For Now
• Securities Settlements Rising, But Total Value Falling
• Countrywide Class Action Is Put On Hold
• 2nd Circuit Spurns Challenge To Adelphia Deal
• Paulson's Reform Blueprint Comes Under Fire
• Fedders, Banks Hit With $150M Misconduct Suit
• Cozen O'Connor Lands New White-Collar Lawyers
• Money-Laundering Charge To Stand In Milberg Case
• Securities Suit Against Friedman Billings Dismissed
• Are Sovereign Wealth Funds A Threat?
• Pentagon To Wind Down Funds, Expects SEC Suit
• Shareholder Alleges Wrongdoing At NeuroMetrix
• Xerox To Pay $670M To Settle Securities Suit
• Kinks Persist In Class Action Fairness Act: Experts
• Judge Rejects Arguments In Bristol-Myers Case
• Tetra Hit With Securities Class Action
• Jury Deals Blow To Former National Century Head
• White House Nominates Two Democrats For SEC
• JP Morgan To Pay $2M Over National Century Collapse
• Investors Target Merrill Over Auction Rate Securities
• 'Con-Torts': From Breach Of Contract To Tort Claims
• Court Throws Out Derivative Suit Against Guidant
• Office Depot Proxy War Heats Up
• Malpractice Suit Likely In Wake Of New Century Report
• Demand Grows For Overhaul Of Financial Regulation
• Citigroup Takes Auction Rate Securities Hit
• Dutch Ruling Hands Yukos Creditor Moravel $848M
• AIG Sues Ex-CEO Greenberg, Others Again
• Riverstone Execs Settle With SEC In $30M Fraud Case
• Superior Offshore's IPO Spurs Class Action
• 9th Circuit Wipes Slate Clean In Homestore Case
• Enron Creditors Reach $1.66B Deal With Citigroup
• SEC Probes KV Pharmaceutical Stock Options
• Suit Claims Regions Financial Hid Subprime Risk
• Green Group Calls On SEC To Fine Chevron
• Judge Tosses Some Claims In IPO Securities Suit
• Pension Funds Seek to Block Bear Stearns Deal
• Howrey Gets Partner From Cadwalader
• Hollinger Pays $21M To Settle With SEC
• SEC Seeks To Make Overseas Investment Easier
• SEC Staff Eyes Civil Action Against Comverse
• Morgan Stanley Sued Over Auction Rate Securities
• High Court Won't Weigh Case Against NYSE
• 4th Circuit Rejects Wyeth Whistleblower's Appeal
• Biovail Settles With SEC For $10M
• Promissory Notes Deemed To Be 'Securities'
• Boosted Bear Deal Unlikely To Slow Lawsuits
• Icahn Takes Motorola To Court, Seeking Documents
• Banks Get OK To Stretch Mortgage Securities Budget
• Cox Says Bear Didn't Violate Capital Requirements
• Criminal Charges Still Possible In Bear Meltdown
• Second Peregrine Fraud Case Ends In Mistrial
• SEC Sues Volvo Over Oil-For-Food Kickbacks
• Mannatech Settles Investors' Suit For $11M
• NYSE Members Should Prepare For Outsourcing Rules
• SEC Said To Probe Bear Stearns Options Trades
• Plaintiffs Are Tripped Up by Loss Causation
• Weiss Agrees To Admit Role In Kickback Scheme
• Judge Tosses Claims Against AspenTech Trio
• Ameritrade, Wachovia Sued Over Auction Rate Sales
• Bryan Cave Creates Subprime Lending Team
• Weiss To Plead Guilty: Report
• Enron Trio Loses Bid To Quash New Indictment
• Alleged Hackers To Face Stock Fraud Charges
• Schwab Hit With Class Action Over Mutual Funds
• Judge Tosses Suit Over Citigroup-Legg Mason Deal
• KPMG Defendant's Woes Continue To Multiply
• Bear Stearns To Reimburse Employees Fighting Suits
• Trader Gets Jail, $8M Fine In Stock Fraud
• Ex-Brocade Exec Gets Jail, Fine In Backdating Case
• Sullivan & Worcester Forms Credit Crisis Practice
• Settlement Nears In Marvell Backdating MDL
• Reed Smith Forms New Financial Industry Group
• Bear Stearns Not Out Of The Woods Yet: SEC
• A&F Must Lay Bare Internal Report For Shareholders
• Arnold & Porter Welcomes Partners In San Francisco
• High Court Gives Kerkorian Appeal Cold Shoulder
• Sidley Austin Nabs Prosecutor For White-Collar Group
• W.P. Carey To Pay $30M To Settle Kickback Charges
• AIG Settles Big-Rigging, Reporting Probe For $13.5M
• Delphi Probes Report Of 'Inappropriate' Shorting
• Deutsche Bank Sued Over Auction Rate Securities
• Judge Won't Let Deloitte Off For Adelphia Audit
• Alston & Bird Adds Structured Finance Partner
• UnitedHealth Backdating Suit Gets Class Status
• Court Orders Ex-State Senator To Pay $791K
• Appeals Court Upholds Dismissal Of Coca-Cola Suit
• Appeals Court Overturns Nacchio Conviction
• CSX Sues Hedge Funds Over Planned Proxy Fight
• Bear Stearns Buyout Is Legal Minefield For JP Morgan
• CNET To Appeal Ruling In Board Nominee Dispute
• Andrews Kurth Launches Subprime Group
• Nationwide Financial Shareholder Balks At Buyout
• CFTC Subpoenas Traders In Jet Fuel Price Probe
• Trust Can Bring Claims Against Banks: Third Circuit
• Vertex Hit With Class Action Over Hepatitis Drug
• S&P Says End In Sight For Wall Street Write-Downs
• Municipal Bond Antitrust Probe Spurs Civil Suits
• NASD Loses Bid To Dismiss WorldCom Case
• Nutraceutical Execs Ordered To Pay $1M
• SEC Freezes Trading Of 26 Microcap Securities
• $64M Award Upheld Against Ex-Jenkens Clients
• Securities Class Action Settlements Crest In 2007
• Stock-Loan Fee Case Nets Two More Guilty Pleas
• Feds' Crisis-Prevention Plan Puts Weight On Investors
• Katten Muchin Nabs Securities Regulatory Expert
• Jury Convicts Five National Century Execs
• Paulson Unveils Plan To Curb Market Excesses
• DOJ Faces Scrutiny Over Corporate Monitor Guidelines
• The Tzolis Ruling, LLCs And Derivative Rights To Sue
• ISE Vice Chairman Charged With Insider Trading
• Former Diebold Sales Rep Accused Of Insider Trading
• Societe Generale Hit With Shareholder Class Action
• SEC, CFTC Sign Cooperation Agreement
• Appeals Court Gives Grasso Judge Thumbs Up
• New Century Creditors Want Report Kept Secret
• National Century Execs' Fraud Case In Jury's Hands
• Rambus Settles Backdating Case For $18.3M
• SEC Fines A.G. Edwards Trio In Market-Timing Scam
• Judge Names Lead Plaintiff In Ericsson Suit
• Take-Two Sued Over Rejected EA Buyout Bids
• $23M Fraud Leads To 12-Year Prison Sentence
• Sigma Designs Waves Goodbye To Derivative Suits
• Australian Securities Regulator Probes Brokerages
• Don't Pop The Stoneridge Champagne Corks Just Yet
• Kilpatrick Beefs Up Subprime Practice
• United Rental Settles Class Action Suits For $27.5M
• FBI Launches Probe Of Countrywide
• Midland Settles Shareholders' Suit Over Sale
• SEC Sues Certified Services CEO Over $30M Scheme
• CBOT Members Reject CME Group Settlement Offer
• Former A.G. Edwards Trader Draws 3-Year Sentence
• Foreign Investors Booted From SCOR Class Action
• Fallout Over Ex-McGuire Woods Partner Continues
• Former Duke Energy Trader Settles With CFTC
• Feds Nab Ex-Doral Treasurer In $4B Fraud Case
• Judge Sends Brocade Suit Back To State Court
• Royal Dutch Settles U.S. Shareholder Suit For $83M
• Winston & Strawn Picks Up White-Collar Prosecutor
• The LaRue Ruling And Its Effect On 401(k) Plans
• Fidelity Settles SEC Misconduct Probe For $8M
• Sallie Mae Class Action Targets Subprime Exposure
• SEC Offers Word of Caution To Public Pension Funds
• In China, Make Sure 'Guanxi' Doesn't Mean Bribery
• Federal Investigators Probe Trader In $141M Loss
• SEC Proposes Streamlining ETF Exemption Process
• Charges Loom In Municipal Bond Probe: Report
• GAO Says SEC's Information Security Falls Short
• Reed Smith Gains Fenwick & West Veteran In Calif.
• Class Action Claims EnerNOC Misled Investors
• Lawyers Say NYSE Data Flawed
• BP Settles Shareholder Case Over Bad Management
• Ex-Brocade Exec Faces Up To A Year In Prison
• Wittig Sues Westar For Unpaid Criminal Defense Fees
• National Century Execs' Lose Bid For Acquittal
• Broadcom Exec Settles With SEC
• SEC Sues Brokerage Over $50M In Fraudulent Trades
• SEC Won't Pursue Cirrus Logic Over Backdating
• R&G Financial Settles Suits Over Mortgage Sales
• SEC Proposes Tougher Naked Short-Selling Rules
• Tyco, Bondholders Spin-Off Dispute Continues
• Alston & Bird Snags Former Federal Prosecutor
• Judge Throws Out Diebold Derivative Suit
• Hedge Funds To Sue SEC Over Web Site Restriction
• Regulators Step Up FCPA Enforcement: Report
• Judge Puts Off Enron Settlement Ruling
• Fannie, Freddie Set Up Appraisal Watchdog
• Shareholder Activism In Japan
• Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Rigas' Appeal