Securities Archive » February, 2010

Securities - February, 2010

215 articles

• State Street Evades Mortgage-Related Securities Suit
• DOJ To Expand Fraud, FCPA Investigations
• US No Place For Foreign-Cubed Cases: Chamber
• CNA Demands Docs From Attys In Commerce Suit
• Ex-Wealth Management Exec, SEC Strike $1.4M Deal
• Judge Orders Ariel Receiver To Pay Scott & Scott Fees
• 4 To Cough Up Fines In Insider Trading Settlement
• General Growth Says Class Action Attys In Contempt
• The Financial Case For Law Firm Branding
• US Accuses Ex-Madoff Director Of Aiding Fraud
• Madoff Victims Sue SIPC Over 'Net Equity' Payments
• SEC Unveils Plan For Global Accounting Standards
• Judge Orders Ex-Kmart CEO To Pay Out $10M
• 3rd Circ. Vacates Sentence For Ex-Rite Aid Exec
• AIG To Pay $8M To End Ore. Pension Loss Fraud Suit
• Coughlin Stoia To Become Robbins Geller
• MoneyGram To Hand Bilked Investors $80M
• Lord Abbett Investor Suit Doomed Without Scienter
• BuckleySandler Adds Ropes & Gray Corporate Partner
• SEC Fraud Suit Withstands Reserve Fund Assault
• Active Implants Says Equity Firm Holding It Hostage
• Enforcement Developments Regarding Broker-Dealers
• SEC Fraud Claims Against Medical Capital Execs Nixed
• Appaloosa Wants In On Stuy Town Foreclosure Suit
• McCarter Adds Greenberg Corporate Partner In Boston
• CDR Employee Pleads Guilty To Bond Bid-Rigging
• Oppenheimer Settles With Mass., NY Over ARS
• Updating Issuer Repurchase Safe Harbor
• SEC Fraud Case Against MedQuist Ex-CFO Trimmed
• Ex-Hedge Fund Head Cops To $162M Ponzi Scheme
• E&Y, PwC To Pay $28M In Metropolitan Securities Suit
• SEC Passes Uptick Rule To Curb Short Sales
• Pension Funds Try To Revive Charter Securities Action
• Moody's Shareholder Suit Sent Back To NY State Court
• Exec Liability Back In Play In Apollo Backdating Suit
• US Widens Probe Into Eli Lilly's FCPA Compliance
• Cisco Founders Must Pay $20M Award: High Court
• Proxy Season Looks Busy As Activists Pick Up Steam
• Kay Services Hit With $3.8M Judgment In Ponzi Case
• KV Pharma Shareholder Suit Over Recalls Nixed
• Ashland ARS Suit Against Oppenheimer Thrown Out
• SEC Settles With Ex-Amex CEO Over Lax Enforcement
• Securities Litigation Developments In 2009
• Equity Holders Class Certified In AIG Fraud Suit
• ELX Says CME Engaged In 'Anti-Competitive Agenda'
• Nortel Securities Plaintiffs Seek To Preserve Docs
• Claims Pared In Ambac Shareholder Class Action
• Founding Partners Exec Reaches Deal In $550M SEC Suit
• Securities Class Action Against Fortis Booted
• Hedge Fund Hits Back At Biovail's 'False' Fraud Suits
• Insider Trading Takes Another Turn In The Spotlight
• Sidley Austin Snags Ex-Assistant U.S. Atty
• FCPA Due Diligence: How Much Is Enough?
• Sun Investors Appeal Lost Bid To Join Securities Suit
• Supreme Court Won't Hear PIMCO Class Cert. Challenge
• 2nd Circ. Defuses Maverick Tube Noteholder Suit
• $150M SEC, BofA Deal Over Merrill Merger Gets OK'd
• Ruling Looms On SEC Deal Over Merrill Losses
• Highland Dropped From UBS Suit Over $745M CDO Loss
• Former Symbol Exec Settles SEC Accounting Fraud Suit
• Freescale Deal Clears Way For $750M Bond Sale
• Syntax Shareholders To Get $10M In Fraud Action
• Leap Wireless Settles Securites Class Suit For $13.8M
• Solis' Whistleblower-Friendly Board May Reshape SOX
• Making Sense Of SEC's NOBO-OBO Rules
• Judge Trims SASCO Claims In Lehman MBS Suit
• Insurer Jabs At Goodyear Expert In D&O Claims Suit
• Janus Investors Look To Revive Market-Timing Suit
• Alcatel To Pay €93M To End Bribery Investigation
• Securities Class Action Against MGIC Thrown Out
• Stanford Must Stay Behind Bars Until Trial: 5th Circ.
• Ex-UBS Exec Settles ARS Case For $2.8M
• BofA Fraud Claims Canned In $300M Parmalat Deal
• Judge Nixes Stanford's Bid To Toss SEC Ponzi Suit
• FINRA's Take On Internal Communications
• Mayer Brown Taps Cohn To Lead Derivatives Group
• Gibson Dunn, Markstone Capital Tangle Over $1.3M Fee
• Oct. Date Set For Rajaratnam Criminal Trial
• Cuomo Suit Targeting Madoff Cohort Merkin Lives On
• Pacific Life Hits BNY Mellon Over $80M Sigma Loss
• 9th Circ. Nixes Good Faith Defense In Trailer Park Case
• Generali Ends Shareholder Pact Amid Antitrust Scrutiny
• TMST Gets $96M For Sale Of $11B Loan Portfolio
• Stanford Victims Allege 2nd Fraud In Antigua
• Ex-BofA GC Let Go To Keep Moynihan: SEC
• Del. Supreme Court Sides With Fortune In PE Row
• CME Asks CFTC To End Futures Antitrust Probe
• 2nd Circ. Revives Fee Suit For Citigroup Investors
• Allen & Overy's 4th Middle East Office Opens In Qatar
• 5th Circ. Reinstates Broker Atty Fees In Bond Deal Suit
• Mining Exec Calls SEC Case 'Spiteful, Revengeful'
• Do You Have The Right D&O Coverage?
• Rajaratnam Needn't Turn Over Wiretaps Yet: 2nd Circ.
• SEC Settlement With Ex-Mayer Brown Partner Delayed
• 10th Circ. Affirms Lengthy Ponzi Scheme Sentences
• 5th Circ. Rejects Halliburton Shareholder Class
• Akamai Hits Deutsche Bank With $217M ARS Suit
• Judge Yanks Jury, Acquits Stanford Shredders
• Vagueness To Take Center Stage At Skilling Hearing
• Liberty Says It, Not SEC, Should Get Gen Re's $12M
• SEC Receiver Sues ABN For Nadel Ponzi Transfers
• DirecTV Merger Burned Liberty Shareholders: Suit
• Exec Wants Mayer Brown RICO Suit Out Of Refco MDL
• Predicting SCOTUS In Merck V. Reynolds
• UK Hits Oil Exec With Record $1.5M Insider Trading Fine
• Former ESSI Exec Escapes SEC Backdating Suit
• AT&T, Insurer Battle Over $427M Fraud Deal Coverage
• Investor Suit Over Vestin REIT Conversion Nixed
• Lockheed Plaintiffs Can't Pursue Direct Action: Judge
• New Suit Attacks Proposed $41B Exxon, XTO Merger
• Abercrombie Fights Order To Reveal Litigation Report
• Revamping Rule 144 — What Really Changed?
• Couple Fined $4M In Biotech Insider Trading Scheme
• ERISA Action Targets Flagstar Plan's Stock Holdings
• Citadel Appeals Ruling In $28M Fluor Stock Spat
• Attys Can't Ditch Broke Lawyer's Fraud Defense: Judge
• SEC Rebuffs JP Morgan Pay-To-Play Dismissal Effort
• Case V. Stanford Adviser Belongs In State Court: Judge
• Rajaratnam Appeals Judge's Ruling On Wiretaps
• LDK Solar Reaches $16M Deal In Securities Action
• Schulte Roth Brings Back Business Partner Freedman
• Shareholders Say Morgan Stanley Overpaid Employees
• In Search Of 'Proportionality' In E-Discovery
• Judge Blocks FDIC Attachment Writ In PMC Fight
• Winston Commercial Litigator Jumps To Chadbourne
• Ex-Hartford Analyst Takes Deal For Insider Trading
• Juniper Strikes $169M Deal In Backdating Action
• Feds Tack On $30M To Rajaratnam's Take
• Citigroup, KV Wrap Up ARS MDL Case
• Toyota Hit With Shareholder Class Action Over Recalls
• Ga. High Court Weighs In On $200M WorldCom Case
• King & Spalding Lands Orrick Financial Services Attys
• CFTC Seeks $16M Restitution In LaSalle Fraud Case
• $12M Vioxx Deal Requires Merck To Add Safety Checks
• SOX Doesn't Protect Boeing Auditors' Media Leak: Judge
• Ipso Facto Clauses And The Anti-Deprivation Rule
• Liberty Gets A Crack At $12M SEC, Gen Re Deal
• Judge Refuses To Revive Britannia IPO Action
• Long Island Adviser Gets 9 Years For Ponzi Scheme
• Rajaratnam Must Hand Over Wiretaps: Judge
• Jones Day Snags Vinson Securities Litigator
• Stanford Execs Can't Dodge Doc-Shredding Case
• Charter's Ch. 11 Plan Preempts Securities Case: Judge
• Snell, Atty Reach $3M Deal In SWX Malpractice Suit
• Hogan & Hartson Partner Jumps To Thompson Hine
• New Suit Begs Hef To Put Business Above Blondes
• Fiserv, TD Ask For Stay On Madoff Coverage Dispute
• Iowa Telecom Settles Suit Over $1.1B Merger
• Merrill Blocks La.'s Bid To Arbitrate ARS Spat
• Rothstein Partner Sued Over $1.2M In Ponzi Funds
• 9th Circ. Revives Class In Midland Annuities Suit
• Securities Plaintiffs Oppose TMST Sale Notice
• The SBIC Program — An Alternative Source Of Capital
• Ex-Ernst & Young Atty Gets Year For Insider Trading
• Former Intel Exec Goel Pleads Guilty In Galleon Case
• NY AG Nets $19M In 2 Pension Kickback Settlements
• Modern SOX Whistleblower Litigation In Ill.
• BofA $150M Deal Over Merrill Losses Still On Hold
• SEC Probes Demands On AIG By Goldman, Others
• Nokia Stung With Class Action Over ADS Plunge
• DLA Piper Picks Up King & Spalding Litigator
• Several Major Settlements Approved In Dreier Case
• Bill Takes Aim At Big Bonuses From TARP Firms
• Insurers Pen Deals In Lydia Capital Fraud Case
• Ratings Agencies Dismissed From IndyMac MBS Suit
• Expect Ambitious AGs To Pursue More Big Cases: Attys
• Money Managers Sentenced To 9, 5 Years In Jail
• Master Wants Sphinx Investors' Refco Suit Tossed
• Fifth Circ. Stays Insurer Payout For Stanford Defense
• SEC Drops Backdating Case Against Broadcom Execs
• Bill Calls For Shareholder OK On Political Spending
• Cellular South Sues JP Morgan Over ARS Fraud
• Air Products Seeks To Acquire Airgas In $7B Deal
• BofA Hits Back BNP, Deutsche Over Portfolio Collapse
• Fighting Back Against Corrupt Foreign Officials
• SEC Suit V. USSE Back On After Failed Settlement
• Q&A With Baker Donelson's Tonya Mitchem Grindon
• Volcker Rules Face Fire From Dodd, Bank Execs
• BofA Strikes SEC Deal, Faces NY AG's New Suit
• Fund Manager Accuses Mass. Official Of Retaliation
• State Street To Pay $300M To Settle Subprime Claims
• Medtronic Securities Action Survives Dismissal Bid
• Lehman Investors Try To Revive Minibonds Action
• Republicans Skewer SEC's Climate Change Guidance
• Ex-Brocade CFO Puts SEC Backdating Case To Rest
• Selling Licensing Rights: Will The New System Work?
• Ex-VoIP Chief Nears Deal In Securities Fraud Case
• Nationwide Evades Revenue-Sharing Class Action
• Ex-UBS Trader Ordered To Pay $15M In SEC Settlement
• SEC Settles Insider Trading Case Against Gilat Exec
• Insurer's $553M Investment Suit V. JP Morgan Tossed
• Ex-SEC Atty Joins Foley From Pillsbury
• ERISA Class Action Against Lehman Directors Nixed
• Fannie Mae Plaintiffs Want KPMG Wells Notice Info
• The Changing Landscape For Credit Rating Agencies
• Former Mid-America Energy Owner Told To Pay $23M
• Judge Tosses Fraud Claims Against Cohmad, Cohn
• AIG Taps Ex-Lehman, Patton Boggs Atty To Be GC
• Galleon Informer Hit Over $3M In UBS Insider Trades
• 'Cash In/Cash Out' Pooh-Poohed In Madoff Ch. 11 Case
• ERISA Suits Show No Sign Of Abating
• Goffer, 6 Others Plead Not Guilty To Galleon Charges
• Analysts, Insurers At Odds Over New Standards
• Anticipating Climate-Related Risk Disclosures
• DOJ Doesn't Have To Turn Over Micron Docs: Judge
• Magistrate Moves To Unseal Abercrombie Report
• Merge Wants Ex-Execs To Pay Back Defense Fees
• Obama Budget Pushes SEC, CFTC Funding Boosts
• $7M Fraud Award Can't Be Divvied Up On Fault: Judge
• Cos. Turn To Plaintiffs Firms To Meet Litigation Needs
• Ex-Bernstein Partners Open Mass Tort Firm In NY
• THL Defends RICO Claim V. Mayer Brown In Refco Case
• 9th Circ. Affirms Ponzi Convictions, Sentences
• Key Energy Settles D&O Coverage Spat With Twin City
• The Use Of Tender Offers In The US