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Securities - July, 2014

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• Akin Gump Ducks $120M Defamation Suits
• AbbVie Investor Says Brass Exposed Co. To Off-Label Claims
• OPINION: Lawyers Should Think In Terms Of Big Data
• US Won't Follow UK Ban On Order Flow Payments, Experts Say
• Argentina Blames US For Debt Talks Failure, Denies Default
• CFTC Seeks $139M Penalty In RBC Wash Trading Case
• Law360's SEC Survival Guide: The Wells Notice And Beyond
• Revolving-Door Roundup: Sidley, Bingham, Greenberg
• Ponzi Schemer Rothstein's Ex-Law Partners Disbarred
• SEC Rewards Tipster With Whistleblower Award
• AIG, GE Capital Will Remain SIFIs, US Regulators Say
• 11th Circ. Upholds Investment Co. Ponzi Schemers' Sentences
• Exchanges Claim Immunity From Suits Over Sneak Peeks
• UK Fraud Office To Pay Added $2.5M To Settle Botched Sting
• Barclays Can't Dodge BayernLB's $274M Toxic RMBS Suit
• Dreier Judge Turns Down Bid For Jailed Founder's Testimony
• 2nd Circ. Revives JinkoSolar Sludge Dumping Suit
• Understanding The Investment Adviser Regulatory Scheme
• GAO Says Big Bank 'Subsidy' Could Return In A Crisis
• Credit Suisse Latest To Disclose Dark Pool Probes
• Dealmakers Q&A: Seward & Kissel's Craig Sklar
• The Caremark Standard At Issue In Wal-Mart Bribery Case
• SEC Says Computer Reseller Execs Lied About Inventory
• How They Won It: Labaton Scores $265M Massey Settlement
• Forex Investors Say Record Justifies Big-Bank Cartel Suits
• Law360's SEC Survival Guide: The Subpoena
• DC Judge Asked To Nix CFTC Cross-Border Swaps Rules
• Treasury Floats Beefed-Up Bank Transparency Rules
• 'Too Big To Fail' Study Unlikely To Spur New Reforms
• $3B QR Energy Price Tag Undervalues Co., Suit Says
• SEC Names New Associate Director Of International Affairs
• Lehman Trustee OK'd For 1st Unsecured Creditors Refund
• Securities Discovery Ban Hinges On Subpoena Date: 9th Circ.
• Argentina Headed To Default After Debt Talks Collapse
• Endurance Nixes $3.2B Aspen Bid Amid Weak Investor Support
• Analyst Who Passed SAC Inside Tips Seeks India Visit
• UK Tribunal Upholds Judgment Against Ex-Hedge Fund CEO
• Ex-Jenkens & Gilchrist Atty Gets 6 Months In $7B Tax Fraud
• CUNA Mutual Drops RBS Securities Claims To Work On Appeal
• SHI Must Pay $243M To Deutsche Bank Or Forfeit Appeal
• Rakoff Orders BofA To Pay $1.3B In Mortgage Fraud Case
• DreamWorks Says SEC Investigating 'Turbo' Write-Downs
• Valley Forge Can't Dodge Class Action Over Illegal Exports
• UK Regulators Wary Of Paying Whistleblowers For Tips
• Class Arbitration A Question For Courts, 3rd Circ. Says
• UK Bankers Face Bonus Clawbacks Under Proposed Rules
• A Case For Synthetic Investment In US Real Estate
• Death Rattle For Unfinished Business Claims?
• S&P Slams NCUA Over Discovery In DOJ's $5B MBS Fraud Suit
• KFN, KKR Seek To Ax Chancery Suit Over $2.6B Deal
• Bondholders Make 11th-Hour Bid To Stop Argentine Default
• BigLaw Collects Big Bills In $50B Yukos Arbitration
• Proskauer Rose Dodges Stanford Receiver's Malpractice Suit
• Dewey Brass Can Ask 8th Circ. To Toss $35M Note Fraud Suit
• FINRA Levels Churning Charges Against Brokerage, Reps
• Lehman Trustee Erases Ex-Broker's $5.5M Arbitration Claim
• Law360's SEC Survival Guide: The Initial Inquiry
• Barclays Dark Pool Scrutiny Prompts Investor Class Action
• Big Banks Shed Loans Under Regulatory, Business Pressure
• SEC's FCPA Crackdown Looms Over Small-Cap Cos.
• Judge Says SEC Can't Seek All Profits In Wyly Fraud Case
• $150B Forfeiture Claims May Delay Madoff Aides' Sentencing
• Huntsman Investor Aims To Sue Over $7B Hexion Merger
• And Now A Word From The Panel: Top 10 Venue Arguments
• BP, Shell Blast Class's Crude Oil Manipulation Claims
• CFTC To Hammer Out Deal With RBC Over Wash Trading
• Sentence Cut For Rothstein Cohort Who Aided Investigators
• Convicted CFO Agrees To Pay $1.7M Back To Bankrupt Co.
• Electra Snubs Sherborne's Bid To Join Board, Review Firm
• NY's Aging Fraud Case Against Ex-AIG CEO Headed For Trial
• Deutsche Bank, Barclays Face Monitors In NY Forex Probe
• Activists Notch Win In Darden Fight, Vow To Keep Up Battle
• 11th Circ. OKs $67M TD Bank Verdict Over Rothstein Fraud
• 8th Circ. Urged To Clarify Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Shield
• FDA Faults Impax Quality In Latest Blow To Rytary Approval
• 2 KPMG Units Dodge Madoff Investor Suits
• Affinity Gaming Ends Shareholder Feud With Board Change
• Cliffs Investors Pick All 6 Casablanca Nominees For Board
• Suit Over Deutsche Bank Takeover Bid To Get A Closer Look
• UBS, Deutsche Bank Latest Targets In Dark Pool Inquiries
• CFTC Hits JPMorgan Unit Over 'Large Trader' Violations
• Dealmakers Q&A: Morris Manning's David Calhoun
• Dealmakers Q&A: Troutman Sanders' Larry Cerutti
• No Breach Of Fiduciary Duty, No Atty Fees
• Lehman Can't Subordinate CMBS Fraud Claims In Ch. 11
• Law360's SEC Survival Guide: Approaching The Agency
• Argentina Gets OK For Bond Payments On Technicality
• Flow Traders Software Theft Case Headed For Trial
• Ex-Credit Suisse Trader Seeks Leniency For Mortgage Fraud
• Nixed $750M BP Dividend Suit To Be Appealed To 5th Circ.
• 3 GE Units Settle Claims They Rigged W.Va. Muni Bond Bids
• Camelot Boss Can't Ax DA's $9M Investor Theft Action
• Top Proxy Advisers Split On $4.4B Fiat-Chrysler Merger
• Police Seize $140M In Nomura Assets Over Derivatives Deals
• The Rich Look To Get Richer With Upped PE Allocation
• Harbinger COO Admits Wrongdoing In SEC Settlement
• Goldman Sachs In Talks To Settle FHFA Suit Over MBS Losses
• Latham Docs Off The Table In Weatherford Tax Spat
• Safeway Shareholders OK Albertsons' Revised $9B Takeover
• Smith & Wesson To Pay $2M To Settle FCPA Charges
• Russia Must Pay Yukos Investors $50B, Hague Court Rules
• Aspen Shareholders Reject Endurance's Proposals
• US Seeks 5 Years For Ex-Evercore Banker's Insider Trades
• Dealmakers Q&A: Burns & Levinson's Josef Volman
• What's Next For US Financial Regulation
• Lloyds To Pay $370M In US, UK Libor-Rigging Deal
• House Panel Won't Budge In Face Of SEC Subpoena
• Darden OKs Starboard Nominees To Prevent $750M Default
• Chinese Brokerage Hong Yuan Unveils $6.4B Tie-Up Plans
• South Fla. Real Estate Market Primed For Crowdfunding Boom
• Texas AG Candidate Faces Complaint Over Securities Work
• Securities Attys Press SEC On Muni Disclosure Effort
• Law360's Guide To Surviving An SEC Investigation
• RBS Urges 10th Circ. To Nix NY Judge's Discovery Powers
• 3 Tips For Workable FCA Release Programs
• Herbalife, Allergan Lead To Questions Over Ackman Strategy
• Texas Court Kicks Deepwater Investor Suit To Switzerland
• Stock Trader Gets 1.5 Years For Microsoft Inside Trades
• 5th Circ. Says Orders To Clarify Arbitration Awards Aren't Final
• Tips For Recovery Under Mandatory Victims Restitution Act
• GSK Investigating Alleged Misconduct By Former Syria Ops
• SEC Settles Suit Over $3.3M Stock Counterfeiting Scheme
• Ex-BSGR Agent Gets 2 Years For Obstructing FCPA Probe
• Facebook Says SEC Won't Bring Enforcement Action Over IPO
• UK Fraud Office To Pay RE Mogul $5M Over Iceland Bank Sting
• Issa Demands Citi, JPMorgan Settlement Files From DOJ
• XL Asks 11th Circ. To Excuse It From $4.9M Piedmont Deal
• Ex-BofA Employee Spared Prison In Bid-Rigging Scheme
• Lloyds Confirms 'Late-Stage' Libor-Rigging Settlement Talks
• Citi's LavaFlow Pays $5M To Settle SEC Data Leak Charges
• Fed Approves Zions' Revised Capital Plan
• Dealmakers Q&A: Greenberg Traurig's Darrell Windham
• Dealmakers Q&A: Paul Hastings' Rick Kirkbride
• Your D&O Insurance Policy Post-Halliburton
• Andrews Kurth Atty Who Repped Allen Stanford To Leave Firm
• Ex-BizJet CEO Pleads Guilty In Latin America Bribe Scheme
• RBS Securities Can't Duck CUNA Mutual's MBS Suit
• Clearing Firm Looks To Pare Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Case
• Ex-Sentinel CEO Denied Acquittal, New Trial Request
• Starboard Sues To See Darden Docs On $2B Red Lobster Sale
• MSRB Advances Muni Adviser Supervision Proposal To SEC
• SEC Expands Crackdown On $2.4M Football-Laser Scheme
• Dodd-Frank Architect Says Law Can Adapt To The Times
• SIFMA Asks High Court To Limit American Pipe Tolling Rule
• Former BES Chief Arrested As 3rd Espirito Co. Hits Bankruptcy
• Judge Upholds Madoff Aides' Convictions But Slams Feds
• Grand Jury Charges TelexFree Heads With Pyramid Scheme
• SEC To Consider Application For Alternative-Trading SRO
• Halliburton Wins Discovery Stay In Securities Class Action
• Ex-Merrill Chair Ducks Madoff Victims' $5M Investment Suit
• Former Deputy Gets 1 Year For Aiding Rothstein's Scheme
• House Reps. Press For Change After Ackman Allergan Bid
• 3 Takeaways From BofA's $16.5M Settlement With OFAC
• Orrick's Credit Suisse MBS Analysis Is Fair Game, Judge Says
• Ex-SEC Litigator Healy Leaves Reed Smith For Locke Lord
• Understanding The Investment Adviser Registration Process
• 6 Years In, Why Haven't FRE 502(d) Orders Caught On?
• Barclays Fires Back At NY AG's Dark Pool Claims
• Morgan Stanley Pays SEC $275M To Settle RMBS Claims
• BofA To Pay $16.5M To Settle Alleged Sanctions Violations
• Valeant Files Another Complaint Over 'False' Allergan Info
• SEC Denies Whistleblower Award In $18M Harbinger Case
• Dealmakers Q&A: Kramer Levin's Howard Spilko
• Rakoff's Foreign Fund Clawback Ruling Has Limitations
• JPMorgan Ducks Suit Claiming Leaders Knew Of Madoff Fraud
• Madoff Judge Denies Fake Motion To Disqualify US Atty
• Navistar Securities Class Action Too Vague, Judge Says
• S&P May Face SEC Enforcement Action Over MBS Ratings
• SEC Wins Few Friends With Money Market Fund Rules
• Jones Day Snatches Up Akin Gump Litigation Partner
• Banks Say Justices' CTS Ruling Dooms FHFA's RMBS Suits
• SEC Says Stanford's Criminal Conduct Charges 'Slanderous'
• Perkins Coie Lures Ex-SEC Atty From Morrison & Foerster
• O'Malia's Move To ISDA Stokes Revolving-Door Debate
• IRS Issues Guidance For Money Market Fund Redemptions
• 4 Years After Dodd-Frank, Insurance Regulation Still In Flux
• Quinn Emanuel, Berger & Montague To Helm Gold Fix Cases
• Ex-Husband Of 'Sopranos' Star Denies $300M Stock Fraud
• Traders Double Down On Allegations Against CME Group
• IRS Right To Penalize KPMG-Backed Tax Shelters, Gov't Says
• SEC Bans FINRA Deals Requiring Record Expungements
• Wis. High Court Dismisses Challenge To $455M Permira Buy
• Bingham McCutchen Adds Ex-SDNY Atty to White-Collar Group
• Investor Sues NJ Wave-Power Co. Over Tanked Aussie Project
• Dodd-Frank Namesake Defends Law But Says Tweaks Needed
• Ex-Jefferies Trader Gets 2 Years For RMBS Fraud
• CalSTRS Urges Pepsi To Put Activist Investor On Board
• Ex-Quiznos Brass Defrauded Investor Funds, Suit Says
• Sahara Can Sell $1.7B Hotel Stakes For Exec's Bail Fund
• Fla. Sets Strict Standard For Direct Shareholder Claims
• Nixon Peabody, Mintz Levin Blamed For Biotech's Downfall
• CFTC's O'Malia To Leave Agency For Wall Street Group
• SEC Approves Money Market Fund Reforms
• Dealmakers Q&A: Goodwin Procter's John Haggerty
• High Court Will End Circuit Split With Libor MDL Case
• Trial-Ready In 180 Days: Prepare For SDNY's Rocket Docket
• 4 Years In, Debate Rages Over Dodd-Frank's Systemic Risk Tag
• Del. Magistrate Pushes Dismissal Of Verizon Derivative Suit
• 5 Things To Watch For As SEC Decides Money Market Rules
• Regulators Want Real Transactions Used In Libor Math
• Puerto Rico's Restructuring Law Faces Another Challenge
• Hedge Fund Facing IRS Probe Says It Acted Legally
• Kodiak Shareholders Sue To Block $3.8B Whiting Takeover
• CFTC Proposes Tweaks To ICE Futures' Market Surveillance
• Insider Trading Claims Settled Against Investor Relations Exec
• Judge Pleads With Argentina, Funds To Settle Bond Dispute
• Citigroup Safe From FINRA Arbitration After $590M Settlement
• Lehman's Swiss Arm Demands $71M Under Citi Trading Pacts
• Nomura Still On Hook Over $764M Of RMBS
• Rakoff Wisecracks Again Over SEC's 'No Admit' Policy
• Shareholders Fight Hemispherx's Fee-Shifting In Del. Chancery
• NY Judge Tosses $600M Empire State Building Class Action
• Wells Fargo Loses Round In $164M IRS Refund Suit
• BlackRock, Others Urge Boards To Boost Investor Engagement
• Aspen Tells Shareholders To Reject Endurance Proposals
• Stiefel Calls 11th Circ. Ruling On Duty To Disclose Confusing
• Ex-CFTC Commish Joins High-Frequency Trading Firm's Board
• Activist Investor Ackman's Herbalife 'Deathblow' Backfires
• Judge's Marriage Bars Other SDNY Judges From Hearing Suit
• When You Are Responsible For Your Book Of Business
• Goldman Asks For 2nd Circ. Review Of Abacus Class Action
• RLI Skirted Shareholder Vote On Stock Options, Suit Says
• Calif. Hard Rock Brings In $1.5M In 1st Equity 'Crowdfunding'
• Former JPMorgan Exec Settles UK Insider Dealing Case
• Dealmakers Q&A: Hughes Hubbard's James Modlin
• Dealmakers Q&A: Katten Muchin's Victoria Shusterman
• Protections Remain In Place For Ga. Officers, Directors
• Argentina Appeals Foreign Bond Payment Ban Order
• Republican CFTC Member Scott O'Malia Steps Down
• Ex-Qualcomm Exec Pleads Guilty To Insider Trading
• SEC Needs Stronger Whistleblower Rules, Ex-Official Says
• MBIA Loses Bid For 'Key' Docs In Credit Suisse RMBS Suit
• Perkins Nabs 2 Investment Management Pros From Reed Smith
• SEC's Dodd-Frank Duties Fade As Other Reforms Take Focus
• Minn. Appeals Court Tosses UnitedHealth Exec's Fraud Claims
• New MSRB Dept. Revamps Monitoring Of Market Structure
• SEC Taps Florida Professor As New Chief Economist
• Starr Denied Goldman Docs In $55B Suit Over AIG Bailout
• Ex-Taylor Bean Chair's 30-Year Fraud Sentence Upheld
• Ex-Evercore Banker Seeks Leniency For Insider Trades
• Picard Can't Appeal 'Good Faith' Madoff Clawback Ruling
• Deutsche, Barclays Helped Funds Dodge Taxes, Panel Says
• Norton Rose Fulbright Nabs 3 Ex-Cadwalader Regulatory Pros
• Valeant Tells Regulators Allergan Is Misleading Investors
• Fla. Cop Gets 5 Years For Aiding Ponzi Schemer Rothstein
• Proskauer Can Point Finger At Accountant In J&J Fraud Suit
• COR Gets OK To Appeal Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Scope
• Robbins Geller Defends Track Record Amid Sanctions Threat
• Ex-Autonomy CFO Seeks To Block HP Derivative Suit Deal
• Lehman Estate Settles Lingering Credit Swap Dispute
• Australian Regulator Says RBS Manipulated Swap Rate
• Baker Botts Hires Ex-Locke Lord Corporate Atty In Houston
• Wall Street Lobbyists Defend Suit Over CFTC Swap Rules
• House GOP Says Dodd-Frank 'Enshrines' Taxpayer Bailouts
• MetroCorp Settles Shareholder Suit Over $273M Merger
• UK Watchdog Launches Criminal Forex-Rigging Probe
• An Inventive Way To Remove Pure State Court Claims
• Class Certification In A Post-Halliburton II World
• Dealmakers Q&A: Husch Blackwell's Jim Ash
• Dealmakers Q&A: Hunton & Williams' Carl Schwartz
• Beyond Citigroup: A Look At Corporate Settlements
• Whitman Capital Chief Seeks High Court Review Of Conviction
• Lehman's Bond Fight With Nonprofit Kept In Bankruptcy Court
• Dodd-Frank Still A Boost To Law Firm Billables 4 Years In
• SEC Won't Allow Ex-Dell CFO To Return To Accounting
• Pols Caution SEC Chair On Global Accounting Standards
• Apple REIT Fires Back At Shareholder Suit Slamming Merger
• SEC Narrows FCPA Case Against Former Magyar Execs
• Ex-Santander Exec To Pay $1.9M To Settle Insider Charges
• Ex-Satyam Execs Hit With $500M Penalty For Accounting Fraud
• Bancorp Hit With Investor Suit Alleging False SEC Filings
• 11th Circ. Refuses Lancer Group Swindler's Bid For New Trial
• Forex Firm Misappropriated $1M In Pool Funds, CFTC Claims
• 5 Insights From Pfizer Chief Litigation Counsel Michael Parini
• 11th Circ. Refuses To Revive 'Foreclosure King' Suit
• Defendants, Not Plaintiffs, Drive Up Class Action Costs
• Powerful Tools For Discovery And Litigation Strategy
• SEC Loses Bid To Make SIPC Repay Stanford Victims
• Madoff Foreign Entanglement Ruling Unsurprising
• SEC Blasts 'Big Short' Money Manager's 'Grab Bag' Defense
• Icahn Wins Bid To Split XO Shareholders' Claims Into 2 Trials
• Madoff Trustee Spars With ERISA Investors Over Claims
• SEC, Rengan Rajaratnam Seek Detente After Acquittal
• Former Alstom Exec Cops To Indonesian Bribery Scheme
• MBIA Wins Defense From Lloyd's For Restructuring Claims
• SEC Says Humana Trading Probe Involves 44 Funds, Entities
• PRISM Scatters Attorney-Client Privilege
• SEC Chair White Trumpets Agency's Dodd-Frank Record
• SEC Suspends Ex-Refco CFO Over $2.4B Fraud Conviction
• 'Sopranos' Star's Ex-Hubby, Others Charged In Microcap Fraud
• $53B Allergan Bid Risks Collapse If No Deal In 2014
• Adviser Used Client Funds For Personal Loans, SEC Says
• Orrick Ropes In Cadwalader Vet Who Reps BofA, Barclays
• Deutsche Bank Again Dodges PE Firm's Suit Over $1B CLO
• FINRA Appoints New Securities Arbitration Task Force
• Owens Hid Woes With Unilever Deal, Not With Clorox's: Judge
• 6 NY High Court Appeals To Put On Your Radar
• How Commodities Regulations Apply To Investment Advisers
• Dealmakers Q&A: Squire Patton Boggs' Dan Berick
• First MCDC Settlement Leaves Much To Be Desired
• OPINION: Let's Financially Reward Law Firm Diversity
• Goldman Sachs Gets MBS Class Action Pared
• Icahn And Ackman Hug, Publicly End CNBC Feud
• For BigLaw, Insider Trading Probes Hit Close To Home
• Bankrupt Crumbs Picks Up The Pieces With DIP Financing
• SEC's Piwowar Stokes Long-Simmering FSOC Turf Battle
• SEC On Track To Lock Down Money-Market Fund Reforms
• NY Futures Broker Made Bogus Wheat Trades, Judge Says
• Picard Pushes To Appeal Order Threatening Clawbacks
• S&P Might Settle With DOJ Over Mortgage Bond Inflation
• FINRA Eyes Longer Deadline For Nontrade REIT Valuations
• 9th Circ. Affirms Intuitive Win In Investor Class Action
• Latham & Watkins Lures Ex-Vinson & Elkins Corporate Atty
• Starboard Renews Call To Sweep Out Darden Board
• Wilmington Trust To Pay $3M To Settle ERISA Suit
• Ex-Allscripts Audit Chief Can't Duck Inside-Trading Charges
• DOJ Antitrust Ace, Dechert Tech Partner To Join Latham
• House Passes $21B Spending Bill, Ignoring Veto Threat
• Insurer Must Cover Derivatives Suits, Even In NY: 8th Circ.
• Expedia CEO's Comp Plan Survives Stockholder Challenge
• Former NM Governor Settles SEC Microcap Fraud Claims
• 2nd Circ. Kills Pemex's $160M Bribery Suit Against Siemens
• Broad & Cassel Adds International Pro To Corporate Group
• BofA Puts Up $13B To Settle DOJ Mortgage Probe
• Yellen Says GOP Bill Would Eliminate Fed Flexibility
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revive €20B Deutsche Bank RMBS Suit
• 3rd Proxy Adviser Backs Aspen As Rival's $3.2B Bid Looms
• The Troubled Track Record Of The Proxy Strike Suit
• Crucial Predictive Coding Case Law: Progressive V. Delaney
• BofA To Pay $650M To AIG In Global RMBS Deal
• Dealmakers Q&A: Ballard Spahr's Craig Circosta
• Dealmakers Q&A: Rutan & Tucker's Gregg Amber
• Madoff Sons Erased Emails, Obstructed Audit: Amended Suit
• Treasury Chief Wants More Cybersecurity At Financial Firms
• 5th Circ. Revives Houston American Investors' Fraud Action
• 5th Circ. Revives BP Stock Drop Suit, Citing Dudenhoeffer
• Lloyds May Be Near Settlement To End Libor Probe
• SEC Enforcement Passes Midterms, But Big Tests Lie Ahead
• $100M In Settlements OK'd In Metal Manipulation Case
• Former Sino-Forest CFO Inks Deal With Canadian Regulators
• Jenner & Block Partner To Monitor $7B Citi Settlement
• Four Years After Dodd-Frank, Ex-Senator Wary Of Law Tweaks
• PwC Can't Duck FDIC Negligence Claims Over $899M Fraud
• SEC Commissioner Slams Fed For Stepping On Agency's Turf
• AmREIT Investors Want Board To Consider $433M Regency Bid
• OPINION: Advance Conflict Waivers Send Wrong Message
• Sidley Boosts Banking Practice With Ex-Treasury GC
• Sen. Levin Tells SEC To Ban Stock Market Conflicts Of Interest
• Real-Time Reporting Lowers Muni Bond Spreads, Report Says
• Foley Nabs Ex-Pillsbury M&A, Securities Pro In LA
• BofA Beats Royal Park Investments' Claims In $1.6B MBS Suit
• Fed Chair Refuses To Call Banks' Living Wills Credible
• Finders Can Put The Brakes On Capital Raising
• Dealmakers Q&A: Skadden's Todd Freed
• Pass The Popcorn, It's The SEC Vs. Congress
• Rothstein Trustee, Feds Reach $28M Deal To Repay Victims
• Dewey Execs Likely Bound For Trial Despite Ace Legal Teams
• Investor Claims Against Puda Coal Underwriters Survive
• High-Frequency Firm Blasts SEC's Trading Increments Test
• Investment Manager Charged With Aiding $1B Rothstein Plot
• 2nd Circ. Won't Toss Gupta's Insider Trading Conviction
• Feds Deploy Potent Bank Fraud Law In $7B Citi Pact
• Lehman Trustee Settles $405M In Claims By Hong Kong Units
• BofA Strikes $10.3M Deal In Taylor Bean Adversary Case
• Liquidity Services Hit With Securities Class Action
• NJ Accounting Firm Hit With Suit Over Keyuan Stock Drop
• Amended Sabine-Forest Oil Merger Deal Raises Eyebrows
• UBS Wins Dismissal Of Sealink's $158M RMBS Suit
• Rothstein Victims Call For Sanctions Against TD Bank
• Eaton Investors Can't Prove Stock Drop Claims: 6th Circ.
• 5 Takeaways From Citi's $7B Mortgage Deal
• SIFMA Pushes Market Reform, Cutting Fees On Broker-Dealers
• E&Y To Pay $4M To Settle SEC's Lobbying Charges
• Priceline, OpenTable Settle Class Actions Over $2.6B Deal
• Shareholder Suit Over $4.5B Denbury, Encore Deal Trimmed
• Allergan Lobs More Criticism Amid $53B Valeant Buyout Push
• SEC Wins Civil Penalties Against Hedge Fund Manager
• Dealmakers Q&A: Gibbons' Frank Cannone
• Noble Corp. Settlement Leaves FCPA Questions Unanswered
• Citigroup, DOJ Reach $7B Mortgage Settlement
• Lions Gate Sued Amid $7.5M SEC Fine In Icahn Takeover Bid
• DOJ, SEC Continue Aggressive FCPA Enforcement: Report
• Fish Not Tangibles Under SOX, Defense Groups Tell Justices
• Ex-CalPERS CEO Cops To Conspiracy In $3B Pay-To-Play Suit
• British Banks To Pony Up $2B Over Interest Hedging Sales
• Ex-SEC Director Says Market Reform Doesn't Depend On Gov't
• Investors Ask High Court To Review Texas Ruling On Standing
• Musicland Investor Asks High Court To Ax $32M Disgorgement
• ISS Props Up Aspen In Fight Against $3.2B Takeover By Rival
• American Apparel Defaulted After CEO Ouster, PE Firm Says
• Holland & Knight Atty Targeted In SEC Insider Trading Case
• Fund Lobbying Group Taps SEC Official As General Counsel
• Och-Ziff Taps Ex-SEC Director Becker As Compliance Chief
• SEC Charges Stock Promoters In FBI Microcap Fraud Op
• Dewey Execs Claim DA Railroading Them Over Firm's Failure
• Itau Unibanco Calls Suit Against CorpBanca Merger 'A Waste'
• Halliburton Fights To Stay Discovery, Review Price Impact
• SEC Halts Cynk Tech Trading After No-Revenue Stock Surge
• Silver Lake The Latest To Settle LBO Suit With $30M Deal
• Judge Rejects SEC Insider Trading Claim Against Wyly
• Del. VC Laster Targeted In Businessman's Murder Plot
• Dealmakers Q&A: White And Williams' Lori Smith
• How Not To Bring M&A Suits — Lessons From Chancery Court
• 1st Circ. Cites Chadbourne Ruling In Remand Of Fraud Suit
• Wal-Mart Asks Del. High Court To Nix Order For Bribery Docs
• SEC Official Doubts Chicago Fed's High-Frequency Trade Ideas
• Covidien Shareholders Sue To Block $42.9B Medtronic Merger
• Locke Lord Attys Sanctioned For 'Frivolous' Securities Case
• Jailed DHB Exec Can't Oust Judge After Death-Threat Probe
• What M&A Litigators Are Watching In The 2nd Half Of 2014
• Forest Oil, Sabine Oil & Gas Revise Deal Structure
• British Tycoon Drops Shearman In UK Fraud Office Suit
• FHFA Fights To Save Goldman Suit Despite High Court Ruling
• Gowex Seeks Court Shelter As CEO Faces Accounting Charges
• House Dems Bring Forward New Housing Finance Fix
• Standard Bank Sues To Reclaim Aluminum At Chinese Port
• Most Banks Ready For Fed's Liquidity Rules, Report Says
• Endurance Urges Investors To Push Aspen On $3.2B Merger
• SEC Wants Claims Against Hedge Fund Manager Revived
• UK Watchdog Targets Asset Managers' Use Of Client Funds
• Facing Life In Prison, Ex-Madoff Aide Requests 8-10 Years
• Wolf Haldenstein Boosts RE Practice With Kramer Levin Atty
• How Firms Score When They Take On The SEC Or FINRA
• Dealmakers Q&A: Dechert's Daniel O'Donnell
• BNP Paribas OFAC Settlement — Another Warning To Banks
• Legal Forms And IP Rights: Yours, Mine, Ours Or Theirs?
• PwC Can't Escape $1B MF Global Malpractice Suit
• UK Watchdog Fires Up Financial Markets Competition Study
• BNP Pleads Guilty To Sanctions Violations In $9B Deal
• Judge Keeps Most BNY Mellon Counterclaims In Forex Suits
• American Apparel Reaches Deal With Charney, Investor
• FINRA 'Flash Boys' Probe Presages Order Routing Reform
• As Win Streak Ends, Bharara Faces Greater Test In 2nd Circ.
• Thermo Fisher Can't Dodge Suit Over Cartel-Plagued Lab
• Investor Suit Over $14M Sakhr Deal Loses Securities Claims
• SEC Demands Judgment Against Execs In $126M Fraud
• UK Fraud Watchdog Arrests 6 In Airbus-Saudi Bribery Probe
• Barnes & Noble Escapes Derivative Suit Over Gov't Probe
• Fed Bank Merger Rule Needs Fiduciary Exception, SIFMA Says
• RE Trust Sues Natixis Real Estate Over $400M In RMBS Losses
• State Street Forks Over $70M To Settle 3 MBS Actions
• Citi, DOJ Near Multibillion-Dollar Deal Over MBS Claims
• FINRA Escapes Privacy Suit By Disciplined Former Broker
• Dealmakers Q&A: Gibson Dunn's Jeffrey Chapman
• Dealmakers Q&A: Mayer Brown's Jon Van Gorp
• NY High Court Puts Spotlight On No-Action Clauses
• How Activist Funds Are Breaking Bad
• Ameriprise Hit With Sanctions In $20M 401(k) Plan Suit
• Securities Cases To Watch In The 2nd Half Of 2014
• SEC Charges Calif. School District In Muni Bond Initiative
• SEC Slaps SLC Auditor With Suit Over Yuhe Work
• Jurors Say US Fixated On Raj During Kid Brother's Trial
• Ex-Carter's Execs, Fund Manager Get Prison For Trading Plot
• Argentina Says High Court Ruling Isn't Win for NML Capital
• 'The Big Short' Money Manager Fights SEC Claims
• Harbinger Again Dodges Class Claims In LightSquared Suit
• Insurer's Damages Curbed In Credit Suisse RMBS Rows
• Is Your Investment Fund A Ponzi Scheme?
• Texas Justices Asked To Nix Shareholder Oppression Ruling
• US Backs Broad View Of Liability In Omnicare Investor Row
• Premier Law Firms Making Bank In Valeant-Allergan Battle
• Orrick Snags Ex-Weatherford Counsel For White Collar Unit
• Linn Escapes Action Over Accounting Of $330M Hedge Costs
• Group Says Court Must Decide $13B JPMorgan Deal's Fairness
• Ex-Greenberg Traurig Litigation Co-Chairs Join DLA Piper
• Pepper Hamilton Nabs Ex-Reed Smith M&A, Securities Pro
• SEC Lacks Tech Savvy To Police Markets, Experts Tell Senate
• 10th Circ. Affirms Chesapeake Win In $1B Investor Suit
• McGraw Hill Taps Former Davis Polk Partner As GC
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• Exchanges, Asset Managers Ask For Limited Market Regs
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• Watchdog Bars Ex-PwC Auditor Over $400M ArthroCare Fraud
• Acument Faces Heat For Pension Plan's Bad $56M Investment
• Prudential Sues BofA, Merrill Over $119M In 'Garbage' MBS
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• Major UK Fraud Cases Can Proceed After Atty Fee Deal
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• Cantor Suit Says 8an Fund Hid $500K To Avoid $3M Judgment
• Citi Says High Court Ruling Dooms $388M MBS Suit
• Sen. Levin Urges SEC To Fix Swap Reporting, Records Plan
• Ex-Flow Traders Worker To Stand Trial On IP Theft Charges
• House Panel Slams SEC Doc Request As 'Fishing Expedition'
• Argentina Says Judge Went Too Far Voiding Bond Payment