Securities Archive » May, 2013

Securities - May, 2013

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• Sprint-Softbank Merger Challenge Stayed For Kan. Case
• John Thomas' Insurer Wants Out Of Covering Fraud Suits
• Husch Blackwell Snags Patton Boggs White Collar Pro
• FCPA Powerhouse: Debevoise
• AMR Blasts Trustee's Disclosure Statement Objections
• Rothstein Trustee Says Versace Mansion Suit Violates Stay
• Citigroup, Investors Reach Accord In Subprime Loan Suit
• Timber Co. Exec's Family Feud Over Accounting Costs Nixed
• Goldman, Trader Fined $1M Over Treasury Notes Snafu
• Take Care In The Single-Bidder Sale Process
• Judge Skeptical Of Bloomberg's CFTC Swap Rule Case
• SEC Sues Over $19M Scam Tied To Bogus Cemetery Buys
• Ex-Optionable CEO Hit With $1M Fine For CEA Violations
• Trader's Wife Fined By CFTC Over $2M Pool Investment Scam
• Lehman Investors Get $640M Fraud Suit Sent To State Court
• Dell Sets Vote On $24B Buyout, Begins Persuasion Campaign
• Trial Of Baseball Star Delays KPMG Insider Trading Plea
• How Facebook Informs Exclusive Jurisdiction Provisions
• Q&A With Winston & Strawn's Bruce Braun
• Lloyds Sheds $5B US RMBS Pools In Latest Disposition
• Event-Driven Investors Don't Always Vote 'Yes'
• Tribune Shareholders Can't Kick Buyout Clawback Suits
• Barnes & Thornburg Faces Brewery Founder Malpractice Suit
• CFTC, Investors To Tag-Team Oil Futures Manipulation Suit
• Freddie Mac Must Give BofA Docs In $1.6B MBS Fight
• ArthroCare Exec Pleads Not Guilty In $400M Fraud Scheme
• Credit Suisse Reportedly Settles Suit Over $1B Fraud
• Madoff Investor Asks Justices To Review SEC Porn-Surf Suit
• Valerus Wants Ex-Exec's Stock Redemption Row Arbitrated
• Merck Investors Can't Use Vioxx News Report In Fraud MDL
• Biotech Firms, Exec Pay $11M To Settle NJ Fraud Suit
• Dell Investors Sue Over CEO Proxy Statements In $24B Buyout
• Gas Co. Wants $120M Claim Ahead Of Arcapita Unit Investors'
• 7th Circ. OKs Counting Married Fraud Victims Separately
• Procurement: The Hidden Path To Maximizing Profits
• FCPA Powerhouse: Davis Polk
• McKenna Snags 3 Venable Partners For White Collar Group
• Allstate Settles $200M MBS Suit Against Citigroup
• Q&A With Herrick Feinstein's Arthur Jakoby
• Stroock Opens DC Office With Former Kaye Scholer, SEC Attys
• Calif. Appeals Court Finds No Conflict For Firm Repping LLC
• NetSpend Delays Meeting On $1.4B Sale To End Investor Suit
• Enbridge Pipeline Deal Bona Fide, Del. High Court Rules
• Chevron Clashes With Investors, Activists Over $19B Fight
• SEC Drops Nice-Guy Routine With $10M Nasdaq Sanction
• Dykema Lands 2 From Curran Tomko For White Collar Group
• BofA Escapes Full $1.75B Countrywide Loan Repurchase
• Lehman Trustee Pushes 2nd Circ. To Reverse Barclays Win
• Del. High Court Won't Move $10M Carlyle MBS Suit To Kuwait
• CORRECTED: Disclosure Statement OK'd In Rothstein Firm Bankruptcy
• Q&A With Mayer Brown's Joseph De Simone
• DelShah Loses Fraud Suit Over $4M Loss In Condo Conversion
• And Now A Word From The Panel ...
• Lockheed Pension Participants Seek Class Cert. In 7th Circ.
• Nasdaq Strikes $10M Deal With SEC Over Facebook IPO
• A Snapshot Of How PCAOB Values Cooperation
• ArthroCare Exec Wants Conspirators' Names In $400M Fraud
• Pension Fund Denied Bigger Share Of $624M Countrywide Deal
• FCPA Powerhouse: Crowell & Moring
• Total To Pay $398M To Settle FCPA Bribery Claims
• Ex-Madoff Employees Can't Get Separate Trials
• Ex-KPMG Partner To Cop To Role In Insider Trading Scheme
• Rotech Shareholders Seek To Undo $30M DIP Order
• High Court To Resolve CAFA Circuit Split In LCD Case
• Bankrupt ATP's Board Sued Over $1.5B Note Exchange
• Citi Settles FHFA's Suit Over $3.5B in MBS Sales
• New Accounting Rules To Spur Balance Sheet-Friendly Leases
• Ex-CNEP Execs Siphoned Funds To Relatives, DOJ Says
• Feds Want Vitesse Fraud Case Kept Alive Despite Mistrials
• ING Mismanagement Suit Likely To Survive Dismissal Bid
• GM Defends $367M Hedge Fund Deal In Bankruptcy Fight
• Ex-AIG Boss May Still Have To Pay For Scam, NY Says
• Credit Union Regulator May End Derivatives Ban
• Cayman Law Bars Suit Over $1B Fund, NY Appeals Court Says
• Q&A With Robbins Arroyo's George Aguilar
• Deloitte Says US-China Pact Resolves SEC Audit Case
• Fezzani Insulates From Market Manipulation Claims
• Citibank Can't Get Clarification On Argentina Bond Injunction
• 4th Circ. Says Fallen Co. Can't Seek $161M In Wachovia Funds
• FCPA Powerhouse: Cahill Gordon & Reindel
• Groupon Investors Ask Court To Halt Bundled Proxy Vote
• High Court Refuses Appeal In Hedge Fund Price-Fixing Suit
• Securing D&O For Attorneys' Fees In Securities Cases
• Conceptus Investor Can't Block $1.2B Bayer Acquisition
• JPML Head Judge Explains Why Panel Is More Picky
• US-China Audit Truce Offers Weak Shield For Investors
• REIT Brokers To Face More Suits, Fines
• 1st Circ. Revives CVS Shareholder Fraud Class Action
• Fiduciary Duty To IPO Clients Hangs By Thread In NY Appeal
• US Bank Sued Over Robosigning, Mismanaged RMBS Trusts
• High Court's Morrison Ruling Keeps Attys Guessing
• US Trustee, Banks Slam AMR Bankruptcy Exit Plan
• SEC Ordered To Provide Docs To Ex-SAC Trader
• Highland Beats Investor Claims Over Leveraged Hedge Fund
• Law360 Names 10 FCPA Powerhouse Firms
• Citibank Seeks Clarity On Argentina Bond Injunction
• Burkle Made 'World War III' Threats, Morgans Investor Says
• Cerberus Settles Ex-Managing Director's Retaliation Suit
• The Importance Of Morning Mist
• Judge Trims Suit Blaming BB&T For Insurer's Takeover
• Jury Convicts Bank Of Commonwealth Insiders In $71M Fraud
• CFTC Declines To Cap Its Powers Against Disruptive Trading
• Smart Tech Gets Nod On $15M Deal With Investors Over IPO
• KPMG Can't Force Tremont Investors To Arbitrate Madoff Row
• NJ Judge Asks 3rd Circ. To Pick Venue In Short-Sell Suit
• Q&A With Vinson & Elkins' Cliff Thau
• Decimalization Revisited: Does Every Penny Count?
• Obama Nominates 2 Senate Aides As SEC Commissioners
• Starboard Seizes Control At Tessera With Last-Minute Deal
• SEC's 1st Proxy Firm Action Hints At New Compliance Focus
• SIPC Moves To Wind Down NY Brokerage Accused Of Fraud
• SEC Files $1.7M Insider Trading Suit Against Cushing Broker
• Lehman To Reap Up To $2B From Pair Of REIT Stock Offerings
• Regulator Cites Flaws In Ernst & Young Procedures
• Chevron Investors Seek SEC Probe Over $19B Ecuador Battle
• Ex-Goldman Banker Settles SEC Pay-To-Play Case
• Grant Thornton Settles With Allianz In $1B Winstar Fraud Row
• BP, Others Face Price-Fixing Claims In 1st Private Suit
• Daiichi Sankyo Mulls Legal Action Over Ranbaxy Settlements
• Q&A With McKool Smith's Gayle Klein
• MoFo Eyes Singapore For FCPA Practice Growth
• 6th Circuit Takes Wide View Of Liability In Stock Inflation Suits
• ISS Settles SEC Suit Alleging Proxy-Voting Data Breach
• JPMorgan Unit Fined $4.6M In UK
• Banks, Exchanges Urge Fed. Circ. To Uphold RealTime Ruling
• The SEC's Holistic Approach To Cross-Border Swaps
• Citadel Securities Says CBOE Overcharged Trading Fees
• Dems Back CFTC's Firmer Hand On Int'l Swaps Rules
• Midway Though Proxy Season, Staggered Boards Falling Hard
• UBS Ruling Allays Fear Factor For SEC Whistleblowers
• FHFA Wants Banks To Handle Debt Instrument Credit Ratings
• DOJ Wants Loss Findings In UBS Bid-Rigging Case OK'd
• South Miami Settles SEC Bond Fraud Charges
• Financial Services Co. Funneled Millions To Execs' Kin: Suit
• Bloomberg Fires Back At CFTC In Swap Rule Case
• KFC Operator Hid Tainted Chicken Info, Shareholders Say
• 22 Firms Form International Network To Fight Financial Fraud
• Seyfarth Sued Again Over Brazilian Tax Shelters
• China Agritech Can't Dodge Shareholders' Fraud Suit
• Coventry Pays $10M To End Suit Over Medicare Plan Setbacks
• Q&A With Burr & Forman's Jennifer Moseley
• Mass. Fines Ameriprise, Others $1M Over REIT Sales
• Lehman Sells $4.2B In Claims Against Brokerage Unit
• Internal Whistleblowing Deserves Protection, Judge Tells UBS
• Contracting In A Perfect Storm Of Enforcement Risk: Part 1
• Answers To Your Compensation Committee Rules Questions
• SEC Won't Sue Big Lots Over Ex-CEO's $10M Stock Sale
• NetSpend Investors Can't Block $1.4B Sale Over PE Favoritism
• Mayer Brown Snags Real Estate Finance Pro From Dechert
• Investors Prevail Over Citigroup In ARS Market-Bust Arbitration
• NFP Directors Sued Over $1.3B Madison Dearborn Deal
• Thompson & Knight Dodges $2.5M Shareholder Fraud Appeal
• Dreier Investors Say Profits Weren't Part Of Ponzi Scheme
• EU Oil Price-Fixing Probe Could Rival Libor Scandal
• Watchdog Report Faults CFTC Head's MF Global Recusal
• Lion Capital Head Pleads Guilty To $1.3M Fraud Scheme
• Miami Law Firm Helped Run Ponzi Scheme, Investor Says
• Ill. Pension Fund Slaps AIG With Securities Fraud Suit
• Q&A With McKenna Long's David Brown
• DOJ Slams S&P Bid To Toss Inflated RMBS Ratings Suit
• Ex-Digital Domain CEO, Directors Hit With Investor Suit
• Jury Convicts Atty Over Stock Fraud Scheme With Ex-NFLer
• Herbalife Taps PwC As Auditor After KPMG Insider Scandal
• WaMu Noteholders Can't Join $10B Fight, DC Circ. Says
• Dimon Survives, But Risk Concerns Loom For JPMorgan
• More 'Dark Pools' Deepen Litigation Issues
• Gupta Asks 2nd Circ. To Overturn Conviction
• Chevron Sues Sunoco Over Texas Pipeline Deal
• GOP Sens. Hammer Lew On IRS Targeting Scandal
• Venable Shouldn't Shake $11M Facebook IPO Suit, ESG Says
• Ex-SAC Trader Lashes Back At Feds In $276M Tipping Case
• Former DBSI Brass Deny Ponzi Scheme Charges
• LPL Financial Penalized $9M For Email System Failures
• Strine Tells Wal-Mart To Dig Deeper For Mexican Bribery Docs
• Michaels Fights To Avoid Legal Fees In $550M Wyly Fraud
• SAC Indictment Would Put Feds In Uncharted Waters
• Duane Morris Adds Orrick Partner To NY Corporate Group
• High Court May Use SOX Case To Put DOL In Its Place
• Fighting Agencies May Be Tougher After High Court Ruling
• Dallas Brokerage Fends Off RICO Claim For Trade Fees
• Lew Likely To Face Flak Over IRS, Not Financial Rules
• Tessera Proxy's Write-In Option Draws SEC's Eye
• Exxon Can't Nix Ex-VP's $5M In Stock, Texas Justices Told
• Investors Give Libor Antitrust Claims Another Shot
• BMC Investor Sues To Block $7B Sale To Bain, Golden Gate
• Ex-Morgan Stanley Exec Fights Kickback Rap In 2nd Circ.
• Baker Donelson, Dilworth Paxson DQ'd From Investment Suit
• Agencies Deserve Deference On Jurisdiction, Justices Say
• PBGC Wants 2nd Circ. To Rethink Morgan Stanley ERISA Case
• Q&A With Robbins Arroyo's Stephen Oddo
• Friend Of Ex-KPMG Partner Pleads Guilty To Insider Trading
• Senate Committee Launches Pension-Lender Probe
• $8.5B BofA Settlement Will Be Weighed By Judge, Not Jury
• Dell Tells Icahn Hands Tied By Silver Lake Merger Deal
• High Court To Review SOX's Protection Of Private Contractors
• Harrisburg Demonstrates Danger Of Public Statements
• Winston & Strawn Faces DQ Bid In Calif. City Bankruptcies
• Hedge Fund Sues For Proxy Fight Rematch With Digirad
• SAC To Scale Back Cooperation With Insider Trading Probe
• JPMorgan Backs Dimon Before Shareholder Vote On Split Role
• Investor Says Bain's $7B Bid For Software Co. Is Too Low
• Drug Co. Scores Partial Win In Suit Over Botched Offering
• Company Control Not Just About Share Count, Chancery Says
• Continental Ducks Shareholder Suit Over $313M Oil Asset Buy
• ING Gave Morgan Stanley Kickbacks For 401(k) Biz, Suit Says
• Credit Agricole Slams Lehman's $34M Terminated-Swaps Suit
• Rise Of The Machines — Predictive Coding Goes Mainstream
• Ex-Broker Gets Probation For Muni Bond Bid-Rigging
• Rakoff Gives Dexia's $774M JPMorgan MBS Suit 2nd Life
• Juniper Ducks Securities Suit Over Alleged Misstatements
• Schwab Fund's Changes Breached Contract, 9th Circ. Hears
• SunTrust Blocks FINRA Arbitration In MBS Row
• Elliott, Compuware Extend Standstill, Keep Proxy Door Open
• Icahn Loses Transocean Dividend Fight, But Wins Board Seat
• Q&A With McKenna Long's Thomas Wardell
• Tessera, Under Siege, Attracts Another Hedge Fund
• Shareholder Can't Get Head Start In S&P Suit, Judge Says
• CFTC Says Bloomberg's Delay In Filing Sinks Swap Rule Case
• SEC's Unbundling Rules Get Breath Of Life
• House Passes Bill To Ramp Up SEC Cost-Benefit Reviews
• Sheppard Mullin Adds Securities Vet To Silicon Valley Office
• Sen. Wants US To Join UK, EU In Oil Price-Fixing Probes
• 'Mentally Ill' Ex-DHB Exec Wins Fraud Sentencing Delay
• Wal-Mart Busts Its FCPA Budget By $30M In Q1
• Unprecedented FCPA Wake-Up Call For US Broker-Dealers
• Charles Schwab Lifts Client Class Action Ban
• SinoTech Wins Initial Nod For $20M Deal To End IPO Suit
• Wal-Mart Can't Keep Leaked Docs Out Of Mexico Bribery Suit
• Judge Won't Certify BofA Appeal In RMBS Action
• Saints Coach Settles Investor Fraud Suit Against Ex-Player
• CFTC Derivatives Rules Bow To Market Reality, Experts Say
• Ex-Film Site Owner Can't Shake The Wrap's Fraud Suit
• Fla. High Court Says Arbitrations Can Be Time-Barred
• Empire State Building IPO Nears Full Shareholder Approval
• CORRECTED: Hedge Fund Manager Can't Dismiss SEC's Attempt At Ban
• Wells Fargo Can't Shake Suit Over Conflict As RMBS Trustee
• AIG Docs In $46M SEC Case Stay Secret, Judge Rules
• Fla. Law Firm Lands Banking, Securities Pro In Tampa
• 11th Circ. Won't Let Fraudsters Off Hook For $18M Scheme
• Q&A With Foley & Lardner's Joe Edmondson
• Tracking Emerging Growth Cos. Under The JOBS Act
• Glencore Tightens Hold On Merged Co. As Xstrata Execs Axed
• SEC Chairman White Disses GOP Cost-Benefit Bill
• Wells Fargo Dodges Claim In $13M RE Investor Suit
• BofA Wants To Keep $10.5B RMBS Suit In Federal Court
• Deals Rumor Mill: Marine Harvest, Actavis, Elliott Management
• Hess Makes 11th-Hour Deal To End Elliott Proxy Fight
• CSC Strikes $97.5M Deal In Suit Over Contracting Cover-Up
• 9th Circ. Remands Atty Fee Award In Davis Wright Fraud Case
• Businessman Denies Blocking FCPA Probe Into Mining Co.
• Shearman Snags 3 Weil Attorneys For London PE Team
• Fitch Questions Seagram Building Loan's AAA Rating
• No Market Check? No Problem
• Wall Street To FCPA Enforcers: Bring It On
• Obama's 1st Term Rulemaking Rate Soars By Bush's Mark
• Q&A With Burr & Forman's Thomas Potter
• Goldman Bests Fortress In Arcapita Bank Loan Battle
• Fla. Judge Holds Off On Ch. 7 Option For Rothstein Firm
• SEC Taps Ropes & Gray Partner To Lead Corp. Finance Unit
• US In Talks With Switzerland, Japan On Bank Wind-Down Plans
• Fla. Lawyer Apprehended In $137M Investment Fraud Scheme
• Libor Litigation Must Overcome Significant Obstacles
• Deutsche Bank Unit Can't Duck $330M MBS Suit
• Rotech Bondholders Want Baker & McKenzie Fees Capped
• RINO, Execs Pay $3.5M To Settle SEC Skimming Suit
• Freddie Mac Asks 2nd Circ. To Affirm Toss Of Investor Suit
• SEC Eyes Advisory Contract Approval Disclosures
• Deals Rumor Mill: Sinopec, Siemens, Activision
• True Religion Shareholders Sue To Block $835M Buyout
• Goldman Dodges Insurer's $63M MBS Suit In 2nd Circ.
• Rotech's $30M DIP Loan OK'd Over Shareholders' Objections
• Morgans Director Wins Injunction To Halt Yucaipa Deal
• SEC Head Orders Review Of Cyberthreat Disclosure Guidance
• Goldman's Blankfein Needn't Testify In $1B Toxic Assets Suit
• Nomura Escapes Suit Over $99M in MBS Trust Losses
• Investors Can't Revive Suit Over Failed $60M Oil Rig Deal
• Hospital's $350M Bond Issuance Suit Falls In 5th Circ.
• Judge Rejects FirstMerit Shareholders' Say-On-Pay Suit
• Accused Insider Traders In Brocade Deal Plead Not Guilty
• EU Raids BP, Statoil Over Benchmark Rate Manipulation
• Morgan Stanley Says Investors Limited In $145M MBS Fight
• Power-One Investor Says $1B ABB Offer Is Too Low
• Deals Rumor Mill: OMERS, GE, Sony
• Bankrupt School Specialty Says Equity Committee Not Needed
• US To Reveal Co-Conspirators In $276M SAC Insider Case
• Q&A With Jenner & Block's Jerry Burgdoerfer
• Genzyme Investors Urge 1st Circ. To Revive Fraud Action
• Goldman Dodges Insurer's $120M CDO Claims On Appeal
• Banks Urge Compromise On Credit Loss Accounting Standard
• Merrill Can't Ax Fraud Claims In $60M Magnetar MBS Suit
• Tips For Your Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plan Policy
• Elliott Proposes Revamped Board To End Hess Proxy Fight
• 2nd Circ. Upholds Standard For SEC Debarment Of Officers
• 10th Circ. Axes $1.2M Judgment In Lloyds Coverage Row
• Warren Presses For Costs, Benefits Of 'Too Big To Jail' Deals
• S&P Prez Tells SEC To Ditch Industry Reform Plan
• 4 Takeaways From 2nd Highest FCPA Penalty
• Morgans Hotel Recap Should Be Blocked, Judge Hears
• Rothstein Victims Say Ch. 11 Plan Lets TD Bank Off Hook
• Barclays Beats Investors' Libor Manipulation Claims
• Transocean Chair To Retire Following Pressure From Icahn
• UK Deferred Prosecution Law May Avoid FCPA Pitfalls
• High-Tech Pump-and-Dump Schemer Sentenced To 71 Months
• Firms, Trump Targeted In $1B Row Over Investment Losses
• Fed Wants 1st Bank-Run Stress Test Results By July
• UK, US Officials Split On Libor Transition
• Calif. City Sold Bonds Doomed To Fail, 9th Circ. Hears
• Pataki, Cuomo Tell NY To Leave Ex-AIG Chief Alone
• NJ High Court Mulls Reach Of Arbitration In Stock Sale Fight
• Supreme Court Snubs ISE's Appeal In Index Options Row
• Q&A With VLP Law Group's David Goldenberg
• Level Global Founder Gets 6 1/2 Years For Insider Trading
• BNY Mellon Takes $1.3B Chesapeake Bond Row To 2nd Circ.
• Z Capital Blocks Poison Pill In Casino Co. Power Play
• Dell Committee Wants Specifics On Icahn's Rival Buyout Bid
• Deals Rumor Mill: Partnership Assurance, UBS, Euronext
• SEC Must Stop The Latest Effort To Impede Whistleblowers
• Elliott's Hess Nominees Say They'll Work For No Bonuses
• KKR Can't Dodge Investor Suit Over $525M Primedia Sale
• 6th Circ. Revives Mich. State Suit Over Axed Pension Plan
• Attys Reap $4M Fee In Goodrich Disclosure-Only Settlement
• 4 Tips For Evaluating An M&A Target's Legal Risks
• HP Can't Quite Beat Investor Claims Over Nixing WebOS
• Deepwater Securities Suits Belong In UK, BP Tells Court
• Investors Lose Bid To Delay NYSE Merger Vote
• Employer Scare Tactics May Chill SEC Whistleblower Program
• Atty Fee Award In $219M Madoff Investor Deal OK'd By Judge
• Star Scientific Shareholders Sue Over Drug Claims
• First Southwest Ends Muni Investment Bid-Rigging Claims
• Trustee's Objection Leads To Peregrine Class Action Stay
• ACA Financial Can't Quash Bond Dispute In Miss.
• Q&A With Reed Smith's Yvan-Claude Pierre
• BofA Says $25B Mortgage Deal Bars NY AG's Suit
• Hess Shuffles Management Plan As Proxy Showdown Looms
• $8.5B BofA Deal Negotiators Fight Investors' Jury Request
• Icahn, Southeastern Put Up Bid Against $24B Dell Buyout
• Aveo Hid Kidney Drug's Higher Death Risk, Shareholder Says
• Ex-CEO Raided Entertainment Co.'s Assets, RICO Suit Says
• Mixed Messages Over Municipal Adviser Registration
• Mutual Benefits Exec Loses Bid For New Trial On $837M Scam
• Quinn Predicts Damages In Clearwire-Sprint Trial
• Plains Shareholders Can't Block $6.9B Freeport Buy
• Wells Fargo Ducks Shareholder Suit Claiming It Deceived FHA
• Arthrocare Exec Cops To $400M Securities Fraud Scheme
• Bryan Cave, AmEx Unit End Tax Shelter Class Action
• RBC's Discovery Bid In Wash-Trading Suit Falls Short
• Hearing On ATP's $691M Asset Sale Pushed Back
• Heller Ehrman Settles Legal-Fee Fight With Ex-Refco Exec
• Judge Wants Secret Witnesses Named In JPMorgan Suit
• Regulators Join Fight To Block Schwab's Class Action Waiver
• Investors' E-Trade Deceit Suit Moves Forward After 5 Years
• Q&A With Foley & Lardner's Gardner Davis
• Vitamin Shoppe Shareholders Sue After $30M Insider Cashout
• IntraLinks Can't Dodge Shareholder Suit Over FDIC Contract
• SEC Asset Management Chief Jumps To Prudential
• Apache Preps $4B In Asset Sales, $2B Stock Buyback
• Baker Botts Adds Trio of Partners To Offices In NY, DC
• SEC, Texas Probe Morgan Keegan Over Muni Bond Sales
• Insider Trader Can't Postpone Prison Time For Family Time
• Prudential Says UBS Fraud Doomed $208M MBS Purchase
• Feds Seek Record Jail Terms In UBS Bid-Rigging Case
• Quinn Emanuel To Open 1st Aussie Office In June
• Consol Strikes $43M Deal With CNX Investors Over Buyout
• Morgan Lewis Nabs Top Duane Morris Litigator For NY Office
• AXA Can't Seek Punitive Damages Over $1.5B ING Sale
• Deals Rumor Mill: Microsoft, Facebook, Billabong
• Ferro, Activist Investors Reach Deal In Proxy Fight
• Insights From An Under-The-Radar CDO Case
• Falcone Faces Industry Ban Under $18M SEC Pact
• E-Discovery In The Cloud: Who Can Get Your Data?
• HP Dodges Derivative Suit Over Foreign Bribes
• Viacom Asks Del. High Court To Ax $300M 'Rock Band' Award
• W.Va. Frees RBC From Bid-Rigging MDL Tied To Muni Bonds
• Prosecutors Get Last Laugh In $1B BofA Fraud Case
• NY Ruling Against Goldman Pokes Hole In Diligence Defense
• Freddie Mac Slams BofA's Doc Request In $2B MBS Fight
• MBIA Strikes $350M Deal To End Societe Generale MBS Suit
• Chesapeake Wins Bid To Buy Back $1.3B In Bonds
• Sen. Paul Urges Repeal Of Anti-Tax Evasion Law
• ING Plans IPO For European Insurance Unit
• Enron's Skilling Could Cut Decade Off Sentence Under Deal
• McGlinchey Shakes $10M Bomb Range Suit In 5th Circ.
• Bro Of Jailed Galleon Founder Delays Own SEC Case 6 Months
• Q&A With Procopio's Dennis Doucette
• Get Ready For A 'Substituted Compliance' Regime
• $1B BofA Mortgage Suit OK'd Under Controversial Fraud Law
• ArthroCare Faces DOJ Investigation Over Billing Practices
• 5 Dentons Capital Markets Partners Decamp To Alston & Bird
• Mark Cuban's Mavericks Nearly Bankrupt, Appeals Court Hears
• Deals Rumor Mill: Sprint, Bain Capital, Bankia
• FINRA Fines 3 Firms Over Poor Money Laundering Prevention
• Icahn Boosts Herbalife Stake Amid Battle For Co.'s Future
• Why The Libor Lawsuits Are Not Dead
• Data Security Still A Top Worry For GCs
• Fannie Mae, KPMG Pay $153M To End Accounting Fraud Case
• Credit Suisse, Other Lenders Pay $691M For ATP Assets
• Audit Watchdog Reworks Rules On Insider Deals
• Rotech DIP Hearing Delayed Upon Shareholder Objections
• NY Fed Sounds Alarm Over Triparty Repo Fire Sales
• Virgin Islands Law Firm Hit With Rothstein Clawback Suit
• Sprint Investor Wants $20B Softbank Deal Halted
• Traders Accused Of Bribing Venezuelan Bank Official
• Starboard Vows To Keep Up Proxy Fight Despite Tessera Offer
• Alco Stores Fends Off Activist Investor With Poison Pill
• FINRA's Position On Pre-Inception Index Performance Data
• SEC Head White Defends No-Admit, No-Deny Policy
• Guggenheim Funding Must Return 4.8M Valerus Shares
• BofA Can't Shake AIG's $10.5B Countrywide RMBS Suit
• Morrison & Foerster Snags CMBS Pro From Nixon Peabody
• CIFG Gets Fraud Claims Restored In $275M Goldman Suit
• Venable Tries To Ax Suit Over $11M Facebook IPO Fraud
• Q&A With Katten's Bruce Vanyo
• 2nd Circ. Curbs Market Manipulation Suits In Baron Case
• Feds Want Level Global Co-Founder Locked Up For 10 Years
• Deals Rumor Mill: Warburg Pincus, Carlyle, Telefonica
• Lessons From Philips FCPA Settlement Over Polish Bribes
• Judge Tosses Derivative Claim Over Ex-HP CEO Hurd's Exit
• ResCap Creditors Fight CFO Testimony In RMBS Trial
• Sky Bell Funds Sued Over Ponzi Investments
• Northrop Targets Fraud Claims In $33M Contract Case
• Ex-KPMG Partner's Friend To Admit To Insider Trading
• Rakoff Ruling In $1B BofA Case May Halt DOJ Hot Streak
• Freeport's $9B Bid For Plains Draws More Investor Opposition
• Prudential's $200M Barclays MBS Suit Returns To State Court
• BofA, US Bank Lose Bid To Toss RMBS Class Action
• Repurchase Is Ambac's Only Out In $856M MBS Case: Merrill
• Ex-Waffle House Parent Can't Get Back Dividend: 11th Circ.
• Investors Get Chance To Revive Antitrust Claims In Libor MDL
• MBIA, BofA Strike Major $1.7B MBS Settlement
• Struggling Pa. Capital Settles SEC's Securities Fraud Suit
• CNOOC Sheds Investor Suit Over Bohai Bay Oil Spill
• $615M MBS Suit Aims To Rewrite Deal's Terms, Deutsche Says
• Hess Board Picks Blast Hedge Fund's Proxy Tactics
• Diamond Foods Investors Certified In $2.3B Pringles Suit
• Q&A With Carlton Fields' Sam Salario
• Ameritrans Unit Hasn't Repaid $20M Loan, US Alleges
• Vitacost Beats Suit Over Pre-IPO Disclosures In 11th Circ.
• Kill CFTC Mutual Fund Rule, US Chamber Tells DC Circ.
• Syncora Didn't Investigate Toll-Road Bonds, Macquarie Says
• UBS Pays $358M To Settle Assured's RMBS Suit
• SEC Weighing Suit Against RBS Over Mortgage Bonds
• NY AG Says Wells Fargo, BofA Breached $25B Mortgage Deal
• A Model For Facing Meritless Derivative Suits In Pa.
• House Republicans To Push For SEC Cost-Benefit Analyses
• Deals Rumor Mill: Neiman Marcus, Icahn, TPG
• FDIC Looks To Gut BofA's $2B Suit Over Taylor Bean Fraud
• BofA, Citi Restrained Credit Default Swap Market, Suit Says
• Citigroup Investor's $383M Loss Can't Be Arbitrated
• Equity Holders Say Rotech DIP Loan 'Perverts' Ch. 11 Process
• 7th Circ. Revives GE Unit's Asset Fight With Chicago Bank
• S&P Settlement Talks Hint At DOJ Shift On Admissions
• Feds' FCPA Probe Of Okada Puts Halt On Wynn's Suit
• Credit Suisse Says Ex-VP Stole Trade Secrets For New Job
• SAC Manager Can't Switch Judges In Insider Trading Case
• Lululemon Must Turn Over Docs On Bonuses, Investor Says
• Financial Reform Still Needs Improvements, Fed Gov. Says
• Chum Of Ex-Orioles Player Dodges Insider Trading Charges
• Ex-Cowboys Player's PE Partner Gets 10 Years For $40M Fraud
• Sui Generis At Supreme Court
• A Significant Impact On Private Investment Funds
• FTC And SEC Are Schizoid On Social Media
• FHFA, AGs Drop Objections To $8.5B BofA MBS Settlement
• 2nd Circ. Nixes Derivative Suit Over GE's Mortgage Co. Buys
• New SEC Head's 1st Speech Sidesteps Money Market Reform
• ISS Backs Crusader Elliott In Hess Board Fight
• Former Securities Bar Titan Mel Weiss Dodges Probation
• Transocean Again Presses Investors To Reject Icahn Shake-Up
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