Securities Archive » August, 2014

Securities - August, 2014

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• Madoff Trustee Seeks Repleadings In Bankruptcy Suits
• Carlyle Group To Pay $115M To Settle PE Collusion Row
• Ex-Arthrocare CEO Gets 20 Years In $756M Fraud Case
• Exxon Ruling Gives Employers More Leeway In Bonus Plans
• Ex-Heartland Exec Beats SEC Insider Trading Suit
• Ex-Mutual Benefits CEO Gets 20 Years For $837M Fraud
• EXCLUSIVE: SEC Mistakenly Reveals Whistleblower's Employer
• SEC Judge Shouldn't Delay Steinberg's Industry Ban: Attys
• ALJ Says SEC Must Cough Up Docs In Wedbush Action
• GFI Shareholder Suit Says CME Takeover Undervalues Co.
• Ex-Rothstein Firm CFO Gets 5 Years For Aiding $1.2B Scheme
• SEC Official's Fiery Dissent Exposes Agency Strife
• Ex-Countrywide Exec Defends Fannie-Freddie Loans' 'Quality'
• Revolving-Door Roundup: DLA Piper, Akin Gump, Covington
• Banks Say Forex Plaintiffs Have No Proof Of Antitrust Plot
• BofA Works Out $447M Countrywide MBS Row With Insurer
• Infineon's $3B Buy Of Chipmaker Sparks Shareholder Suits
• Abercrombie & Fitch Settles Shareholder Suit Over CEO Pay
• Four Said To Be Vying For Seat On Delaware High Court
• SEC Awards First Whistleblower Award To Compliance Pro
• ICMA Revises Sovereign Bonds To Avoid Another Argentina
• CFTC Calls Challenge To Data Swaps Rule Flawed
• Evoq Properties Sued By Shareholders Over $357.4M Buyout
• 5 Reasons Large Companies Are Turning To Boutique Firms
• High Court Should Review Scope Of Crime-Fraud Exception
• SynQor Shareholder Suit Nixed Over Buyout Deal
• Robbins Geller Rebuke Shows When To Bail Out Of Litigation
• BofA Wants Verdict Scrapped In $1.3B Mortgage Fraud Case
• Madoff Investors Sue Picower Estate For $11B In Ponzi Losses
• Lannett Faces Shareholder Suit Over Price-Fixing Scheme
• CFTC Says Some UK Bank Deposits OK After MF Global Rule
• Ex-LPL Securities Fraudster Ordered To Pay $2M
• Dallas Tech Execs To Pay SEC $675K For Revenue Inflation
• Ex-Barclays Rep Gets SEC's 'Credibility' Filing Axed
• Halliburton Case Returns To District Court For 'Price Test'
• TD Bank Challenges $7M Settlement With Rothstein Investor
• DOL Take On SOX Getting Fed. Court Deference, Lawyers Say
• Insurer Says It Has No Duty To Defend Law Firm In 5 Suits
• FHFA Defeats Time-Barred Claim In HSBC, Nomura Suits
• Man Indicted For $160M Hotel Scam Tied To Visa Program
• BofA's Japanese Brokerage Must Pay $140M To Takefuji
• Seeking Retrial, Stock Scheme Atty Says Gov't Hid SEC Docs
• Goldman Fights Bid For Review Of Order Trimming MBS Suit
• UK Fines Deutsche Bank £4.7M Over Swap-Reporting Flaws
• 2nd Circ. Has Made Morrison Standard Even More Arbitrary
• SEC's Lauded Securitization Rules Still Pack Big Burdens
• Gallagher, Piwowar Balk At 'Hasty' Credit Rating Rules
• PwC Stuck With $1B MF Global Euro Debt Malpractice Suit
• 9th Circ. Keeps SEC's $10M Win Against Ex-Brookstreet CEO
• India's Securities Board Aims To Strengthen Safety Net
• NJ Brokerage Firm Beats Arbitration Bid In Fraud Case
• CFTC Fines South African Bank Over Prearranged Trades
• TPP Breakthrough Unlikely As Key Players Remain Coy
• The 5 Biggest M&A Moves Of The Summer
• Legg Mason-Backed Fund Raises $327M For IPO
• Firms Accused Of Malpractice In Greenberg Traurig Fraud Suit
• 2nd Circ. Says No Bias In Fuel Cell Fraudster's Trial
• Investor Says Santander Unit Put Out False IPO Info
• Chancery Fast-Tracks Ackman Suit To Force Allergan Meeting
• SEC Passes Dodd-Frank Securitization, Credit Rating Rules
• Del.'s Adoption Of Garner — And Practical Ways To Respond
• Maker Studios Reneged On Pay, Showrunner's $19M Suit Says
• Proskauer, Greenberg Traurig Duck $18M Facebook Fraud Suit
• Allergan Sets Special Meeting In $53B Valeant Takeover Bid
• Nasdaq's SEC Docs Shielded In Facebook IPO MDL
• Judge Won't Toss Starr's $55B Suit Over AIG Bailout
• Salix Investor Challenges $2.7B Inversion Deal With Cosmo
• SEC Asked To Pause On SAC's Cohen; Steinberg Awaits Word
• Bitcoin Again Found Subject To Securities Laws In Scam Suit
• Bold 10th Circ. Opinion Muddies FIRREA Challenges
• 2nd Circ. Won't Rehear Pemex's Tossed $160M Bribery Suit
• Merrill Lynch Settles CFTC's Client Fee Claims For $1.2M
• Cheniere Defends Vote Count For Executive Stock Grants
• McDermott Asks Judge To Nix Takeover Malpractice Claims
• Natixis Says Securities Administrator Can't Bring RMBS Suit
• Burkle Drops Bid For New Morgans Hotel Board Election
• Chancery Won't End Astex Buyout Case, Citing Lack Of Notice
• Copper Co. Lihua Faces Investor Suit Over Misrepresentations
• FINRA, Stock Exchanges Float Plan To Study Tick Size
• Robbins Geller Sanctioned In Confidential Witness Scandal
• Squire Patton Boggs Leads Historic Dominican Republic IPO
• Argentina Banishes BNY As Hedge Funds Sue Bank In UK
• Alleged Rothstein Fraudster Tells SEC He's The Victim
• Ex-Mahalo Energy Attys Denied Sanctions Against Trustee
• Advisory Firm Blasts Investors' 'Meritless' Fees Suit
• Feds Charge Investor Relations Exec With Insider Trading
• Man Who Bilked UGA Football Players In $80M Plot Gets 5 Years
• SEC Hires Former Deloitte Consultant As Chief Accountant
• Ex-Porsche Execs Must Face German Trial Over Axed VW Deal
• UBS Denied Remand Of ResCap's $685M RMBS Suit
• Ex-Jefferies Trader Seeks Bail Amid 2nd Circ. Appeal
• Citigroup To Pay $2.5M To Settle FINRA Trading Charges
• Should Bank Directors' Fiduciary Duties Be Expanded?
• From The Book Of Jargon: Accelerated Share Repurchase
• Stanford Can't Freeze Estate Receiver's Personal Accounts
• ZeekRewards Atty Fights Recovery Suit Over Ponzi Scheme
• HP Blocked From Hiring Plaintiffs' Attys In Autonomy Row
• Argentina's New Debt Plan Looks Like A Long Shot
• Class Can't Intervene In FHFA's MBS Suit Against HSBC
• US Argues Documents Sought By S&P Don't Back $5B Suit
• Lehman RMBS Trustees Want Another $7.1B Set Aside
• Objecting Stockholders Can't Tap $11M Class Deal For Fees
• Justices Told Repose Ruling Creates 'Absurd' Duplication
• India Orders $8B Refund Over Developer's RE Schemes
• Credit Suisse, Prudential Settle $460M RMBS Suit
• Feds Seek 30 Years In Prison For ArthroCare CEO, 20 For CFO
• CFTC Names Ex-Chemical Safety Atty As Head Of Secretariat
• BofA Deal Could Stick Borrowers With $4B Tax Bill: PIRG
• Davis Polk Banking Counsel Jumps To Shearman & Sterling
• Valeant, Ackman Launch Suit Pushing For Allergan Meeting
• Feds Ask To Halt SEC Case Against Ex-Simpson Thacher Clerk
• Russia's Commitment To Int'l Law Will Be Tested By Yukos
• DOJ Emerges As Dominant Force In Big Bank Deals
• Moody's Cost US Billions, Says Ex-Analyst's FCA Suit
• Ex-Qualcomm Exec Now Pleads Guilty In Insider Trading Row
• 2nd Circ. Ruling No Call For Reviving SOX Suit, JPMorgan Says
• MBS Settlements Mean Big Business For BigLaw
• Foreign Investors Ask High Court To Revive EnerMax Suit
• 3 Years In, SEC Whistleblower Office Earns Name For Itself
• SEC's $729M Judgment Would Bankrupt Wylys, Defense Says
• GM Investors Eye Internal Checks Amid Ignition Switch Crisis
• Goldman To Pay $3B To Settle FHFA's Toxic-MBS Suit
• Ex-SAC Trader Says 8-Year Sentence Would Be Overly Harsh
• Ex-Barclays Rep Fires Back At SEC Over 'Parking' Charge
• Judge Trims Intuitive Surgery Device Securities Class Action
• PE Plaintiffs Hit Back At Carlyle In Antitrust Expert Row
• Cuban Not Running Mavs Into Ground, Appeals Court Rules
• Rep. Urges SEC To Appeal DC Circuit On Stanford Ponzi Relief
• NY Firms' Fees Row Over IPO Securities Suits Hits Court
• CFTC Orders NY Firm, Execs To Pay $3M In Metals Trades
• Energy Co. Loses Damages Appeal In Microcap Fraud Suit
• Valeant, Ackman Request Allergan Special Meeting
• RBS Says High Court's CTS Ruling Defeats FHFA In MBS Suit
• FedEx Board Sued Over DOJ Drug Investigation
• Madoff Judge Denies Benefit Plan Investors' SIPA Claims
• UK Sets Rule To Make Energy Cos. Disclose Gov't Payments
• Argentina Blasts Bond Judge's Remarks As Imperialist
• Proxy Play Intensifies Bramson's Run At Electra
• Corp. Governance Politics: Much Ado About Symbolic Change
• Allergan Suit May Not Stop Meeting To Replace Board
• Halliburton Investor Asks To Depose Cheney, Citing His Health
• BofA Deal Shows Pragmatism At Work On Both Sides
• Ex-CFTC Commish Joins Speed Traders He Once Derided
• BofA's SEC Admission To Disappoint Plaintiffs Attys
• Fla. Rep. Nabs $704M In Damages Over Derivium Stock Scheme
• Wyly Challenges SEC's Power Over Tax Disgorgement
• Judge Calls Argentina Debt Proposal Illegal, Balks At Contempt
• BofA's $17B Payout A Big Number With Little Bite
• Saudi Arabia Takes Cautious First Step To Open Up Markets
• Ex-DBSI President Gets 20 Years For Ponzi-Like Fraud
• MF Global Brass Scores $15M 'Stopgap' In D&O Battle
• US Defends $150B Forfeiture Claim Against Madoff Aides
• Life Partners, Execs Blast SEC's Move For $2B Judgment
• BofA To Appeal Rakoff's $1.3B Mortgage Fraud Fine
• Celestica Denied Summary Judgment In Securities Class Suit
• Goldman, Citi Beat FINRA Arbitration Claims In 2nd Circ.
• 4th Circ. RJR Pension Case Could Change ERISA Landscape
• RBS, German Bank Reach Accord In $243M MBS Row
• How To Control Risk And Cost Of E-Discovery
• Books And Records Increasingly An Open Book
• Inside 2nd Circ. Ruling On Overseas Whistleblower
• BofA Pays Nearly $17B In Record US Mortgage Deal
• Bank Of America, US Reach $17B Mortgage Settlement
• S&P Says German Lender's False Ratings Suit Is Too Late
• Monness Settles SEC's Insider Trading Control Claims
• Canadian Court Nixes Added Interest On $4B Nortel Bonds
• Aeroflex, Shareholders Strike Deal Over $1.5B Cobham Merger
• NFL Star's Lost Investment Suit A 'Shakedown,' Ala. Atty Says
• FSOC Closes Evidentiary Record In MetLife SIFI Review
• Lehman Scuttles Claims From Energy Unit Shareholders
• IRS Wrongly Pegged Shareholders' $3.6M Losses As Passive
• SEC Investigating USA Synthetic Fuel's Accounting
• Insurers Demand Cleary, Cadwalader Docs In JPMorgan Suit
• MSRB Gives SEC Best-Execution Plan for Municipal Securities
• SEC Chief Information Officer To Leave After 4 Years
• Carlyle Fights To Nix Experts In PE Antitrust Case
• Lehman Trustee Wants 2nd Circ. Rehearing Over $4B Assets
• WD Trading Ponzi Schemer Agrees To CFTC Trading Ban
• TD Urges 11th Circ. To Rehear $67M Rothstein Fraud Verdict
• 5 Bold Moves Shaping Valeant's Epic Fight For Allergan
• Valeant Says Allergan Lied To Obstruct $53M Takeover
• SEC's Investor Advocate Makes Case For Adviser Exam Fees
• Ex-SEC, DOJ Litigator Joins DLA Piper In DC
• Ex-CEO Says Phoenix Should Think Reorg Instead Of Sale
• Barclays Capital And Thornburg Trustee Settle For $23M
• Berkshire Settles US Antitrust Claims Over USG Deal
• 10th Circ. Won't Halt MBS Suit Despite High Court CTS Ruling
• 2nd Circ. Nixes $6M Atty Fee Request From Citi Investors
• Argentina Plans To Skirt US Courts, Pay Bonds Locally
• Sandell Expects To Win 5 Or More Bob Evans Board Seats
• How The Rule 506(c) Income Safe Harbor Got Expanded
• Del. Chancery Judge Axes Trustee Suit Over EMC Mortgages
• Covington's White Collar Pro Picked For Calif. Fed. Bench
• College Profs Seek Final OK Of $19.5M Retirement Row Deal
• Wedbush Calls FINRA Market-Access Practices Case 'Unfair'
• SEC's Muni Adviser Exams Offer Crash Course In Regulation
• Tossed S&P Fraud Suit Deserves Reopening, 2nd Circ. Hears
• Susser, Shareholders Work Out Deal Over $1.8B ETP Merger
• Tabb Tells Sen. Levin Not To Ban Payment For Order Flow
• S&P Can't Use Direct Appeal In Calif. RMBS Enforcement Suit
• FHFA Continues Attack On Goldman's Due-Diligence Defense
• MF Global Execs Press Case For D&O Policy Proceeds
• Allergan Eyes Salix Tie-Up To Thwart $53B Valeant Takeover
• SEC To Launch Municipal Adviser Exam Initiative
• Insurer Fights Payment Reallocation On Magma Investor Deal
• Facebook Asks Chancery Court To Quash Director Pay Suit
• Goldman Withdraws Bid To Toss $1B Libya Fund Suit
• Picard Powerless To Block Independent Madoff Settlements
• RBC Hits Back At CFTC In Wash Trading Case
• Investment Manager Pleads Guilty To Aiding Rothstein Scheme
• Trader In 2nd Circ. Appeal Challenges SEC Industry Ban
• Goldman, Deutsche Escape $2.1B Guaranty Bank MBS Suit
• Dealmakers Q&A: Reed Smith's Tamara Box
• Judge Clears Way For Settlement In BofA, US Bank RMBS Suit
• 3 New Weapons To Combat Shareholder Litigation
• From The Book Of Jargon: 10b5-1 Plan
• Reed Smith Picks Up Ex-Mayer Brown Finance Whiz In SF
• NY DA Wants Securities Suit Against Ex-Dewey Exec Stayed
• Del. Mourns 'Legendary' Retired Justice Joseph T. Walsh
• 2nd Circ. Adds Depth To Morrison's Bright Line
• CFTC Says RBC Wash-Trade Claim Isn't Time-Barred
• Vorys Snags Ex-Assistant US Attorney As Partner In Cleveland
• Hedge Funds Sue Lehman Over Swaps Interest Claims
• String Of Defeats Puts Madoff Trustee On The Ropes
• Firms Meet Crowdfunding Fervor With New Practice Groups
• Lawmakers Seek Tougher Regs On Emergency 'Bailout' Loans
• Activist Investor Calls For Retailer Bebe To Sell Itself
• Ex-Rabobank Trader Cops To Libor-Rigging Scheme
• Carlyle Must 'Live With' November Trial, Plaintiffs Say
• Ex-Bank Exec Charged With Handing Inside Info To Golf Buddy
• Fed Economists Critique New SEC Money Market Fund Rules
• 2nd Circ. Says Missed Deadlines Sink $124M Twitter Suit
• Banks' Personal Jurisdiction Defense In Libor Suit Stands
• Pershing Square Again Sues US Over Fannie, Freddie Profits
• No Acquittal For Ex-DBSI Executives In Ponzi Scheme Suit
• Novo Fined For Delaying News Of FDA's Blocking Of Drug
• Punch Taverns Strikes $3.8B Restructuring Deal
• Steadfast Sues Texas O&G Investment Firm Over Trademark
• Valeant Giving Allergan Until End Of Year To OK $53B Buyout
• Wedbush Failed To Prevent Manipulative Trades, FINRA Says
• Dealmakers Q&A: Hunton & Williams' Susan Failla
• Lessons From SEC Focus On Compliance Officers
• Yet Another Case Counters 6th Circ.'s Omnicare Reasoning
• Argentina Bondholders Appeal Blocking Of $539M Payment
• Morgan Stanley Loses $4.5M Arbitration Fight At FINRA
• Investors Take Challenge To $100M Madoff Deal To High Court
• China MediaExpress Shareholders Win Cert. In Stock Drop Suit
• Chamber Urges Texas Justices To End Shell Defamation Suit
• Brothers Can't Skirt Insider Trading Verdict Over Chattem Sale
• MF Global Can't Escape Ex-Workers' WARN Complaint
• Brigham Investors Lose Class Cert. In Suit Over Statoil Buy
• 2nd Circ. Leaves Foreign FCPA Tipsters High And Dry
• DOJ Ends FCPA Probe Of Layne Christensen With No Charges
• Law Profs Urge High Court Review Of Whitman Conviction
• Supreme Court Petition Threatens FCPA Crackdown
• Default Interest Rate Applied In SOX Whistleblower Suit
• Gannett Latest Target To Deflate Icahn's Bravado
• Lehman Unsecured Creditors To Get $4.6B Payout
• Fed, FDIC Provide 'Living Will' Guidance To Smaller Banks
• FINRA Defends Plan To Get Enforcement Tips From Arbitrators
• Cliffs Director Resigns Amid Boardroom Fight With Activist
• Wachtell's Malpractice Brawl With CVR Transferred To NY
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Toss Of Suit Over Porsche's Bid For VW
• Valeant Calls Allergan's Insider Trading Claims A Stunt
• 3rd Circ. Affirms Ameriprise Adviser's Insider Conviction
• RBS Settles Insurer's NY Fraud Suit Over $291M In MBS
• SEC Charges Chimera, Execs In Fracking Pump-and-Dump
• NY Judge Urged To Reject Personal Jurisdiction In Libor Suit
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revisit Tossed GE Bid-Rigging Convictions
• Darden Begins Search For New CEO Amid Activist Pressure
• Fed Official's Call For Repo Revamp Seen As Excessive
• Dealmakers Q&A: Munger Tolles' Kevin Masuda
• Dealmakers Q&A: Bradley Arant's D. Franklin
• An In-House Lawyer's Top 10 Tips For Outside Counsel
• A Different Claim Aggregation Method To Avoid SLUSA
• Pershing Square Sues U.S. Over $131B In Fannie, Freddie Profits
• US Says Ex-DBSI Boss Should Spend Rest Of Life In Prison
• High Court Asked To Define FCPA 'Instrumentality'
• Ex-SAC Trader Martoma Makes Last-Ditch Plea For Acquittal
• 2nd Circ. Ruling On Overseas Tipsters Dodges Big Issues
• Rothstein Trustee Seeks To Nix Effort To Divulge Victim Info
• NML Atty Says $3B Hunt May Unearth Argentine Corruption
• FHLB Atlanta Widens Mortgage Finance Access For Members
• ICAP Unit Settles With SEC Over $18M Markup Scheme
• SEC Settles With Accountant Who Traded On Tax Client Info
• A&P Reaches $9M Settlement In Securities Class Action
• JPML Consolidates Gold Manipulation Suits In NY
• Chicago Attorney Avoids Lifetime Penny-Stock Ban
• HP Investor Calls For Cotchett's Ousting In Autonomy Row
• Citigroup Can't Shake US Bank's $157M Bad-Mortgage Suit
• ISDA Sets Date For Argentina Credit Default Swap Auction
• BayernLB, Deutsche Bank Reach Deal In $810M MBS Suit
• MiMedx Stock Rebound Doesn't Sink Shareholder Suit
• Impax Hit With Investor Class Action After FDA Criticism
• Allergan Makes $588M Acquisition Play Amid Valeant Fight
• Dodd-Frank Doesn't Shield Whistleblowers Overseas: 2nd Circ.
• Judge Won't Toss SAC Insider Trading Class Action
• Dealmakers Q&A: Seward & Kissel's Nick Katsanos
• Structuring Equity Compensation Options For Partnerships
• Consider Hearsay Issues Before A Rule 30(b)(6) Deposition
• The Pre-IPO Company And Failure-To-Launch Claims
• Howard-Anderson Does Not Increase Potential D&O Liability
• 7-Suit Clash Between Billionaire Neighbors Hits NY Court
• Labaton Replaced By Former Partners' Firm In MF Global Suit
• JPMorgan Accused Of Self-Dealing In Managing Church Trust
• Politically Connected Cos. Face Lower SEC Threat, Study Says
• Jury Says Investment Adviser Is Liable In SEC Fraud Case
• Global Bank Lobby Wary Of Wider Forex Fixing Window
• Aurelius Pans Settlement Chances In Argentina Debt Crisis
• Bankrupt News-Journal Must Pay Pension Before Shareholder
• Morgan Stanley Stuck With Suits Over $600M In Toxic Loans
• SAC Ordered To Hand Over SEC Docs In Insider Trading Suit
• SEC Seeks Dismissal Of Republican Pay-to-Play Suit
• Trustee's Revamped Claims Against Madoff Sons Challenged
• SEC Wins Asset Freeze In Pot Stock Pump-And-Dump Case
• NYPD Legal Head Maynard Returns To Akin Gump
• S&P Says Geithner, DOJ Skirting Doc Production Orders
• NML Can Seek Info On Argentine Assets In Nev., Judge Says
• Law Firms May Be Violating Copyrights
• Last Firm Standing In PE Collusion Case Prepares For Battle
• SEC Launches Sweep Examination Of Alternative Mutual Funds
• Bank Groups Say Fed Stress Test Proposal Limits Flexibility
• RBC Says CFTC Claim In Wash Trading Case Is Time-Barred
• Boston Fed Chief Calls For Higher Capital Rules For Brokers
• Dealmakers Q&A: Ungaretti & Harris' Brian Krob
• A 'Commercial Reality' Check In Lehman-Barclays Dispute
• Condo Hotel Financing: Benefits And Hazards Of Rule 506(c)
• Court Slashes Madoff Trustee's $564M Suit Against Merkin
• Oxfam Plans To Sue SEC Over Oil Payment Disclosure Rule
• FTC Sends Allergan, Valeant Second Info Request
• Senior SEC Officer In NY Office To Retire After 18 Years
• Ex-Lehman Workers Can't Arbitrate $300M Worth Of Claims
• Morrison Info. Shareholder Suit Over Embezzlement Revived
• Ex-MIT Professor And Son Cop To $140M Hedge Fund Scam
• SEC Eyes Extending Principal Trade Rule For Some Advisers
• Cubist Acquisition Payments Targeted In FCPA Probe
• FHFA Unveils Outline For Single Fannie, Freddie MBS
• Microsoft Officers Seek To Toss Suit Over $732M EU Fine
• HP Fraud Accusation Is Smokescreen, Ex-Autonomy CFO Says
• From The Book Of Jargon: Big Boy Letter
• Foreign Cash Beyond Private Plaintiffs' Reach: NY Judge
• Societe Generale Unit Must Face UK Bank's $34M CDO Suit
• NJ Father, Son Settle Securities Fraud Claims For $5.5M
• Darden Uses Red Lobster Sale To Cut $900M In Debt
• Covidien Faces New Investor Suit Over $43B Medtronic Deal
• Texas Judge Denies 'Abusive' SEC Bid To Bar Ex-Bankers
• Apple Shareholders Sue Over Anti-Poaching Agreements
• ADT Investors Detail Alleged Stock Inflation Scheme
• Exide Execs Can't Escape Investor Suit Over Enviro Issues
• Ex-Simpson Clerk Stays Mum On Insider Trading Claims
• Implementing SEC's New Money Market Fund Rules
• A Close Look At NY's New Privilege Log Rule
• Atty Fees Slashed In Vet Diagnostic Co. Investor Suit
• 4 Labaton Securities Partners Leave To Start Boutique
• Ex-SAC Trader Martoma Should Forfeit $9.4M, Feds Say
• Sanchez Brass Push Chancery To Nix Suit Over $100M Deal
• Suit Over SEC Pay-To-Play Rule Banks On Receptive Justices
• Investors Fight To Keep UBS Risky Fund Suit In Puerto Rico
• BofA Takes $271M Fontainebleau Note Dispute To Fed. Court
• US Urges Caution In Disgorgement Ruling In Wyly Fraud Suit
• Greenberg Traurig Lures Tax, Public Finance Attorney
• Courtroom Challenge: Preparing For A First Trial
• Weatherford Investors Ask Again For Internal Tax Audit Docs
• LeClairRyan Picks Up Corporate Partner In Richmond
• CFTC Fines NY Man For Commodity Pool Fraud
• Argentina Appeals To White House In Sovereign Debt Crisis
• Smith Gambrell Scoops Up Ex-White & Case Int'l M&A Ace
• Kansas Settles SEC Charges It Understated Muni Bond Risks
• SEC Complaints Can Boost Investor Suits, Judge Says
• MBS Investor Wants Claims Revived In $1.6B BofA Suit
• A 3rd Circ. Opinion On Third-Party Releases
• When Market Participants Receive A 'Special Call' From CFTC
• SEC Wins Jury Verdict In Florida Pump-And-Dump Suit
• Alaska High Court Says Shareholder Entitled To E-Records
• Madoff Trustee Can't Derail $410M Merkin Deal At 2nd Circ.
• SAC, Cohen Say Investors Unharmed By Alleged Inside Trades
• NFL Vet Wants Subpoenas Blocked In Atty Investment Row
• Bob Evans, Sandell Both Claim Victory In ISS Report
• SEC Taps Agency Vet To Lead Denver Exams
• Argentina Threatened With Contempt In Debt Dispute
• 10th Circ. Ends Chesapeake Energy Class Action
• Deutsche Bank Says High Court Rulings Bar Libor Suit
• Manhattan Broker Charged With Obstructing SEC Probe
• Del. Court Says Expired Trust Can't Pursue Derivative Suit
• VeriFone Brass Duck Investor Suit Over Internal Controls
• BES Credit Protection Pacts Migrate To New Bank, ISDA Says
• 5th Circ. Renews Yellow Pages ERISA Suit, Citing Fifth Third
• Halliburton Heard Loud And Clear In AIG's $960M Settlement
• Banks, Brokerages Back SIFMA In Exchange Data Fees Fight
• Kleinberg Kaplan Nabs Ex-Katten Hedge Fund Partner In NY
• Google To Spend $250M To End Investor Suit Over Pharma Ads
• New Discovery Stay Questions Arise Post-Halliburton
• Compliance Reigns Supreme As In-House Demographics Shift
• NY, Tenn. Republicans Sue SEC Over Political Donation Rule
• Ex-Brookstreet CEO Asks 9th Circ. To Toss SEC's $10M Win
• Bankrate To Pay $18M To Settle Shareholder Suit
• Lululemon Founder Sells Shares, Avoids Proxy War
• Lehman Trustee Fights Billionaire Brothers' $285M ARS Claim
• Citi Exec Cautions SEC On 'Sledgehammer' Trading Rule
• DOJ Wins Forfeit Of $480M From Ex-Nigerian Despot's Stash
• Disney Insider's Beau Sentenced For Trading On Marvel Tip
• Judge Fillets Consultant's Suit Over Seafood Stock
• 9th Circ. Kills Immersion Corp. Shareholders' Fraud Suit
• 6 Japanese Banks Urge NY Judge To Can Libor Class Action
• CORRECTED: Ex-Freddie Mac Exec's Atty Says No SEC Settlement Talks
• SEC Charges Ex-CEO Of ConvergEx Unit Over Hidden Fees
• Securities Class Action Lull May Be Calm Before Storm
• Derivatives Lobby Gives CFTC Advice On Market Surveillance
• Argentina Looks To Square Off Against US At The Hague
• NYC Comptroller Says Ralph Lauren Should Detail Worker Risk
• Precious Metals Finance Schemers To Pay $35M In CFTC Suit
• R2 Capital Made Off With $1.2M In Client Money, CFTC Says
• Clearing Firm Tipster Blasts Bid For 8th Circ. Appeal
• Regions Wins Price Impact Review In Investor Class Action
• Fidelity Dumps Valeant Shares In Thick Of Allergan Assault
• Cliffs Appoints Casablanca Board Nominee As Chairman, CEO
• Goldman Sachs' Dark Pools Under Investigation
• Collaboration In The Shadow Of The Billable Hour
• KKR, TPG, Blackstone To Pay $325M In LBO Collusion Suit
• New Activist Weapon — A Look At Appraisal Arbitrage Cases
• Rakoff Stirs SEC Pot Again With Administrative Law Question
• Best Buy Shareholders Win Cert. In Securities Class Action
• Picard Says Funds Can't Skirt $10M Madoff Clawback Suit
• Yelp Hit With Class Action Claiming Stock Pump Scheme
• First Citizens Investor Says Bank Overpaying For Merger
• Rothstein Investors Say Hedge Fund Deal Doesn't Bar Claims
• BofA, DOJ Nearing $16B Deal Over Pre-Recession Mortgages
• Texas Bar Asked To Probe AG Candidate Over Securities Work
• L-3 Hit With Securities Suits Over Accounting Misconduct
• Lehman Trustee Seeks To Expunge FirstBank's $64M Claim
• Investors Want Wilmington To Cough Up Docs In Fraud Suit
• BofA Whistleblower's Slim Payday Leads To Calls For Reform
• Auditor Wants Broker-Dealer's Suit Over $66M Fraud Tossed
• Proxy Advisers Slam Allergan, Support Shareholder Meeting
• Galderma Sued Over Patent Sale Agreement For Skin Drug
• ADT Investor Raises Alarm Over Alleged Pump And Dump
• SEC Security Department Has Flaws, Watchdog Says
• UK Sets Social Media Standards For Promoting Investments
• Morgan Stanley Adds $53M To Legal Bill Amid Settlements
• Duane Morris Adds Four Construction Law Attys In Miami
• Banco Espirito Santo Breakup Won't Trip CDSs, ISDA Rules
• DLA Piper Nabs Former CFTC Chief Counsel In DC
• Fed Approves BofA's Resubmitted Capital Plan
• Make Sure Your Valuation Will Weather The Scrutiny Storm
• A Close Look At The Treasury's Upcoming Form SHL Survey
• Contract Management Survey Reveals Untapped Opportunities
• Citigroup Extends Deadline For Acceptance Of $1B RMBS Deal
• Morgan Stanley In Crosshairs For RMBS Sold To CalPERS
• Fed, FDIC Boards Blast Big Banks' 'Living Wills'
• Greenberg Traurig Nabs Banking Pro From Gibbons
• Deutsche Bank Says Toxic Loan Suit Lacks Proper Notice
• OppenheimerFunds Sues Over R.I.'s $594M Tobacco Bond
• Stock Pushers Charged After SEC Pot Pump-And-Dump Probe
• NY Probing Morgan Stanley's, Goldman's 'Dark Pools': Report
• JPMorgan Kicks $8.6B Lehman Collapse Suit To Federal Court
• Investors Win $105M In Ponzi Scheme Targeting Japanese
• Global 20 Firms Follow Clients Into FCPA Hot Zones
• DOJ Probing GM Financial Co.'s Subprime Loan Practices
• Lyondell Shareholders Try To Ax $12.5B Clawback Row
• Credit Suisse Says Trust's Loan Repurchase Suit Is Too Late
• NY Fed Launches Pilot To Expand MBS Counterparty Access
• MetLife Is No AIG, NY Regulator Tells Financial Risk Panel
• Caesars Brawls With Stakeholders In Pair Of New Lawsuits
• Investment Firm Hit With $15M Penalty Over Fraud Scheme
• Fla. Judge OKs SEC Deal In $500M Founding Partners Row
• Credit Rating Suit Against S&P, Others Goes To State Court
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• Portuguese Regulator Probing Alleged Insider Trading At BES
• Fiat Rebuffs Rumors Of Shareholders Selling Out In Merger
• Judge Won't Boot Argentina Bond Row Negotiator
• Allergan Continues Assault On Valeant Disclosure Policy
• 2nd Circ. Favors Barclays In $6B Lehman Collateral Fight
• With 'Sour Grapes', Rakoff OKs SEC's $285M Pact With Citi
• JPMorgan Flags Possible $4.6B Hit From Legal Losses
• Cobalt May See FCPA Penalties From SEC For Angola Bribery
• 2nd Activist Backs Darden Board Overhaul Ahead Of Meeting
• Bingham Ruling's Lessons On Proper Assertion Of Privilege
• SEC Gives Itself Home-Court Advantage
• AIG Pays $960M To Settle Securities Fraud Class Action
• Oil Traders End CFTC's Price-Manipulation Suit For $13M
• Quicken Loans Dodges Deutsche's Breach-Of-Contract Suit
• Calif. Broker To Pay $9M To Settle SEC Fund Theft Claims
• SEC Says Texas Co., CEO Lied About Value Of Oil Reserves
• HP Says Ex-Autonomy CFO Can't Object To Derivative Deal
• How To Protect Your Co. From Russian Retaliatory Measures
• SEC Settles With Agency Atty Over Madoff Documents
• Mont. Justices Revive AIG Unit's $29M D&O Battle Over Merger
• FINRA May Charge Oppenheimer Over Supervision Rules
• Darden Blasts Back At Starboard Over Red Lobster Deal
• Germany, France Want EU Pushback On US Bank Penalties
• SEC Pushes For $750M Judgment In Wyly Fraud Case
• China Integrated Energy Investors Denied Class Cert.
• Morgan Lewis Lures SEC Specialist From Reed Smith
• Skadden Must Cough Up Interview Docs, Dana Investors Say
• Cartica Can't Lift Discovery Stay In CorpBanca Merger Suit
• Singapore Targets Investor Confidence With New Market Regs
• CFTC Accuses Precious Metals Dealers Of $2.6M Fraud
• CFTC Notches Wins Against Ex-Citi Energy Trader
• Chinese Co. Hit With Contract Breach Suit Over Failed IPO