Securities Archive » September, 2008

Securities - September, 2008

186 articles

• Ex-Genesis Microchip CEO Settles Insider Trading Suit
• Adviser Settles With SEC Over Defrauding His Family
• Ohio High Court Modifies 'Corporate Veil' Test
• Curbing Executive Pay: The Latest In A Long History
• Court Won't Let Hexion Out Of $6.5B Huntsman Deal
• US House Rejects Bailout Plan
• Gerdau Exec Settles Insider Trading Suit With SEC
• Citigroup Adds Wachovia In FDIC-Brokered Deal
• Jury Awards Meritage $111M In Suit Against Ex-Pres
• Rule 502 Is Now In Effect: What Will It Really Change?
• Class Certified In Securities Suit Against Credit Suisse
• SEC Ends Voluntary Investment Bank Regulation
• Crisis Likely To Lower Limits On Executive Pay
• Judge Asks Credit Suisse Broker To Return $2M
• SEC, Grand Jury Probe Mortgage Giants' Fall
• Executive Pay Becoming More Transparent: Survey
• SEC Wins Partial Judgment Against Conrad Black
• Case Stands Against Vendor In Foodservice Fraud
• Bailout Could Accelerate Bankruptcies: Experts
• Former ISE Exec Pleads Guilty To Insider Trading
• Appeals Court Tosses AmEx Securities Fraud Suit
• Court Speeds Up Amaranth Trader's Appeal
• Ex-Exec Allegedly Faked Cancer To Avoid SEC
• The Trust Deficit
• Treasury Panel Looks At Audits, Ignores Lawsuits
• Motorola, Execs Still On Hook In Securities Fraud Suit
• Biotech Settles False Claims Charges
• Feds Seize WaMu As Bailout Talks Crumble
• Legal Scholars Question Sweeping Bailout Powers
• Adelphia Ch. 11 Plan Trumps Equity Holders' Claims
• KLA's $65M Backdating Deal Approved
• SEC Sues 2 Ex-Bally Execs Over Bill-And-Hold Deals
• Class Action Launched Against H&R Block Over ARS
• SEC Probes Hedge Funds For Short-Selling Abuses
• Bill To Empower CFTC Inspector General Clears House
• Beazer Homes Settles SEC Accounting Allegations
• Goldman, JPMorgan, Citi Face Freddie Stock Suit
• Trial Of National Century Head To Proceed
• 6 Steps To Better Market Regulation
• SEC Nails Hedge Fund Head For Massive Fraud
• Bear Stearns Absolved Of Liability In Baron Fraud Suit
• Criminal Charges In Doubt Despite FBI Probe
• Senate Leaders Question Terms Of Bailout
• The Outlook For US Financial Regulation
• Children's Clothing Giant Hit With Securities Fraud Suit
• The SEC Attacks Short Selling
• Govt. Bailout Golden Egg For Some Firms
• Cox Says Regulate Swaps; Dodd Blasts Bailout Plan
• Securities Broker Defrauded Seniors Of $2.7M: SEC
• AmSouth To Pay $11.4M For Shorting Shareholders
• Japanese Firm Snaps Up 2 Lehman Units
• Judge Kicks JPMorgan Suit By 'Professional Plaintiff'
• Nvidia Nears Settlement Of Options Backdating Suits
• Davis Polk Hires SEC Commissioner
• Ameriprise Sues For Lehman Money Market Losses
• Democrats Push For Changes To $700B Bailout Plan
• Hedge Fund Challenges Lehman-Barclays Deal
• Regulators Likely To Take 2nd Look At Hedge Funds
• Insurer Nixes Ex-Refco VP's Demand For Extra $7.6M
• Judge Allows Lehman To Sell Assets To Barclays
• Judge Splits Difference In Pfizer Discovery Dispute
• 10th Circ. Narrowly Rejects Wittig's Appeal En Banc
• Short-Sale Ban Fans Market, Irks Hedge Funds
• Microsoft Faces Class Action Over Greenfield Merger
• Waste Management's Top Accountant Wins New Trial
• Lehman Case Could Be Less Complex Than Expected
• House Passes Bill To Toughen CFTC Powers
• ARS Market Needs More Rules: Regulators
• Provisions Of The Bankruptcy Code And SIPA
• Shareholders Unlikely To Get Hands In Execs' Wallets
• Comerica Agrees To Buy Back $1.46B In ARS
• Defunct Hedge Fund Loses CFTC Registration
• Missing Lake Shore Principal Slapped With Injunction
• Speculation Surrounds Morgan Stanley, WaMu
• Former Enron Investigator Joins Kirkland & Ellis
• Institutional Investor's Suit Against UBS Proceeds
• SEC Charges Dead Attorney In Insider Trading Scam
• Prudential Broker Admits Market-Timing Scam
• SEC Takes Action To Rein In Naked Short-Selling
• Imax Corp., PwC Canada Lose Motions To Dismiss
• Judge Tosses Shareholder Action Against Optionable
• Syntax-Brillian Shareholders Sue Execs Over Collapse
• Shareholders Balk At BofA's Buyout Of Merrill
• Former Asst. US Attorney Joins Jenner & Block
• Rampant Speculation, Few Facts In Lehman's Wake
• Class Certified In Lawsuit Against Goldman Sachs
• Credit Suisse To Buy Back $550M In ARS Deal
• In Defense Of DOL's Interpretation Of Section 806
• Lehman Shareholders Face Long Line Of Creditors
• CSX Loses Appeal To Block Votes By Hedge Funds
• A Key Ruling On Materiality In Insider Trading Cases
• Former KB Home CEO To Pay Over $7M To SEC
• 7 Settle In UBS, Morgan Stanley Insider Trading Case
• Merrill Deal Creates Huge Gains, Some Risks For BofA
• SEC Settles Suit Over Ohio Workers' Comp
• At Brink Of Collapse, AIG Gets Emergency Funding
• Fidelity Offers To Buy Back $300M In ARS Deal
• Former Pasta Execs Settle Fraud Accusations
• Pa. Schools Hit JPMorgan With Swaption Suit
• SEC Charges Trio With $52.7M Ponzi Scheme
• Wall Street Upheaval Yields Law Firm Bonanza
• Tolling Doctrine Protects Individual Suits: 10th Circ.
• 8th Circ. Backs Dismissal Of Ceridian Shareholder Suit
• Former CA Execs Argue For Shorter Sentences
• AIG Execs Shell Out $115M Over Shareholder Suit
• Stock Promoters Bribed Undercover FBI Agent: SEC
• House Approves Bill Aiming To Boost SEC Powers
• Judge Nixes Latest Bid To Toss Squawk Box Case
• Lawyers Face Dramatic Challenges On Wall Street
• Subprime Suits Surpass S&L Benchmark: Study
• Global Warming Raises Risks For Directors, Officers
• Gibson Dunn Nabs Top SEC Enforcement Attorney
• Judge OKs US Trustee's Request For SemGroup Probe
• CFTC Report Recommends Tighter Limits For Traders
• Deutsche Bank Unit Hit With Record Short-Sale Fine
• Sky Darkens For Lehman Brothers
• 5th Circ. Upholds Dismissal Of Cyberonics Class Action
• Reducing E-Discovery Costs For Financial Services
• SEC Sues Embarcadero Execs Over Backdating
• Senators Decry 'Narrow' Whistleblower Reading
• WAMU Execs Get 2nd Try To Dismiss Securities Suit
• Bank Of America Settles Mass. ARS Probe
• UnitedHealth CEO Pays Out $30M In Options Case
• Longs Drug Stores Strikes Deal In CVS Merger Suits
• Judge Gives Initial OK To Apple Backdating Deal
• Asyst Execs Contest Shareholders In Backdating Suit
• First Marblehead Exec Loses Spat Over Stock Options
• 5th Circ. Writes New Chapter In Enron Litigation
• House To Vote On Bill Giving SEC More Authority
• Booted Fannie Execs Sued By Investors
• Ex-Assent Broker Sentenced To 2 Years' Probation
• United Rentals To Pay $14M To Quell SEC Claims
• 3rd Circ. Revives Vioxx Securities Suit
• Edward Jones Settles Mutual Fund Suit For $7.5M
• Consultant Can Be Held Primarily Liable: 10th Circ.
• Enron Judge OKs $668M Payout To Coughlin Stoia
• Lawsuits Against Lenders Increase In 2nd Quarter
• Former DOJ Asst. AG Returns to Latham & Watkins
• Alliant Resources Sued Over Bond Contract Default
• Trustee Goes After CEO In Subprime Bankruptcy
• Limitations On Liability Coverage Under Section 11
• Judge Sentences Hedge Funder To 24 Years
• Controller Testifies Against Last RenRe Defendant
• Judge Gives Preliminary Approval To Par Settlement
• Fannie, Freddie Takeover Likely To Spark Litigation
• Judge Nixes Securities Suit Against China Life Ins.
• Fannie, Freddie Bailout Draws Big Legal Guns
• Preparing A Witness For A Successful Deposition
• Judge Tosses Plea Deal For Broadcom Founder
• Fannie, Freddie Conservatorship Mirrors Chapter 11
• Imaging Co. Execs Forfeit Options In Settlement
• Pfizer's Reconsideration Bid Nixed In Securities Suit
• Bank of America Eager to Settle ARS Probes
• Insurer Asks To Stop Paying Refco Exec's Defense
• Natural Health Execs Settle $2M Fraud Suit With SEC
• Executive Settles Bribery Charges With SEC, DOJ
• Former CA CEO Alleges Directors Knew Of Fraud
• Court Sustains SEC Late-Trading Complaint
• Dismissal Bids Denied In Prudential Market Timing Suit
• $37.5M Deal Pitched In Scottish Re Litigation
• Funds Fight Lead Plaintiff Choice For Suits V. Citigroup
• Deal Could End TNK-BP Oil 'Shenanigans'
• Bifurcated Settlements: A New Approach To O&D Bars
• JPMorgan Ditches Municipal Swaps Business
• Bayou Honcho's Sibling Pleads Guilty In Fraud Case
• Sempra To Settle Gas Futures Charges For $175K
• FINRA Sanctions Three Brokers Over CMO Abuses
• Toll Brothers To Face Securities Fraud Suit
• Amaranth Trader Appeals FERC Jurisdiction Ruling
• Oracle CEO Deleted Relevant E-Mails: Judge
• Bingham Taps Bear Stearns Duo
• Lawyers For Ex-Tyco Execs Argue For New Trial
• Derivative Suit Against JDSU's Board Laid To Rest
• Credit Suisse Brokers Face Charges Over ARS Sales
• Kerkorian Firm Settles With SEC Over Faulty Reporting
• Bear Stearns Fights Lawyer In Securities Class Action
• CFTC Accuses Calif. Fund Of Commodity Pool Fraud
• Gibson Dunn Adds Partner From Heller Ehrman
• Trustee Returns Fire In Refco Suit
• Bribery Convictions Overturned In Siemens Case
• Securities Suit Brought Against Former Quest CEO
• Telik Settles Securities Class Action For $5M
• SEC Sues Fla. Man For Swindling $3M From Investors
• Signalife Slapped With Securities Class Action
• UBS Unit Covered By SOX, Lawyer Argues
• New DOJ Guidelines: Fig Leaf To Avoid Legislation?