Securities Archive » August, 2009

Securities - August, 2009

235 articles

• AIG, Former Brass To Enter Arbitration Pact
• Merrill Deal With Investors Over BofA Merger OK'd
• Delta Financial Looks To 3rd Circ. In Coverage Spat
• Trustee Asks Court For Madoff 'Net Equity' Ruling
• SEC Watchdog Finds Flaws In Rating Agency Audit
• SEC Fraud Claims Against Ex-Centerpulse Exec Pared
• Plaintiffs Granted Cert. In Red Hat Securities Case
• Passing The Integrated Employer Test
• Derivative Suit Against Cephalon Board, CEO Tossed
• Fannie Investors Try To Make Ex-SEC Official Talk
• Proskauer Rose Targeted In Stanford Ponzi Fallout
• Lessons From General Growth Properties
• Oppenheimer Plaintiffs' Battle For Lead Heats Up
• Chicago Ed. Board Wants Out Of Lehman Swap Deal
• Citigroup Shareholder Derivative Action Fails
• Fed Asks To Hold Off On Producing Bailout Records
• Stanford Rushed To Hospital As Ex-CFO Admits Plot
• House Panel Calls For Bailout Reports From Treasury
• Citadel Signs Over Lehman Claim To Credit Suisse
• Obama Proposes $1B SEC Budget For 2010
• Naked Shorting Slowed By SEC Rules: GAO Report
• Motorola Stockholders Win Cert. In 3G Phone Suit
• SEC Crippled By Info Breakdown, Low Resources: GAO
• Coal Can't Be Used As Bid Bond Asset: Fed. Circ.
• Upholding SEC Authority To Discipline Accountants
• Dana Shareholder Suit Tossed Again
• Plaintiffs Seek Class Cert. In Countrywide Case
• Titan's Assets Frozen In SEC's Ponzi Scheme Suit
• Mayer Brown, Auditors Dismissed From Refco Suit
• United Rentals Shareholder Suit Tossed
• Madoff Feeder Wants Court To Toss Trustee's Suit
• Abercrombie Wins Leave To Appeal Class Cert. Ruling
• 2nd Circ. Hands GSK A Win In Avandia Securities Suit
• Judge Wants More Answers On Merrill Bonuses Deal
• SEC Slaps Ex-AIG CFO With 5-Year Ban
• The Scope Of Post-Ponzi Fallout
• Countrywide Wins Approval to Settle Shareholder Suit
• Former Monster Exec Pleads For Lenient Sentence
• Stanford Investors Sue HSBC, Others Over Deposits
• Investors Weren't Misled On Merrill Bonuses: BofA
• Downey Financial Shareholder Suit Booted
• Calyon Seeks $1.6B Over Subprime Securities
• Citigroup Argues KV Pharma Knew ARS Risks
• Portfolio Manager Fights To Escape CDS Suit
• Fed Ordered To Cough Up Info On Bailout Loans
• Fund Manager Pleads Guilty To Ripping Off His Family
• Texas 'Boiler Room' Oil Outfit Settles With SEC
• Stanford To Remain Behind Bars
• SOX: A Robust Remedy For Whistleblowers
• Sen. Kaufman Calls For Flash Trading Ban
• SEC Drops Backdating Probe Into Pixar Ex-CFO
• No Appeals Based On 'Death Knell Doctrine': Court
• Madoff Doesn't Have Cancer: Feds
• Merrill Dodges Securities Misrepresentation Suit
• BofA Settles Merrill Bondholders' Suit For $150M
• Partnership Interests Qualify As Securities: DC Circ.
• What's Cookin' In Dallas? Cuban And The SEC
• 2nd Circ. Nixes Star Gas Securities Fraud Action
• Textron Hit With ERISA Suit Over SEC Filings
• SEC Bars 'Opinion Mill' Attorneys For 5 Years
• Biovail's Hedge Fund Fraud Suit Gets Tossed
• NYSE Gets OK To Lower Public Float Bar To $40M
• Heartland Hit With Securities Suit Over Data Breach
• Funds Settle Securities Suit With Ex-Tyco Exec
• Alaska Air Wants Hearing On Virgin's Citizenship
• Thompson Coburn Nabs Ex-Ambassador To Sweden
• Securities Suit Over Orion IPO Survives Dismissal Bid
• SEC Drops Defendant In ISE Insider Trading Case
• Shareholders To Appeal Kmart Suit To 2nd Circ.
• Accredited Creditors Stop Objecting To $22M Deal
• Anschutz Sues Banks, Raters Over $59M In ARS
• Smurfit-Stone Shareholder Asks To Form Equity Panel
• The SEC's First 2 Naked Short-Selling Settlements
• Ga. Atty Gets 10 Years, $16M Fine For Ponzi Scheme
• Law Firm Dealt Setback In Ponzi Malpractice Case
• Policyholders Claim AIG Not Covering Madoff Fraud
• Judge Keeps ShoreTel IPO Case Alive
• Citigroup Faces Fraud Suit Over Employee Stock Plan
• Investor Falls Short In AOL Short-Swing Trade Appeal
• Questions For International Accounting Firm Networks
• Countrywide Loan Relief Spat Sent Back To NY Court
• CFTC Hammers At Loopholes In OTC Regulation Plan
• General Growth Heir Sues Law Firm, Trustee
• MGM Mirage Faces Securities Action Over CityCenter
• SEC Moves To Sanction GlobeTel In Fraud Suit
• Deutsche Bank Pulls Plug On New Crude Oil Notes
• Corporate Vet Tapped For Del. Chancery Court Post
• SEC, FINRA Warn Investors Of Fund 'Minefield'
• Firms Lash Out At Proposed Proxy Access Rule
• IBasis Says Buyout By KPN Violates Securities Act
• Communicating Effectively When Bad News Breaks
• 4th Circ. Denies Venture Capital Fraudster New Trial
• SEC, CFTC Accuse Mak 1 Of $70M Ponzi Scheme
• Gov't Misconduct Means New Trial For Brocade CEO
• DOJ Won't Fight Latest Nacchio Sentencing Decision
• Thornburg Asks Court To Stop Suits Against Officers
• SEC Seeks Appeal In Lucent Fraud Case
• Say-On-Pay Proposals Lead Regulatory Reform
• Accredited Creditors Say Deal Will Tank Insurance
• SEC Hits Hedge Fund Honcho With Civil Penalty
• 3rd Circ. Says SEC Must Rule On PHLX Fee Dispute
• Jury Finds Ex-Credit Suisse Broker Guilty
• NY AG Accuses Charles Schwab Of ARS Fraud
• Neuhaus To Pay $14M In Universal Express Case
• 10th Circ. Sides With Attorney In Fee Fight
• KPN Loses Bid To Speed Up IBasis Acquisition
• Q&A With Covington & Burling's Will Phillips
• Ponzi Here, Ponzi There, Ponzi Ponzi Everywhere
• AHM To Pay Unit Execs $5M To Settle Securities Suit
• SEC Seeks Review Of US Pension Ruling
• IRS Gets 1st Circ. To Limit Work Product Privilege
• Q&A With Sidley Austin's Robert Pietrzak
• Suit Seeks Return Of Madoff Fund 'Phantom Fees'
• Ex-AIG Heads To Pay $115M To Settle With Ohio AG
• Is Your Company's Carbon Footprint A Material Risk?
• Foley Can ID Anonymous Witness To Client: 4th Circ.
• Injunction Ordered Against Millennium Ponzi Suspect
• Fraud Claim Stays In Suit Over Telecom Notes
• Creditors Bash Quinn Fees In LandAmerica Case
• CP Ships Deal Covers Foreign Plaintiffs: 11th Circ.
• Pearlman Ponzi Victims Spared Clawback Suits
• 5th Circ. Affirms Denial Of Class In Belo Fraud Case
• On2 Shareholders Sue To Halt Google Acquisition
• American Automobile Off Hook In Ponzi Scheme Suit
• 16 Cos. Named PEMGroup Affiliates In SEC Fraud Suit
• CFTC Proposes New OTC Derivatives Class
• Securities Class Clings To $39M Claim In WaMu Ch.11
• Ex-IGT Counsel Are SOX Whistleblowers: 9th Circ.
• Plea Spares Madoff CFO Drug, Gun, Tax Charges
• Approval Sought For ATM Ponzi Scheme Settlement
• Using SOX 'Clawback' Against Uncharged Execs?
• Merrill Vows To Fight Charity's Madoff-Related Suit
• Countrywide Expert Affidavit Nixed In Securities Action
• K&L Gates Adds Mayer Brown Securities Honcho
• SEC May Charge Samberg, Pequot For Insider Trading
• Stanford Investors Appeal Interest Freeze On Assets
• Judge Keeps Regulator Suit V. Reserve Fund In MDL
• US Fails To Quash Broadcom Execs' Subpoenas
• Terex To Pay $8M To Settle SEC Fraud Suit
• Ex-Maxim Integrated Worker's Options Suit Tossed
• Investor Sues BBC Equities Over Alleged $50M Fraud
• Q&A With Buchanan Ingersoll's Stanley Yorsz
• AHM Asks To Use D&O Policy In $24M Fraud Deal
• Olive Garden Owner Gets Shareholder Suit Tossed
• Amaranth To Pay $7.5M In FERC, CFTC Settlements
• BigBand Shareholders Seek Final OK On $11M Deal
• Judge Tosses SEC Claims Against CSK Auto Execs
• An Analysis Of SEC V. Rorech
• Merck Swaps Lead Attorney For Vioxx Appeal
• Judge OKs $925M UnitedHealth Deal, Slashes Fees
• Victims Sue Doeren Mayhew Over $250M Fraud
• Court Seeks Details On $33M SEC, BofA Bonus Deal
• MJX Fraud Suit Over Citigroup Hedge Fund Quashed
• Wachovia To Buy Back $325M In Pa. Investors' ARS
• Madoff CFO Pleads Guilty To 10 Fraud Counts
• Q&A With Baker Botts' Mark Glasser
• SEC Asks 5th Circ. To Block Stanford Clawback Bid
• Stanford Investors Accuse Broker Of Negligence
• US Attorney To Join Paul Hastings Litigation Team
• Toxic Asset Threat Remains, Despite TARP: Report
• Huron's Accounting Headaches Grow
• $50M Final Judgment Settles MRT Securities Suit
• Friends Of Dick's Exec Settle Insider Trading Claims
• Norwegian Cities Accuse Citigroup Of $200M Swindle
• Knowing Foreclosure Remedies Is The First Step
• Ex-Westar Execs Must Face 3rd Trial: 10th Circ.
• Tyco Settles ERISA Class Action for $70.5M
• CFTC Wins $7M Freeze On Fraudster's Ex's Assets
• Giant Interactive Loses Bid To Nix Securities Action
• Northern Trust Escapes Investor's ARS Action
• Alleged Fraudster's Brother Sued Over $50M Plot
• MassMutual Sues Insurers For Madoff Defense Costs
• CFTC Settles With Couple Over $23M Ponzi Scheme
• FINRA Fines Credit Suisse Over Missing Reports
• Fund Manager To Pay $300K Fine In SEC PIPE Suit
• Point Plaintiff Named In NetBank Securities Suit
• How Boards Can Institute A Risk-Centric Culture
• HVB, Sidley Austin, LeBoeuf Escape Ga. RICO Claims
• Class Alleges ProShares ETF Is 'Defective Product'
• AT&T Option Coverage Suit Rightly Tossed: Court
• Centerline Derivative Suit Misses Mark Again
• Stanford Brokers Battle Receiver Over D&O Policy
• GE Settles ERISA Class Action For $40M
• Willis Group Sued Again Over Alleged Stanford Plot
• Ind. Teachers' Action Over MetLife Options Quashed
• SEC Regulation Of Vote-Buying Scheme
• Wyeth, Pfizer Resolve Investor Suits Over Merger
• Fortis Investors Fail To Block Insurance Units' Sale
• SEC Beefs Up Enforcement, Subpoena Power
• Teva Sues Merrill Over ARS Gone Bad
• Former AIG Execs Settle SEC Claims For $17M
• Court Puts Brakes On $33M BofA Settlement With SEC
• Countrywide Investors Spar With Lender Over Expert
• SafeNet Securities Class Action Pared Down
• $55M Deal Sought In Countrywide ERISA Action
• Ambac Goes After Citigroup Over $2B In CDS
• 'Legal Opinion Mill' Attorneys Settle SEC Fraud Suit
• The SEC's Proposed Shareholder Access Rules
• AIG, PwC Seek Dismissal In AIG Securities Litigation
• Broadway Producer Gets 7 Years For Investor Scam
• Investors Hit Spectranetics With Fraud Suit
• CFTC, SEC Accuse NC Couple Of $23M Ponzi Plot
• Court OKs Class Cert. In Fraud Suit Against Lehman
• SEC Racks Up First Naked Short-Selling Settlements
• Huron Hit With Securities Suit After Execs Resign
• Treasury Vows Hands-Off Reform For Credit Ratings
• Nixon Peabody Nabs 2 For Global Finance Practice
• FINRA Expels Trading Co., CEO Over Short-Selling
• 1031 Owner Gets 100 Years For $126M Fraud
• The SEC Stance On Nature's Sunshine
• Ex-Accountant Dropped From SEC's Delphi Case
• Stanford Lawyer's Withdrawal Bid Held Up For Now
• Class Cert. Bid Nixed In Case Against BDO Seidman
• Former Franklin Templeton GC Joins O'Melveny
• Suits Against Tyco Execs Out Of MDL
• SEC To Weigh Ban On Flash Trading
• 401(k) Fee Case Against Edison Winnowed
• EPlus Derivative Suit Over Backdating Gets The Boot
• Say-On-Pay: SEC Proposals For TARP Recipients
• GE Settles SEC Accounting Fraud Suit For $50M
• IBasis Sues KPN To Hold Off Inadequate Tender Offer
• 9th Circ. Overturns CFTC Victory
• 4th Circ. Revives BearingPoint Shareholder Action
• Bill Introduced To Overturn Stoneridge
• Securities Lawsuits Take Off Again: Report
• Q&A With Sutherland's Neil Lang
• New Acting Chairman Appointed To PCAOB
• Jones Day Snags Mayer Brown Derivatives Expert
• Take-Two Execs Settle SEC Backdating Claims
• $3M Insurance Deal OK'd In Lydia Capital Fraud Case
• CSC Workers Appeal ERISA Action To 9th Circ.
• Int'l Rectifier To Pay $90M To Settle Shareholder Suit
• Weida Atty Agrees To Injunction In SEC Fraud Suit
• BofA To Pay $33M To Settle SEC Suit Over Bonuses
• Standing To Challenge Corporate Searches?