Securities Archive » May, 2009

Securities - May, 2009

241 articles

• KLA-Tencor Shareholder Case Stayed For Appeal
• Ernst & Young Ordered To Turn Over Vivendi Audits
• Dutch Court Approves Shell's $381M Deal To Investors
• Simpson Thacher To Share Docs On Work For LDK
• Mark Cuban Accuses SEC Of Withholding Case Info
• Former NYSE Trader Settles SEC Fraud Claims
• Citi, SEC Said To Be In Talks On Asset-Probe Deal
• SEC, FINRA Sue Brookstreet Brokers For Fraud
• FCPA Shareholder Suit Against Baker Hughes Nixed
• Insurer Claims Dewey's Advice Led To $1B Loss
• UFCW, Coughlin Stoia OK'd For Suit V. Chesapeake
• Religion Suit Over AIG Bailout Survives Bid To Toss
• Fund Can't Take Over Securities Suit V. Merrill: Judge
• Legacy CMBS Under TALF
• NY Life Unit To Cough Up $6.2M Over Fund Fees
• ARS Investors Seek Lead Plaintiff Swap In UBS Case
• CSK Auto Settles SEC Fraud Claims
• Source Interlink Objects To Investor Bid To Delay Plan
• Overseas Law Preempts Shareholder Claims: Court
• Pequot Shuttered Amid Insider Trading Probe
• SEC Says Pegasus, Execs Took Investors For $30M
• Failure To Show Injury Dooms ERISA Suit V. Medtronic
• Q&A With Ropes & Gray's Randall Bodner
• Ex-Cardinal Health Officers Settle SEC Fraud Charge
• Q&A With Foley & Lardner's Scott Fredericksen
• Q&A With Mayer Brown's Caryn Jacobs
• Claims Grow In Suit V. Holland & Knight Over Nadel
• Q&A With Hogan & Hartson's Norman Blears
• Ex-Dreier Attys In Hot Seat Over Founder's Assets
• Biovail, Melnyk Reach Proxy Deal Ahead Of Powwow
• Q&A With McDermott's David Rosenbloom
• Q&A With Goodwin Procter's Stephen Poss
• Q&A With WilmerHale's Randall Lee
• Q&A With WilmerHale's Charles Platt
• Q&A With Fulbright & Jaworski's Rodney Acker
• Q&A With Bingham's Dale Barnes
• Q&A With Reed Smith's Sarah Wolff
• F5 Investors Can Sue Without Board OK: Wash. Court
• Q&A With Debevoise & Plimpton's Mark Goodman
• High Court To Hear Merck Bid In Vioxx Class Action
• Q&A With O'Melveny & Myers' Seth Aronson
• Q&A With Greenberg Traurig's Bradford Kaufman
• Q&A With Proskauer's Gregg Mashberg
• Q&A With WilmerHale's Andrea Robinson
• Lead Plaintiff Chosen In Medtronic Securities Suit
• Quest Resource, Ex-CEO Settle For $2.4M
• Q&A With Seyfarth's William Prickett
• Q&A With Hogan & Hartson's Thad Dameris
• Q&A With Debevoise & Plimpton's W. Neil Eggleston
• Ch. 11 Doesn't Free Oil Co. From Fraud Case: Ruling
• VeriFone Investor, Derivative Suits Down But Not Out
• Faulty Demand Letter Dooms Investor Suit V. Lancer
• Q&A With Weil Gotshal's Joseph Allerhand
• Q&A With Mayer Brown's Joseph DeSimone
• Ex-US Prosecutor Joins Covington White Collar Group
• Q&A With Latham's Patrick Gibbs
• Q&A With Morrison & Foerster's Jordan Eth
• Nadel Receiver Seeks Approval Of Clawback Deal
• Q&A With Paul Hastings' William Sullivan
• SEC Claims Investment Adviser Misrepresented Risk
• Madoff Trustee Pulls In $235M From Santander Funds
• Class Certified In Abercrombie & Fitch Securities Case
• Investors Fight To Protect $10M In CDX Ch. 11
• Stanford Examiner Wants Accounts Released
• New Receiver OK'd In $550M Fraud Suit V. Financier
• Lehman Unit Fights To Guard $125M For Creditors
• Axis Says Not Liable In Mortgage Co. Securities Suit
• Deal In Securities Case V. Marvell Wins Initial OK
• SEC Hits Wealth Management Over $2.5M Kickbacks
• Q&A With Gibson Dunn's Jonathan Dickey
• Doctor's Insider Trading Suit Moves Toward Trial
• BVI: The Ideal Choice For Joint Ventures
• Secrets Of Success For Today's Summer Associates
• Investor Suit Against Dendreon Can Proceed
• Gemstar Hit With Injunction In SEC Suit V. Ex-NFLer
• Chevron Proxy Fight Grows More Acrimonious
• CFTC Accuses 'Broker-Dealer' Of $24.5M Fraud
• Judgment Entered Against Certified Services' Ex-CFO
• AmeriFirst Ex-Director Gets 15 Months, New Charges
• SEC Aims To Give Investors More Proxy Rights
• Joseph Stevens Workers Accused Of $6.2M Fraud
• Conn. Hedge Fund Sued For Rejecting Redemption
• Wash. Sues Lehman Execs Over Subprime Exposure
• Most Claims Stand In Investors' Suit V. MoneyGram
• Investor Suits V. Credit Rating Firms May Be On Way
• Will The 1st Circ. Reverse Its Tambone Decision?
• FTC Capital Execs Charged With Securities Fraud
• GTX Founder Convicted Of Massive Fraud
• Financial Anti-Fraud Act Advances For Final Approval
• New Complaint Binds 10 Constellation ERISA Suits
• JG Wentworth Files For Ch. 11 To Ease Senior Debt
• Foley Scores Former Merrill Litigation Co-Head
• Amended Complaint Merges Medicis Investors' Claims
• Merkin OKs Receivership For Madoff-Linked Funds
• K&L Gates Gives Corporate, IP Groups A Boost
• SEC Seeks New Receiver In $550M Fraud Case
• Proskauer Bolsters Corporate Defense Group
• Holland & Knight Nadel Work Draws Malpractice Suit
• Nortel CEO, CFO Face Shareholder Class Action
• Lehman Unit Sues MetWest Over $17M Setoff
• Madoff Trustee Moves To Kill Worker Benefit Plans
• Schwab Plaintiffs Can't Amend State Pleadings: Judge
• Ex-Juniper GC's Bid To Toss Backdating Suit Nixed
• Judge Takes Aim At Regions, Birmingham Bigwigs
• High Court Agrees To Review SOX Challenge
• WellCare Pays $11M To Settle SEC Fraud Suit
• Covington Adds Ex-SEC Official, Merrill Lynch Atty
• RadioShack Workers Seek Class Cert. In ERISA Suit
• McDermott Nabs DLA Piper Private Equity Chairs
• High Court Widens Twombly Standard's Reach
• SEC Signs Off On GM Debt-For-Equity Exchange Offer
• WaMu Plaintiffs Told To File More 'Coherent' Suit
• High Court Takes Up Conrad Black's Conviction Case
• Snell Loses Bid For 2nd Shot To Nix Malpractice Suit
• SEC Attorneys Targeted In Insider Trading Probe
• First Magnus, Star Equity Bury Loan Fraud Claims
• Cleveland's Subprime Suit Against BofA Crumbles
• 1031 Victims Sue Citibank, Foley, Others For $140M
• SEC Charges Wellco Energy With Oil Venture Scam
• Ex-KB Home VP Settles SEC Backdating Charges
• Oct. Bailout Was Forced On Banks: Documents
• Experts Push For Overhaul Of PBGC Leadership
• Former AIG Exec Fights To Escape Securities Action
• Stanford Exec Pleads Not Guilty To Obstruction
• Lehman Ex-Sales Rep Pleads Guilty To Trading Scam
• Madoff Trustee To Earmark $100M For Victims
• Crisis Sparks Call For Increased Credit Rating Liability
• Pension Funds Told To Butt Out Of Ambac Suit
• Dismissal Of ERISA Action V. Owens Corning Stands
• Stupak Tries Again To Rein In Energy Speculators
• Halliburton, KBR Sued Over 'Reign of Terror'
• Infineon Shareholder Suit Stayed For Cert. Appeal
• Judge Delays Madoff Sentence For Victim Statements
• Stroock & Stroock Signs On Jenner & Block Litigator
• SEC Pitches 'Surprise Exam' For Investment Advisers
• Carlyle To Pay $20M To Settle NY Pay-To-Play Probe
• Medtronic Execs Shake Off Shareholder's Claims
• Ingram Micro To Pay $15M Over McAfee Fraud Case
• EnerNOC Investor's Action Nixed As Implausible
• BP Unit, Trust Reach $29M Deal Over Oil Spill Losses
• Madoff Trustee Sues Charity Over $5.1B Ponzi Gains
• Dismissal Of Redback Investors' Fraud Suit Upheld
• Skadden Snags O'Melveny Attys For Litigation Group
• SEC Staff Wants Fraud Suit Against Mozilo: Reports
• Treasury Outlines Plan To Regulate OTC Derivatives
• Connetics Shareholders Win Class Certification
• Agent Pleads Guilty To NY Pension Kickback Plot
• Ex-NFLer Slammed In $24M Securities Fraud Suit
• Bid To Consolidate WaMu Mortgage Suits Rejected
• Bankruptcy Crucial For Stanford Creditors: Investors
• Investors' Suit V. Lord Abbett Paused For High Court
• In TARP Buyback, Freedom Won't Be Totally Free
• CDS Case Could Spread SEC's Insider Trading Reach
• DOJ Slipups In Grace, Stevens May Be Tip Of Iceberg
• Lead Plaintiffs Named In Securities MDL V. Satyam
• Exxon Investors Target Mutual Funds With E-Mail
• Defense Firm's Ex-CFO Settles SEC Backdating Case
• Attorneys Seek About Half Of E-MedSoft.com Deal
• Huntsman's Beef With Banks Going To Jury
• Ex-Monster Exec Convicted In Backdating Case
• Stanford Exec Charged With Obstructing SEC Suit
• SEC Sues Ex-Aerokinetic GC Over Offering
• Goldman To Cough Up $60M In Mass. Subprime Deal
• SEC Targets Pay-To-Play In State Pension Funds
• Mutual Benefits Execs, Others Told To Pay $464M
• Investor Claims V. Halifax Not Time-Barred: 9th Circ.
• 'Baseless' Shareholder Action V. Biovail Tossed
• Ex-Foodservice Exec Asks Judge To Rethink Ruling
• PepsiCo Wants Bottler's Poison Pill Dismantled
• BofA Joins SemGroup Fight To Oust Catsimatidis
• Plaintiffs Lose Bid For Judgment In Vioxx ERISA MDL
• Suspicion Surrounds Ark. Lawyer Over Missing $9M
• Dreier Admits To All Charges In $115M Fraud Case
• Ex-Paul Hastings Tax Atty Cops To Insider Trading
• Broker Faces 11 Years For $20M Real Estate Scam
• Mass. Agency Revokes Madoff Feeder Fund's License
• Hedge Fund Adviser Ordered To Pay $62M
• Durbin Bill Seeks To Curb 'Excessive' Exec Pay
• JPMorgan Faces SEC Charges Over Muni Bonds
• DC Circ. Weighs SEC Annuity Rule In Insurers' Suit
• Making The Most Of Rule Of Evidence 502
• Investors Prevail In 7-Year Fraud Suit V. Household
• PXRE Seeks To Toss Funds' Suit Over Katrina Losses
• SEC Accuses Texas Broker Of $10M Oil Well Scam
• Stress Tests Reveal Big Banks Need $75B
• Hawaiian Ex-CEO, Investor Must Repay $2.5M: SEC
• Investment Firms To Buy Back $554M In ARS
• SEC Nails Ga. Attorney Over $35M Ponzi Scheme
• $30M From Insurers Settles ACS Derivative Suits
• FERC Sees Market Manipulation Fights On Horizon
• Adelphia Creditors' Fraud Claims Get Green Light
• Class Member Can't See Case Files: NY High Court
• DOJ Asks For 87 New Anti-Financial Fraud Attorneys
• Federal Judge Laments Condition Of Class Action
• Are We Hiring A Justice Or Playing Politics?
• 4th Circ. Revives Derivative Trader Fraud Suit
• Howrey Lands Sutherland Asbill Criminal Litigator
• Today's Toxic Asset Sale Program — Sound Familiar?
• Madoff Trustee Hits Ex-GMAC Chair With $500M Suit
• Anti-Financial Fraud Bill Returns To Senate
• Senate Rejects Stock Restrictions On TARP Funds
• EU Forces Banks To Retain Share Of Split Risks
• Cravath Vet Massad Named TARP Chief Counsel
• Investor Suit V. AspenTech Founder Trimmed Down
• Lead Plaintiff, Firm Picked In Goldman Investor Action
• Chevron's NY Shareholders Leery Of Ecuador Outcome
• Ambac Sues JPMorgan For $1B Over Subprime Crisis
• Danny Pang To SEC: I'm Not The Next Bernard Madoff
• Lehman, CDO Issuer Spar Over Credit Default Swap
• NY State Comptroller Targets Aldus In Kickback Suit
• American Airlines Investor Targets Notification Rule
• SEC Slaps Attorneys Over 'Legal Opinion Mill'
• Jail-Bound Investment Manager Ordered To Pay $12M
• Ex-Day Trader Cops To Lehman Insider Trades
• VesCor Receiver Sues More Attys Over Ponzi Profits
• Sens. Call For US Regulation Of Swap Transactions
• Expanding TALF To Include Newly Issued CMBS
• Some Insights Into The Effects Of Tellabs
• Auditor's Spoliation Claims Nixed In Parmalat MDL
• SEC Fires Off 1st Insider Trading Suit Over CDS
• Putting Del. Officers Under The Microscope
• Schapiro's SEC Gets Cautious Early Thumbs-Up
• Reserve Management, Execs Hit With Fraud Suit
• SC To Weigh State Law's Use In Federal Class Suits
• Sequenom Faces Suit Over Mishandled Test Data
• Lawyer Claims AIG Fired Her For Blowing Whistle
• Diebold Agrees To Settle With SEC For $25M
• Investor Class Action V. Flag Telecom Marches On
• Federal Insurance Fights To Pull Dreier Policy
• Successor Liability: Corporate Asset Buyers Beware
• Madoff Trustee Sues High-Profile LA Investor
• Loss Causation Experts After Dura
• Former Kmart CFO Reaches Deal With SEC
• Cuomo Serves Subpoenas In Placement Agent Probe
• Hedge Fund Rebuffed In Polaroid Owner Fraud Case
• Attorneys Lose Bid To Sanction Opposing Counsel
• Marshals Refuse To Arrest Surrendering Stanford
• Securities Actions And The CAFA Conundrum
• The Importance Of Vaden V. Discover Bank
• Equity Committee Appointed In Pilgrim's Pride Ch. 11
• Trouble Looms For Insurers As Securities Suits Jump