Securities Archive » July, 2010

Securities - July, 2010

223 articles

• 11th Circ. Nixes $32M Verdict Against Southern Farm
• Investors Sue Monsanto Over Herbicide Sales Drop
• Veritas Execs Dodge Claims In SEC Suit Over AOL Deal
• Pay-To-Play Criminal Case To Continue For Ex-NY Aide
• WG Exec's Due Process Argument Fails In Seizure Spat
• 1st Circ. To Hear Fidelity SOX Retaliation Suit
• Trustee Seeks $30M From Madoff Family Ventures
• Overhauling The Associate Recruiting System
• SEC Hits Wyly Brothers With $550M Fraud Charges
• Martin Act Doesn't Block Fairfield Suit Over Madoff Loss
• SEC's $2.75M Win Upheld In Platforms Fraud Case
• Lawmakers Want AIG, Others To Return Bonuses
• CFTC Eases Trading Restrictions For Bankrupt Cos.
• Wachovia Ducks 2 Claims In $15M Lehman Loss Suit
• Galleon's Goffer Loses Bid To See SEC Docs
• ADC Shareholder Sues To Block $1B Sale To Tyco
• Citi To Pay $75M Over Subprime Exposure Claims
• Pension Fund Says Morrison Doesn't Nix Swiss Re Case
• Skilling Seeks Bail During 'Honest Services' Remand
• Financial Reform 101: A Litigator's Toolkit
• Nat'l Century VP's Money Laundering Conviction Nixed
• Shareholder Brings Suit Over $5B Aon-Hewitt Merger
• WG Trading Partner Pleads Guilty To Major Fraud
• Investors Resurrect Fraud Suit Over Nixed Sanofi Drug
• Collins Capital Slips Claims Over Madoff Ponzi Links
• Swiss Exchange Stock Buyers Can't Sue Credit Suisse
• Still No Aiding And Abetting Liability Provision
• 6th Circ. Clears Wall St. Of Cleveland Subprime Suit
• 3 Finance Execs Charged In Bond Bid-Rigging Scheme
• Rajaratnam Fights To Suppress Wiretap Evidence
• SEC Seeks Comment As It Crafts Reform Rules
• Judge Puts Starr's Bail At $10M, Cites Family Distrust
• NJ Law To Apply In Malicious Prosecution Suit V. Biovail
• CIFG Hits Assured With Bond Reinsurance Suit
• Freshfields Snags High-Yield Finance Pro From Simpson
• GE To Pay $23.5M To Settle SEC Oil-For-Food Claims
• BP Faces Securities Probe Over Gulf Spill
• Stanford Receiver Sues Merge Healthcare For $9M
• Quest Resources Settles Investor Suits For $10M
• Q&A With McDermott's Michael Kendall
• Financial Reform 101: For Broker-Dealers
• UBS Banker Pleads Not Guilty To Insider Trading Plot
• Lloyd's, Others Can't Shake MassMutual Madoff Suit
• Vivendi Seeks To Pare Down Securities Damages
• Icahn Sues Lionsgate To Reverse 'Sham' Transaction
• Former GlobeTel CEO Gets 4 Years For Fraud
• Dykema Nabs Miller Johnson's Criminal Law Chair
• Former Pegasus CEO Settles In $30M Fraud Suit
• Buchanan Ingersoll Loses Round In Malpractice Case
• Sunrise, Former Execs Strike Deal In SEC Fraud Case
• Where Reason Still Rules Regarding Rights Plans
• Goldman Seeks To Toss $21M Bayou Arbitration Award
• Axis, Great American Rescind GeoStar D&O Policies
• Morgan Stanley, Others Face FINRA Probe Over CDOs
• Fla. Lawyer Gets 8 Years For $2.6M Fraud Scheme
• Morgan Stanley, Invesco Sued Over ARS Buybacks
• SEC Pays $1M Award For Pequot Insider Trading Tip
• Nacchio Battles To Move SEC Fraud Case Out Of Colo.
• Avon Faces Shareholder Suit Over FCPA Claims
• La. Ponzi Schemer Gets 30 Years For $20M Fraud
• Ex-Maxim CFO Hit With $2.2M Backdating Judgment
• Asset-Backed Deals Get Ratings Disclosure Reprieve
• Financial Reform 101: For Executives
• 'Squawk Box' Defendants Denied Bid For New Trial
• Dell To Pay $100M, CEO $4M In SEC Securities Probe
• SEC Watchdog To Probe Timing Of Goldman Settlement
• NY Comptroller Sues Over BofA, Merrill Lynch Deal
• Shareholders Bridle At Plan To Take Playboy Private
• Investors' Fraud Suit Against ArthroCare Trimmed
• SEC Wants Life Settlements Regulated As Securities
• SEC Taps Willkie Farr Atty To Fill GC Post
• 2nd Circ. Affirms $144M Fraud Ruling For BofA
• Shareholders Sue Casey's For Denying Takeover Bid
• Before And After — Amending SEC Rule 15c2-12
• DBRS Avoids 'Expert' Status In SEC Filings
• SEC Drops Civil Claims V. Jailed Lobbyist, Broker
• CFTC Begins Derivatives Rule-Writing Blitz
• SEC Moves To Check Mutual Fund Sales Fees
• Judge OKs $4M Deal In Jos. A. Bank Securities Action
• Pension Funds Seek Lead Role In BP Securities Cases
• Class Certified In Sadia Hedging Practices Suit
• Madoff Trustee Attacks Fairfield Hedge Funds
• FINRA Fines Deutsche $7.5M Over Subprime MBS
• AmEx Investor Suit Over Lending Standards Tossed
• Stanford Execs Seek Discovery Shield In Lloyd's Suit
• NHL Star Drops Malpractice Suit Against Hyman Lippitt
• Spotlight: M&A Trends In Canada
• BP Investor Suit Seeks Damages From '05 Onward
• Judge Signs Off On $550M Goldman Settlement
• Companies Feel Weight Of SEC's New Demands
• Fund Blames Ruskin Moscou For $40M Dreier Losses
• WaMu Shareholders Win Probe Of JPMorgan Deal
• Trial Vet Joins Baker & Daniels From Levenfeld
• House Republicans Grill Schapiro Over New SEC Powers
• Whistleblower Provisions Of The Dodd-Frank Act
• SEC Needs 800 New Hires To Handle Reform: Chair
• Goldman's Tourre Denies SEC Allegations
• 7th Circ. Grants Black Bail After High Court Ruling
• Nymagic Shareholders Sue Over $230M ProSight Deal
• Ex-Prosecutor Joins Crowell's White Collar Team
• Norton Settles Lehman Gold Hedge Dispute For $93M
• Circuit Maker Trident Settles Backdating Case For $2M
• Valeant Hit With Shareholder Suit Over $3B Biovail Deal
• Neuberger Faces Shareholder Suit Over Gambling Buys
• Investor Accuses Amedisys Of Medicare Fraud
• Leveling The Anti-Corruption Playing Field
• L-3 E-Mail Monitoring Claims Spur Shareholder Suit
• AIG In $725M Deal To End Ohio Funds' Fraud Case
• CyberSource, Shareholders Settle Suit Over Visa Merger
• Schottenfeld Trader Cops To Insider Trading Charges
• GE Shareholder Suit Thrown Out
• Fla. Man Indicted In $880M Grocery Ponzi Scheme
• Madoff Investor's $12.8M JPMorgan Suit Tossed
• WaMu Execs Win Bid To Nix Shareholder Action
• NAB: Not The Last Word On Foreign-Cubed Cases
• IPO Document Warnings Might Not Shield MF Global
• SEC Deal May Be Setback For Goldman Plaintiffs
• Goldman Deal Promises Credibility Boost For SEC
• Ex-Obama Fundraiser Gets 12 Years For Bank Fraud
• Pension Funds Bolster MBS Case Against Countrywide
• Goldman To Pay $550M To End Abacus Fraud Suit
• Israeli Investor, SEC Reach Deal In $55M Fraud Case
• Taro Pharma's Suit To Block Sun Takeover Tossed
• Dodd-Frank Finance Reform Bill Heads To Obama
• 12 Guidelines For Law Firm Marketing Investments
• Ex-HealthSouth CEO Seeks Early Release From Prison
• Adviser Loses Appeal In Ohio Workers' Comp Case
• SEC To Seek Comment On Updates To Proxy Rules
• CFTC Restarts Committee On Robo-Trading
• Jones Day Snags SEC Enforcement Division Vet
• Prosecutors Must Bolster Galleon Charges: Judge
• SEC Eyes LHC Group, Gentiva Medicare Practices
• A Shifting Theory Of Criminal Liability — Until Now
• BofA Could Face Liability For Dollar Rolling
• Reduction Of Atty Fees In Ex-Westar CEO Case OK'd
• Pfizer Faces Shareholder Suit Over $2.3B Settlement
• DC Circ. Nixes SEC's Postponed Annuity Rule
• SEC OKs FINRA Bid To Expand Arbitrator Lists
• Ex-E&Y Atty, SEC Near Insider Trading Settlement
• Judge Boots Bid To Revive Milberg RICO Suit
• One Judge's Clampdown On Premature Derivative Suits
• Judge Mostly Lets Stand Bondholders' Citigroup Claims
• Facebook Wants Asset Freeze Lifted In Ownership Suit
• 9-Year Fraud Sentence For PurchasePro Exec Affirmed
• Investor Aims To Bar Revival Of $7.5M Fraud Action
• Hugh Hefner Moves To Take Playboy Private
• Securities Filings Drop Sharply As Credit Crisis Subsides
• FHFA Subpoenas Mortgage-Backed Securities Issuers
• IGT Faces Derivative Suit After 85% Stock Drop
• Patton Boggs Energy Vet Joins Reed Smith In DC
• Class Bolsters Bond Suit Against Orrick, Calif. Bank
• Rio Tinto, Ivanhoe Scrap Over Poison Pill Plan
• Lovell Stewart, Zamansky To Lead ProShares Action
• UK Firm Sues Morgan Stanley, Citigroup Over MBS
• Implications Of SEC V. Jenkins
• All Eyes On SEC As Finance Reform Takes Shape
• WellCare Directors Dismissed From Derivative Suit
• CNX Can't Appeal Shareholder Ruling Yet: Del. Court
• Panel Orders Merrill Lynch To Pay Former Exec $4M
• Former NIR Analyst Cops To Fraud, Kickbacks
• 9th Circ. Remands First Republic Fraud Suit After Merck
• Liberty Mutual Sues Goldman Over Fannie Mae Stock
• Spotlight: M&A Trends In Brazil
• Greenberg Traurig Finance Pro Joins DLA Piper
• Gilead To Pay $8M To Settle Viread Securities Action
• Starr Receiver Says Scorsese Owes Fees
• FINRA Fines, Actions Sped Up In 2009: Report
• WaMu Hearing On Plan, Examiner Delayed Again
• ISE Barred From Peddling Dow Jones, S&P 500 Options
• Shareholders Cry Foul At Intel Derivative Settlement
• Ex-TierOne Employee Files ERISA Suit Against Execs
• 2nd Circ. Blames Judge For Galleon Wiretap Spat
• Ex-Ropes & Gray Atty Settles SEC Fraud Suit
• Argentina Hits JPMorgan, Clarin With Securities Suit
• Alcon Forms $50M Trust For Novartis Shareholder Suits
• SEC Drops Civil Claims Against KL Group Fraudster
• Sonnenschein Draws Former Exxon Senior Counsel
• McGinn-Smith Assets Frozen In SEC Fraud Case
• The Intended Consequences Of Derivatives Legislation
• Goldman Backs Consolidation For CDO Securities Suits
• SEC Drops Fraud Claims Against Ex-AOL CFO
• Funds Sue JPMorgan, WaMu Over Securities Deal
• Counsel Remains Uncertain As Trial Is Set For Starr
• US Futures' Suit Against Exchanges Partly Nixed
• Texas Court Limits Nonclient Liability For Auditors
• Ex-SEC Lawyer Escapes Prison In Dreier Fraud Case
• Snamprogetti To Pay $365M In Nigeria Bribery Case
• Ev3 Inc. Settles Suits Over $2.6B Covidien Merger
• Atty Hits Labaton Sucharow With OT Action
• TJX Directors, Pension Fund End Data Breach Fight
• 9th Circ. Nixes CAFA Sanction For DLA, Bradley Arant
• NY Court Revives Lawyer Fraud Claims In Ponzi Scheme
• Chadbourne & Parke Expands Into Brazil
• Fine, Ban On Online Offerings Upheld For Fund Head
• Spotlight: M&A Trends In Europe
• Man Settles SEC Suit Over Analyst Uncle's Stock Tip
• Convicted Real Estate Fraud Schemer Gets 85 Years
• 9th Circ. Affirms Dismissal Of Cutera Investor Suit
• Amedisys Gamed Medicare System, Shareholders Say
• ShoreTel, JPMorgan Pay $3M To Settle IPO Suit
• IDC Settles Shareholder Complaints Over $3.4B Sale
• Odyssey Shareholders Sue Over $1B Gentiva Merger
• Paul Hastings Adds UBS Litigation Head To NYC Office
• CFTC Accuses Fla. Investment Firm Of $28M Ponzi
• 3rd Circ. Affirms Ruling Against Commodity Pool Head
• ICP Exec Agrees To Injunctions In Fraud Case
• Fund Managers Hit With Suit Over $32M Madoff Loss
• SEC Sues Utah Man Over Alleged $139M Investor Scam
• Investors Sue Omni Over $122M Wellspring Sale
• 2 Key Senators Declare Support For Finance Bill
• Dechert Litigation Co-Chair Heads To Microsoft
• The Power Of Procedure Under Anti-SLAPP Laws
• Bernstein, Others Get $9M In Fees In Comverse Action
• Morgan Keegan Owes Ex-NBA Star Grant $1.46M: Judge
• Shareholders Hit Diebold With $127M Fraud Action
• 2nd Circ. Overturns US Foodservice Exec's Conviction
• FINRA Privacy Order For Oppenheimer Fight Nixed
• Treasury Sells 1.1B More Citigroup Shares For $4.3B
• Wis. City, RBC Capital Hit With Investor Fraud Suit
• Carolina Casualty D&O Policy Ambiguous: 2nd Circ.
• Crisis, Not Fraud, Harmed Impac Shareholders: 9th Circ.
• Ex-Cravath Atty Now Top Lawyer For Morgan Stanley
• Goldman Defends Collateral Calls On AIG Swaps