Securities Archive » May, 2010

Securities - May, 2010

212 articles

• Judge OKs Class In Dendreon Securities Suit
• Ponzi Suspect's Ex-Wife Argues For Release Of Funds
• Radian ERISA Subprime Class Action Thrown Out
• TD Bank Aided Rothstein Fraud, Fund Says In $61M Suit
• SandRidge, Arena Settle 6 Of 9 Shareholder Suits
• WaMu Moves To Keep Examiner Spat Out Of 3rd Circ.
• FINRA Investigating Subprime Securities Disclosures
• FINRA 2010 Field Examinations: What To Expect
• Investors Appeal Dismissal Of BSC Stent Fraud Case
• Goldman Hopes To Avoid Fraud Charge In Any SEC Deal
• Fla. Trader Accused Of Fraud To Fork Over $1.4M
• Argentina Wins Appeal Of Bondholders' $2.2B Award
• Pequot, CEO To Pay $28M To End Insider Trading Case
• Abercrombie Strikes $12M Deal With Securities Class
• SEC Fills New COO Position With Ex-Capital One VP
• PwC Again Asks Out Of Securities Class Action
• Thompson Hine Adds M&A, Securities Pro From MoFo
• FCPA Partner Leaves DLA Piper For Paul Hastings
• Celebs' Investment Adviser Charged For $30M Fraud
• Liberty Resolves Spat Over $12M Gen Re, SEC Deal
• Futures Pool Founder Settles Suits Over $11M Scheme
• Whistleblower Protections In The Finance Reform Bill
• FX Trading Wants CFTC Settlement Enforced
• SEC Wants Exchange-Wide Trade Audit System
• Vinson's Retirement Rule Prompts Departure Of Atty
• Judge Strikes Final Claim In Milberg Kickback Case
• SEC OKs Changes To Muni Bond Disclosure Rules
• Lehman Suit Seeks Return Of $9B From JPMorgan Bank
• Boeing Shareholder Suit Over Dreamliner Falls Short
• FINRA Seeks New Rules For 'Back Office' Staffers
• Bid To Block $4.6B Ambac, Bank Deal Fails
• Disney Secretary Arrested For Insider Trading
• Ex-MarketXT CEO Fights $25M Bankruptcy Judgment
• Dollar Thrifty Doubted Potential Avis Deal: Hertz
• Tampering With Bylaws, However Creative, Has Limits
• Parmalat Founder Loses Appeal Of 10-Year Sentence
• Accused CapitalStreet Ponzi Artist Held In Contempt
• UK Fraud Office Drops AIG Financial Products Probe
• WaMu Shareholders Ask For JPMorgan Files
• Industrial Enterprises Ex-CEOs Accused Of $60M Fraud
• GLG Hit With Suits Over $1.6B Man Group Deal
• Banks Pay Back Non-US Madoff Investors $15.5B: Firm
• Class Action Over $28.1B Novartis, Alcon Deal Axed
• Insurers Say They Shouldn't Cover Stanford Counsel
• DOJ, SEC Probing Rajaratnam Media Leaks
• Las Vegas Sands' Stock Woes Caused By Fraud: Suit
• Axis Appeals $3.2M GeoStar D&O Award To 6th Circ.
• 5 Tips To Avoid Over-Lawyering Your Trial Graphics
• Law360 Survey: Most Admired Securities Attys
• Judge OKs Class in $26.6M NovaGold Securities Deal
• $1B Transocean Dividend Difficult To Block: Experts
• Bell Micro Shareholder Tries To Block Avnet Merger
• Visteon Judge Delays Hearing On Ch. 11 Disclosure
• San Jose Sues BofA, UBS, Others Over Muni Derivatives
• Landry's CEO To Buy Restaurants For $1.4B
• FDIC Wants MBIA's IndyMac Suit Tossed
• Lurching TierOne Faces Shareholder Class Action
• Shareholders Sue BP Over Safety Claims
• Supreme Court Takes Up Class Action Arbitration Issue
• DOJ Ends Fraud Probe Of Ex-AIG Unit Head
• Goldman Sachs And The Wells Process
• New Accounting Standards Must Consider Risk: Expert
• Fortis Investors Can Bring Suit To Another Venue: Judge
• Congress Set For Consumer, Derivative Rules Battle
• Ex-Bear Stearns Exec Gets 2 Years In Galleon Case
• Akeena Solar Securities Suit Lives To See Another Day
• Sacramento Trims Claims In Muni Derivative MDL
• Icahn Extends Deadline For Lionsgate Offer
• Equitec-Schwartz Resolves Tyco Securities Suit
• Ill. Gov.'s General Counsel Joins Jones Day
• Regulating Energy Contracts Through SPDC Authority
• UK Wants New Crime Agency, Banking System
• Ruden McClosky Settles Securities Fraud Suit
• EU's Hedge Fund Rules Could Hurt US Managers
• Ex-Monster Exec Settles SEC Backdating Suit
• ERISA Class Action Against Venture Bank Kept Alive
• Ex-Smart Online CEO Gets 8 Years For Stock Fraud
• Marvel Looks To Settle Suits Over Disney Deal
• Sapp Dons Legal Helmet To Recover Rothstein Funds
• Ex-Qwest Exec Says Nacchio Link Prevents Fair Trial
• Senate Approves Landmark Finance Reform Bill
• Regulators Still Stumped On May 6 'Flash Crash' Origin
• Is The SOX Tide Turning?
• Mayer Brown Lures T&K Energy Deal-Maker
• Lag Time, Scope Of Securities Class Actions Grow
• More BofA Shareholders Join Suit Over Merrill Buy
• Reisner's Goldman Debut Signals New Age At SEC
• Suits Still Pouring In Over Deepwater Horizon Accident
• Markets Fall As Germany Bans Naked Short-Selling
• Ex-Dollar General CFO's SEC Relief Suit Allowed
• Senate Begins 2nd Vote To Close Finance Bill Debate
• Ex-UBS Director Pleads Guilty In Muni Bond Fraud Case
• Cascal Fails In Bid To Block Sembcorp Takeover
• Stanford Asks To Leave Prison Pending Ponzi Trial
• Should Broker-Dealers Self-Report?
• GOP Sens. Say SEC Doesn't Work In Current Form
• Ex-McKesson Chairman To Pay $2M In SEC Deal
• SEC Wants 'Circuit Breaker' For Stock Volatility
• JA Solar Can't Shake Fraud Suit Over Lehman Losses
• Horizon Lines Securities Action Sunk For Good
• Ex-Galleon Worker's Info Shielded From Rajaratnam
• Sybase Shareholder Takes Issue With $6B SAP Merger
• 2nd Circ. Says AmEx Statement Protected By PSLRA
• Senate Reaches Deal On State Consumer Preemption
• Ex-Merrill Broker Pleads Guilty To Investment Scheme
• Lionsgate In Talks With Icahn
• NJ's Bid To Get Lehman Case To State Court Nixed
• Thomas Weisel 'Stuffed' ARS To Pay Bonuses: FINRA
• Clarifying Jurisdiction For Foreign Claimants
• Judge Won't Revisit Ruling That Tossed Milberg Suit
• EU Committee Approves Hedge Fund Restrictions
• Finance Reform Heads For Finish Line In Senate
• Oil Producers Sue Goldman, BP Units For Fraud
• Croatian Seamstress' $6M Insider Trading Fine Lifted
• Interactive Data Faces Investor Suit Over $3.4B Sale
• Creditors Can't Sue Banks On Behalf Of Adelphia: Judge
• Ex-Haynes & Boone Atty Files $15M Suit Over Firing
• Feds' Case Against Adelphia Execs In Jeopardy
• Ex-McKinsey Director To Pay $2.8M In Galleon Case
• High Court Declines To Hear Short-Sale Antitrust Suit
• When Is A Win A Win With Attorneys' Fees?
• Ex-Rothstein COO Strikes Ponzi Plea Deal
• Rajaratnam Wants Goldman Trade Evidence Stricken
• Insurers Appeal Tossed Coverage Suit With Milberg
• Shareholders Drill Transocean Over Safety Claims
• SEC, States Launch Probe Of Wall Street Muni Deals
• The NOL Pill: A Real Shark Killer!
• Scandals Will Force Change At Rating Agencies: Attys
• Wall Street Probes Will Need Smoking Gun: Experts
• Huffy Ex-Execs Reach $8M Deal To End Securities Suit
• Senate Sets New Curbs On Credit Rating Agencies
• FGIC Cleared Of Superdome Policy Breach In ARS MDL
• Federal Insurance Sued For SEC Probe Defense Costs
• Attorney-Client Privilege And Insurance Brokers' Advice
• More Wall Street Banks Face Criminal Probes: Report
• Cuomo Eyeing Whether Banks 'Duped' Rating Agencies
• NYSE Punishes Goldman, Others For Violations
• Duane Reade CFO Points Out Lease Doc Red Flags
• Plaintiffs Firms Sanctioned Over ANZ Securities Case
• Senate Allows Fed To Keep Oversight Of Small Banks
• Lionsgate Adopts Icahn-Blocking Poison Pill
• Ex-Atmel GC Seeks Data From Wilson Sonsini
• Feds Eyeing Morgan Stanley 'Dead Presidents': Report
• Greenberg Traurig Sued Over Mortgages Ltd. Collapse
• E-Trade Loses Bid To Dodge Securities Class Action
• Who Cares What SCOTUS Says On Securities Fraud?
• Pfizer Hit With Securities Suit Over Bextra Marketing
• Genzyme Board Probing Insider Stock Sales
• Regions Escapes Suit Over 'Misleading' $345M Offering
• American Century Gambling Investment Suit Busted
• Senate Greenlights Audit Of Fed Crisis Activity
• Fannie Mae, KPMG Settle Accounting Fraud Suit
• BNY Mellon Unit Knew About Madoff Fraud: Cuomo
• Class Action Exposure Post-Shady Grove V. Allstate
• CFTC, SEC Joint Committee To Probe Market Issues
• Exchanges Agree To Coordinate Trade Procedures
• Lionsgate Shareholders Reject Icahn's 'Coercive' Offer
• EU Committee OKs Boards, Delays Hedge Fund Vote
• GGP Execs Remain On Hook In ERISA Suit
• McGlinchey Missed $10M Enviro Bombshell: Suit
• Zuckerman's Fraud Claims Against Merkin Still Alive
• Trial Lawyers Join Jones Day From Dewey & LeBoeuf
• Goldman Says It Expects More Lawsuits
• Ex-Integrity Bank Execs Hit With Fraud Charges
• Rajaratnam Claims Wiretaps Weren't Constitutional
• Ex-Refco Directors To Forfeit $39M To Fraud Victims
• Bill Aims To Ban Porn On NY Government Computers
• Senate Blocks Measure To Break Up Too-Big Firms
• Goldman CEO Blankfein To Keep Chairman Post
• Privacy In M&A Deals: 2 Worlds Collide
• Countrywide, KPMG Reach $624M Deal In Fraud Case
• Baker Hughes Fights For Payday In Star Receivership
• Ex-CalPERS Execs Hit With $95M Pay-To-Play Suit
• Former NFL Star Reaches Deal With SEC
• Burkle Fund Objects To Barnes & Noble 'Poison Pill'
• Stranger-Owned Life Insurance: Windfall Or Disaster?
• Maxim To Pay $173M To Settle Backdating Class Action
• SEC Investigating Berkshire, BNSF Deal
• Countrywide Atty Seeks To Bar 'Flying Blind' E-Mail
• Shareholder Suit Slams Hertz-Dollar Thrifty Merger
• Pension Fund Seeks To Block CyberSource-Visa Deal
• Deal Site Loses Bid To Toss EDGAR Copyright Suit
• ERISA Action Against Baxter Tossed Out
• Shutts & Bowen Nabs Ruden's Securities Group Chair
• WaMu Shareholders Lose Bid To Appoint Examiner
• Prudential Delays $21B Offering Linked To AIA Deal
• Judge Won't Trim $60M Bond Suit Against Goldman
• IKB Loses Bid To Escape Rhinebridge Suits
• Support Grows For Daubert Test At Class Cert. Stage
• Spongetech, Execs Charged In Pump-And-Dump Case
• $11.4M Securities Deal OK'd In Chemtura Bankruptcy
• CalPERS Suit Against Ratings Agencies Still Kicking
• Path To Appeal Cleared In Insurers' Row With Milberg
• Insurer Must Reserve Rights For Noncoverage: Court
• Nestle, Alcon Shareholders Reach Deal In Merger Suit
• Tread Carefully, Class Action Settlement Seeker
• Goldman To Keep Up The Fight, For Now
• Sens. Call For Tougher Sentences For Fraud Offenders
• FINRA To Take Over NYSE Euronext Market Oversight
• Goldman Fined By NYSE, SEC Over Short Sales
• RHI Seeks To Toss Investors' Suit Over IPO
• SEC Names Agency Insider To New Legal Policy Role
• MBIA Barred From Municipal Bond MDL Exit
• Claims Related To A Broker's Bankruptcy: A Case Study
• Goldman Sachs Subpoenaed In Galleon Case
• Goldman Expects More CDO Litigation: SEC Filing
• Fla. Madoff Suits Stayed Pending Action By Trustee
• America Service Settles Stock Fraud Action For $15M
• Amendment Would Make Firms Disclose Short Sales
• Supreme Court Remands First Republic Fraud Suit
• High Court Won't Hear Pfizer Shareholder Suit
• 3 Myths Of In-House Attorney-Client Privilege