Securities Archive » January, 2015

Securities - January, 2015

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• FINRA Bars Waiver Of UBS Adviser Action, 2nd Circ. Told
• OCZ Trustee And Ex-Brass Spar Over Investigation
• OmniVision Investors Get $12M In Apple Supplier Status Row
• JPMorgan To Pay $99.5M To Escape FX Rigging Class Action
• Fla. Logistics Firm Accuses Felon Arms Dealer Of Shakedown
• Securities Group of the Year: Paul Weiss
• Boss Of Largest Ponzi Scheme In Conn. History Gets 13 Years
• Texas Industries' Settlement In $2.7B Merger Row Gets OK
• Deloitte Beats Some UK Misconduct Claims In MG Rover Row
• Revolving-Door Roundup: Grant & Eisenhofer, Quinn, Boies
• Chancery Finds Ancestry.com Stock Price Fair In $1.6B Deal
• CFTC Swaps Reform Seen As Big Plan With Steep Climb
• NY Appeals Court Lets TCW Duck Claim In $128M MBS Suit
• Developer Charged In Multimillion-Dollar Fraud Found Dead
• BB&T Board Beats Derivative Suit Over ARS Investigation
• Fed Eyeing Asset Management Risks, Tarullo Says
• Ex-Furniture Brands Execs Duck Investor Fraud Suit
• Ex-Sentinel CEO Gets 14 Years For $665M Fraud
• SEC Dismisses Herbalife Insider Trading Case
• HAS Capital Nabs $412M In Manufactured Housing ABS
• The 1st FCPA Case Of 2015
• Chipmaker Can't Nix Claims It Misled Investors Before Offering
• 10 Significant 2014 Developments Affecting Private M&A
• Ex-Rothstein Atty Gets 18 Mos. For Role In $1B Ponzi Scheme
• FXCM Swallows Poison Pill After Swiss Franc Jump
• 3rd Circ. Joins Effort To Construe Morrison
• GE Capital Urges Consolidation Of Suits Over Petters' Scheme
• MSRB Says Bank Loan Secrecy Harms Bondholders
• Securities Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn
• SEC Should Bless BATS 'Obvious Error' Rule Change: SIFMA
• Chicago Ponzi Schemer Gets 25 Years For $34M Fraud
• Immunomedics Sidesteps Securities Fraud Suit
• SEC Witness Escapes Fine Over Ex-Barclays Rep's 'Parking'
• Icahn-Targeted Manitowoc Agrees To Split Operations
• $40B Alibaba Spinoff Could Make Yahoo An Attractive Target
• Ex-S&P Exec Wants SEC Case Halted For Constitutional Test
• Basel Committee Seeks More Standardized Bank Risk Reports
• Newman Undermines Plea In Wells Fargo Insider Suit: Filing
• Plaintiffs Push For LBO Collusion Settlement Approval
• CFTC Commish Presses Case For Swap Trading Reforms
• SEC Says E-Smart CEO Liable For Control Failures
• Sens. Urge SEC To Lengthen Tick Size Pilot Program
• Nixon Peabody, Mintz Levin Using Barred Defense, Court Told
• 4 Ways To Make More Money For Your Firm
• Warren, Cummings Ask Banks For Swaps Pushout Info
• Cobalt Ducks SEC Charges Over Angolan Bribery Allegations
• SEC Chair's Top Lawyer Heads For The Door
• New Tool For Holdout Bondholders: The Trust Indenture Act
• Ex-Madoff Aide Slams Feds' 'Godfather' Remark In 2nd Circ.
• Judge To Dismiss IBM Insider Trading Case At Feds' Request
• BGC Reaffirms $778M Hostile Bid For GFI Before Friday Vote
• 3 Considerations For Audit Committees In 2015
• Key Questions When Selecting E-Discovery Vendors
• FINRA Didn't Fire Deputy Director In Retaliation, Jury Finds
• SEC Names New Associate Director Of Enforcement In SF
• Ponzi Schemer's Bond Pulled Over Undisclosed Assets
• Ex-Concert Promoter Denied Bail In $300M Ponzi Scheme
• Alston & Bird Scoops 8-Lawyer Andrews Kurth Finance Team
• US Loses Bid To Stay Fannie, Freddie Takeover Suit
• SEC Puts Steinberg Appeal On Hold Until Newman 'Resolved'
• Neustar Escapes Securities Suit Over Fumbled Gov't Contract
• Futures Industry Group Calls On SEC To Simplify Reg NMS
• KPMG's European GC To Step Down
• Yahoo's $40B Spinoff Bolsters Large Cap-Hungry Activists
• Activist Moving Forward With Omnova Proxy Battle
• Fraud Suits Targeting Sanofi Over MS Drug Prospects Tossed
• Best Buy Investors Say Halliburton II Doesn't Bust Up Class
• Judge Says Banks Must Face US-Based Forex Rigging Claims
• FXCM To Pursue Top Traders After Swiss Franc Shock
• General Cable Ducks Suit Over Accounting Errors, Theft
• Securities Group Of The Year: Kirkland & Ellis
• Securities Plaintiffs Bar Unfazed By Dip In Big-Money Suits
• 7th Circ. Won't Rehear Accretive's $14M Shareholder Deal
• KCG Sells Institutional Forex Trading Unit For $365M To BATS
• MRI International Ordered To Pay $585M For Ponzi Scheme
• DOJ, States Near $1.38B Accord With S&P
• A 1st Look At Potential Reach Of 2nd Circ. Newman Decision
• Bribery Charges Over BNY Mellon's Wealth Fund Interns Loom
• And Now A Word From The Panel: 2014 JPML Practice Trends
• Investors Want OK For $2M Deal In Suit Against Chinese Co.
• Investment Firms Sue Merck Over Misleading Vioxx Claims
• Feds' $5B Suit Against S&P Gets September Trial Date
• Judge Won't Move Petters Ponzi Scheme Suit To Fed Court
• Embattled Aerospace Co. Head Wins Stay Of Shareholder Suit
• HP Investors Push For Cert. In Suit Over $11B Autonomy Buy
• Yahoo To Spin Off Rest Of Alibaba Stake To New Company
• Securities Group Of The Year: Cravath Swaine & Moore
• Pfizer Strikes $400M Deal To End Shareholder Suit
• Slice Of Silverstein's 3 WTC Debt Put On Crowdfunding Site
• Sam Wyly's Ex-Wife Sues For Cut Of Disputed Stock Holdings
• CFTC Commish Urges Regulators To Ease Up On End Users
• FHFA Chair Defends Looser Lending From Lawmakers' Attacks
• Dutch Court Says Russian Cyberthief Suspect Belongs In US
• Tehran Investment Firm To Launch 1st Iranian ETF
• Ex-SEC Enforcement Leader Heads To Gibson Dunn
• EHealth Accused Of Failing To Warn Investors Of Shortfall
• Golfer Alleges Unfair Prosecution In Insider Trading Case
• Under Activist Pressure, DuPont Unveils $4B Buyback
• Activist Slashes Family Dollar Stake By $457M Amid Buyout
• SEC, FinCEN Fine Oppenheimer $20M Over Penny Stock Sales
• Increasing Deference To Boards — But Not 'Anything Goes'
• 10-K Conundrum: How SEC Filings Breed Employment Claims
• Big Firms Got A Break From Securities Class Actions In 2014
• SAC Victims' Fund OK'd In $602M Insider Trading Deal
• Bharara's Newman Appeal Faces Steep Odds In 2nd Circ.
• Securities Group Of The Year: Bernstein Litowitz
• LA Bank's Proposed $52M Merger Raises Shareholder Hackles
• Texas Corp. Tells Court Stock Buyout Off The Table
• Marvell Escapes Investor Suit Over $1.5B Patent Suit Loss
• Ex-TD Bank VP Mired In Rothstein Fallout Cuts Deal With SEC
• SDNY Fraud Task Force Prosecutor Joins Latham
• SEC Backs Bharara In 2nd Circ. Insider Trading Appeal
• Joe's Crab Shack Owner Settles With Investors Over 2012 IPO
• AmeriFirst Con Man Asks High Court To Review His Sentence
• Wal-Mart Gun Appeal Could Unleash Shareholder Fights
• Ocwen Rejects Hedge Funds' Bond Default Claims
• AXA Says Trustee Approval Trumps Investors' Fee Gripe
• Mayer Brown DQ'd From Representing HSBC In MBS Row
• Ex-Simpson Thacher Clerk Denies Insider Trading Charges
• Telemarketing Firm To Pay CFTC $9.6M For Metals Fraud
• LeapFrog Hid Muffed Rollout And Buckling Demand, Suit Says
• Investors Reject KBR Claims In Earnings Fraud Class Action
• Ernst & Young Unit Escapes Sinotech IPO Suit
• Libor Investors Seek OK To Join 2nd Circ. Antitrust Appeal
• Investors Fight Violin Memory's Bid To Ax $146M IPO Suit
• 2 Del. Decisions Offer Nuanced Guidance On Revlon Duties
• Once More Unto The Breach — Rehearing In Newman?
• SEC Pulls Trigger On 5-Day Junk Bond Tender Offer Window
• JPMorgan Accused Of Futures Manipulation In $25M Suit
• Duo Gets 6-Plus Years For $30M Telecom Investment Scam
• Cablevision Brass Urges Chancery To Toss 'Nepotism' Claims
• Goldman, Other Banks Sued Over Metals Benchmark Rigging
• HP Takes 4th Crack At Deal In Autonomy Buy Shareholder Suit
• An Underused Arsenal Of Securities Suit Defenses
• Starboard Already Gunning For Top Activist Billing In 2015
• Nomura Says Jury Should Decide Facts Of FHFA Suit
• Ex-Galleon Trader Cites Newman In Bid To Nix Conviction
• UK Hedge Fund's Ex-Exec Gets 13 Years' Jail Time For Fraud
• SEC Accuses Ex-Lehman Vet Of Illegal Trading
• Winklevoss Twins To Launch New Bitcoin Exchange In NY
• Ex-Dewey Atty Consents to Disbarment Over Insider Trading
• Prepare Now For New Anti-Corruption Program Expectations
• Bharara Appeals 2nd Circ.'s Landmark Newman Decision
• Regions Coughs Up $125M to End Suits Over Funds' Collapse
• 4 Insider Trading Guilty Pleas Vacated In Wake Of Newman
• Pro Athletes Demand $8.5M Ponzi Dispute Award Be Paid Up
• A Data Security Checklist For Companies Hiring Law Firms
• Citigroup Monitor Calls $2.5B Consumer Relief A 'Mixed Bag'
• Convicted Ex-Jefferies Trader Barred From Securities Industry
• FINRA Fines Scottrade Over Customer Privacy Violations
• Atty In Rothstein Scheme Seeks To Avoid Jail Time
• Pot Dispenser Co. Faces Suit Over Fraudulent Finances
• Trade Groups Attack Wal-Mart Shareholder's Gun Sales Vote
• SEC Hits Fla. Construction Co. With $3.4M Penalty Over Bribes
• UK FCA Bans Ex-Execs Over Martin Brokers' Libor Failings
• SEC Accuses Ex-Capital One Analysts Of Insider Trading
• Gelboim Does Little To Limit MDL Court Appeals Discretion
• Icahn Continues Governance Crusade, This Time At Gannett
• State Of D&O Indemnification Under NY Business Corp. Law
• 2nd Circ. Revives Bid To Reopen PlusFunds Bankruptcy
• SEC's Stiff S&P Sanction Raises Curtain For DOJ Action
• Feds Can't Stop Pershing From Dropping Fannie-Freddie Suit
• CFTC Commish Eyes Retail Forex Regs After Swiss Shock
• Libor Clears Appeal Path For Benchmark Manipulation Cases
• NY AG Looks To Expand Dark Pool Suit Against Barclays
• NJ Atty Sentenced To 46 Months In Facebook IPO Scheme
• Icahn Gets EBay Board Seat, Input On PayPal Spinoff
• AIG Beats Class Action After Plaintiff Failed To Read Docs
• Attorneys Weigh In On SEC's $77M Settlement With S&P
• Quinn Emanuel Pads Houston Expansion With Susman Hire
• Feds To Explore Revamping SIFI Designation Process
• BGC Sports ISS' Backing On $778M GFI Takeover Bid
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Baker Botts' Alex Bourelly
• Cleantech Co. Hid Termination Of Sales Exec, Investor Says
• SEC Loses Key Force Behind $3T Money Market Reforms
• Justices Say 2nd Circ. Must Hear Libor Antitrust Appeal
• FCPA Trends From The Last 6 Months
• Entire Fairness Or Business Judgment? It's Anyone's Guess
• SEC Suspends S&P As Part Of $77M MBS Settlement
• Top-End Tax Reform Plan Headlines State Of The Union
• Obama's Leverage Fee Faces Long Odds In Congress
• Edward Wildman Hit With Malpractice Suit Over EFT Fraud Row
• Olam Cos. Fined $3M By CFTC For Futures Collusion
• 3rd Circ. Affirms Conviction for $55M Stock Fraudster
• Dewey Exec Gets Bail Refund To Help Foot Defense Costs
• BNY Mellon Sued Over Foreclosure On Army Reservist's Home
• Life Partners Hits Ch. 11, Looks To Skirt $47M Judgment
• Winstead Nabs Kelly Hart Partner For Securities, M&A Group
• SIFMA Blasts FINRA, MSRB Bond Price Transparency Plan
• BGC Hikes GFI Offer To $777M, Blows Past CME Bid
• RI's $594M Tobacco Revenue Bonds Survive Oppenheimer Suit
• Young Conaway Rips Sunken Treasure Investors' RICO Suit
• Morgan Stanley Sees Big Drop In 4Q Legal Expenses
• FCA Fines Reckitt Benckiser Over Exec Trading Disclosures
• Starboard Escalates Staples-Office Depot Merger Campaign
• What PE Fund Managers Can Learn From 2014 SEC Enforcement
• Can Silence Keep You Safe? New Debate On 10b-5 Liability
• UK Regulators End Probe Into $11B HP-Autonomy Deal
• SEC Changes Course On Whole Foods Shareholder Proposal
• Ex-S&P MBS Chief Sues SEC To Block In-House Proceeding
• Retail FX May Face New Rules, Inspections After Swiss Shock
• 3rd Circ. Won't Reconsider Remand Of Short-Sale Suit
• San Francisco Mortgage Agency Inks $459M MBS Settlement
• BGC Will Pay $100M In Tullett Prebon Employee Poaching Case
• Thompson & Knight Scoops Strasburger's Mexico City Chief
• Ex-Goldman Programmer's Legal Fee Fight Do-Over Thwarted
• Credit Suisse Fight Will Shape Future Bank Penalties
• Exchanges Defend Data Fast Lane For High-Speed Traders
• Newman Faces New Test As Bharara Eyes Carveout
• Audio Tech Co. Investors Get Tentative Class OK In IPO Row
• Arden, TPG Dodge Class Action Over $394M Gelson's Buy
• Lehman Trustee, Barclays Scrap Over $1.2B In Assets
• American Realty Accounting Woes Spark NY Securities Suit
• Leucadia Lends FXCM $300M To Help Firm Stay Afloat
• Credit Suisse Attys Misled Court In Loan Suit, Landowners Say
• 10th Circ. Nixes Investor Suit Over Gold Co.'s Projections
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Richards Kibbe's James Walker
• Chadbourne Says Stanford Malpractice Suit Is Time-Barred
• Goldman Reports Drop In 4th Quarter 2014 Legal Costs
• Errors In Previously Issued Financials? A 'Big P' Problem
• Wal-Mart Takes Aim At Shareholder Bid To Limit Gun Sales
• Practice Points For New Single-Bidder Sale Paradigm
• 11th Circ. Affirms Convictions In $137M Investment Fraud
• Life Partners Tells Texas Court Offerings Weren't Securities
• Bridgepoint Investors Win Cert. In Failed Accreditation Suit
• Ex-Simpson Clerk Indicted For Trades As Broker Takes Plea
• Attys Seek Fees In $27M MF Global Metals Settlement
• FINRA To Raise Heat On Firms In Broker Disclosure Push
• Ralph Nader Slams Credit Suisse Bid For ERISA Exemption
• McGuireWoods Nabs Pa. M&A Pro From Buchanan Ingersoll
• JPMorgan Insurers' Public Policy Claim Revived In $200M Suit
• MoneyGram Bank Ruling Will Keep Financial Cos. On Alert
• Freeport Pays $138M In Derivative Suit, Including Dividend
• Ex-CalPERS Exec. Kills Himself Before $3B Pay-To-Play Trial
• Swiss Central Bank Abruptly Ends Franc-Euro Rate Cap
• Citi's Legal Woes Sink 4th Quarter Earnings
• On2 Loses Appeal Over Google-Deal Investor Settlement
• SEC Fines UBS $14M Over Dark Pool Operations
• BofA Sees Litigation Costs Drop In Tough 4th Quarter
• CME Again Lifts GFI Bid To Match $714M Hostile Offer
• December Was A Big Month For UK Serious Fraud Office
• Del. Refines Standards For Books-And-Records Inspections
• House Vote To Ease Volcker Hints At More Dodd-Frank Fights
• Stock Heir Says Franklin Resources' Ex-CEO Hid $156M
• MetLife Clients Lose Cert. Bid In Suit Over $216M Ponzi Scam
• 2 Firms To Cash In On Dodd-Frank Reform Fever
• Mayor Faces Ethics Charges He Lied About Ponzi Scam Loans
• IRS Says Wyly Widow's Tax Liability Will Far Surpass $280M
• SEC's $14M BATS Fine Spares High-Frequency Trade Tactics
• UK Zeroes In On New Suspect In Alstom Bribery Probe
• Super Bowl Laser Scammer Cops Plea In Fraud Suit
• DRW Buys High-Speed Trading Rival Amid Industry Scrutiny
• Top EU Court Adviser Says Central Bank Can Make Bond Buys
• BGC Hikes Up GFI Offer To $714M As Vote On Rival Bid Looms
• Chamber Head Says Trimming Regs Is Top Goal For 2015
• A Significant Expansion Of Section 546 In Madoff Ruling
• Split SEC Approves Swaps Data Reporting Rules
• House OKs Bill To Ease Volcker Rule Requirements
• JPMorgan Sets Aside $990M For Forex, Other Settlements
• The Top 10 D&O Stories Of 2014
• House Postpones Vote On Bill To Ease Volcker Rule
• McGuireWoods Adds Public Finance Partner To Houston Office
• Ex-PetroTiger CEO's Talk With GC Who Wore Wire Released
• SEC Announces Members Of Market Structure Advisory Panel
• MetLife's SIFI Designation Challenge Will Be Uphill Battle
• SEC's 2015 Exam Plans Take Broad View Of Saver Risk
• BankAtlantic Wants New Trial On False Statement Verdict
• Goodwin Nabs Kelley Drye PE Group Chair For DC Office
• US, Tax Shelter Ordered To Finish Suit Over Loss Deductions
• US Charges Trader In Landmark 'Layering' Case
• Dealing With The SEC's Administrative Proceeding Trend
• Kramer Levin Aids Chetrit's $1.8B Condo Offering In NYC
• Facebook IPO Investors Move For Class Certification
• Ex-Trust Co. Execs Cop To $8M Securities Fraud
• 5 Questions Weighing On Whistleblower Lawyers In 2015
• SEC Examiners To Focus On Cybersecurity, Alt Funds In 2015
• Apple Argues Anti-Poaching Shareholder Suit Bypassed Rules
• Hedge Fund Pushes JDS To Ease Board Nomination Rules
• NY AG Blocks $85M Manhattan Condo Plan Amid Fraud Probe
• Feds Say Newman Doesn't Affect IBM Insider Trading Case
• MetLife Takes SIFI Designation Challenge To DC Court
• Of Broken Leases And 'Broken Windows'
• NY Biz Court Getting Fed Up With 'Merger Tax' Suits
• Obama Signs Terror Insurance Law Despite Dodd-Frank Tweak
• 7th Circ. Reverses IMS' Win In Employee Retaliation Suit
• Prosecutors To Appeal Madoff Aides' Sentences
• BofA Shakes RMBS Suit In NY Thanks To Delaware Law
• SEC Cleared To Pursue Wyly Widow In $261M Civil Case
• Justices Won't Mull Whether Janus Applies To Criminal Cases
• SEC Judge Hits 'Big Short' Money Manager With $3M Sanction
• Fee-Shifting Back On Menu As Del. Legislature Reconvenes
• Dewey Heads Look To Spend $1M On Expert Testimony At Trial
• 2nd Circ. Buries $4.4B Morgan Stanley Swap-Loss Fraud Suit
• Former Del. AG Biden Joins Grant & Eisenhofer
• Lew Vows To Hold The Line On Dodd-Frank Changes
• Ex-Dewey Exec Drops Hughes Hubbard Ahead Of Trial
• SEC Fines Direct Edge $14M Over Misleading Order Types
• CFTC Slams Forex Trader's 'Dangerous' Lehman Claim
• Tech Giant EMC Adds 2 Directors In Truce With Elliott
• Making Sense Of Delaware's Cigna V. Audax Decision
• Gupta Loses High Court Bid To Escape $13.9M SEC Judgment
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Holland & Knight's Tiffani Lee
• New Year's Resolution For Securities Firms: Cyber-Fitness
• Kluger Kaplan Lures Veteran Judge From MLB Juicing Case
• Five Below Kept Mum On Execs' Exit To Bump Stock, Suit Says
• FINRA Blackballs John Thomas Financial For Trading Ahead
• Abercrombie Deal In CEO Pay Suit Wins Final OK
• Health Care Co. Claims Ex-CEO Diverted Millions
• Citi Investors Ask 2nd Circ. To Revive RMBS Loss Suit
• $2M Investment Fraud Scheme Gets Rothstein Broker 2 Years
• Del. Confirms Continued Validity Of Advance Notice Bylaws
• Exchanges' Market Reform Proposals Only Touch Margins
• FINRA Charges 'Angry' Ex-Rep With Faking CEO's Firing
• Feds Say Martoma's Wife Doesn't Get Dibs On Home, Money
• Roetzel Atty Jumps To Burr & Forman's Litigation Team
• Forex Fraudster Convicted In UK
• JPMorgan Settles Suit Over $17.6B In Bear Stearns MBS
• Ex-Wells Fargo Workers Fight SEC Insider Trading Charge
• Revolving-Door Roundup: Morvillo, Skadden, Jenner
• DOJ Taps FBI's Ex-GC As Fraud Chief
• SEC's Foreign Corrupt Practices Spotlight Shines On PE
• Cadwalader Nabs 3 Partners From Latham's Hong Kong Office
• BGC Urges GFI Shareholders To Reject Rival's Buyout Bid
• Changes Imminent For Exchange Act Registration
• Law Schools Are (Finally) Teaching 'The Biz' Of Lawyering
• Smaller Businesses Must Get Ready For FCPA Whistleblowers
• Fed Resources Drained In Lead-Up To London Whale: Report
• Peltz's Trian Fund Launches Proxy Fight Against DuPont
• BSGR Agent Defaults In RICO Suit Over Guinea Mining Rights
• CytRx Board Must Face Claims It 'Spring-Loaded' Options
• 8th Circ. Reverses $2.7M Cy Pres Award In BofA Merger Suit
• Goldman Can't Ask To Decertify $2.4B Toxic Asset Class
• Ex-WG Compliance Head Dodges Prison In $554M Fraud Case
• NYC Judge Rips Brualdi Firm For 'Pernicious' Merger Lawsuit
• DC Circ. Questions Atty Penalty In $3M Fraud Scheme Suit
• FINRA Dings Oppenheimer Over Foreign Junk Bond Loans
• Funds Ask High Court To Revive BlackRock Lending Fee Suit
• Top Swiss Court Refuses To Hold UBS Liable In Swatch Suit
• UBS Rips Investor Suit Over $2B Rogue Trades In 2nd Circ.
• SEC Taps Paul Hastings Attorney To Head Atlanta Office
• InvenSense Hyped Apple Rumors Before Stock Drop, Suit Says
• An Illustrative Lesson In Make-Whole Litigation
• 2014's Valuable Lessons For M&A Financial Advisers
• Activist Starboard Bears Down On Yahoo-AOL Merger Push
• Calif. Fixes Timing Problem For Post-Trial Motions
• Union Fund Can't Appeal Lost Claims In Goldman RMBS Suit
• MoneyGram Can't Write Off $540M In Bad Securities: Tax Court
• Ballard Spahr Regains Tax Pro From US Treasury
• Feds Won't Block AIG Brass From Unsealing Evidence
• 2nd Circ. Says Stock Fraudster Can Try To Dump Counsel
• SEC Mulls Releasing Cybersecurity Sweep Exam Report
• Investor Claims Innocence In Tech Traders Ponzi Scheme
• Bribery Settlements Reached Record Heights In 2014
• House Dems Defeat Bill To Grant Volcker Rule Delay
• Stock Trader To Pay IRS $24.5M Settlement Over Back Taxes
• Q&A With Neal Gerber's John Koenigsknecht
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Shearman's Claudius Sokenu
• Ex-SEC Chair Pitt Urges Cos. To Monitor Proxy Firms
• A NY Practitioner's Guide To Interstate Discovery
• BGC Extends Hostile $675M GFI Bid As Friendly Offer Looms
• Secrets To In-House Cost Control
• Highlights From Recent CFTC Guidance On ILS Registration
• Hueston, Hennigan Ditch Irell To Form White Collar Boutique
• Ex-AIG Brass Say Evidence Discredits Witness In Fraud Suit
• Blank Rome Picks Up Name Partner From Hoffman & Pollok
• Insurer Shakes BioChemic's Suit Over SEC Subpoena Claim
• Blank Rome Opens Pittsburgh Office With Duane Morris Pack
• BATS Exchange Calls On SEC, Industry To Reform Markets
• SEC Says Court Should Appoint Receiver For Life Partners
• S&P Can't Escape NJ's Fraud Suit Over Skewed Analyses
• Feds Seek 60-Month Sentence For Ex-L&L Energy CEO
• Data Security Co.'s Investors Sue Over Changing Biz Model
• SEC Mulls Exchange Plan To Loosen Trade Info Barriers
• Pa. Consultant Accused Of $3.5M Foreign Bribery Plot
• $145M Legal Expense To Hit SunTrust 4Q Earnings
• Greenberg, Hunton Say Stanford Receiver Suit Lacks Legs
• Obama Nominates Community Banker Landon To Fed Board
• Activist Knocks PREIT Mall Sale Plan, Urges Bigger Move
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Perkins Coie's Richard Ross
• Investor Wins Remand Of Suit Over Software Co.'s $108M IPO
• GNC Legal Chief Rejoins McGuireWoods After 7-Year Absence
• UK Watchdog Issues 1st-Ever Listing Violation Fine
• FINRA Announces 2015 Regulatory, Exam Priorities
• Kessler's 600% Markup On Contract Attys Ruled Too High
• Former Massey CEO's Criminal Trial Pushed Back To April
• Top 10 Whistleblowing And Retaliation Events Of 2014
• 2nd Circ. Sets New Hurdles For Insider Trading Convictions
• Microcaps Under The Microscope
• Chancery Greenlights Bid To Appraise Ancestry.com Stock
• Swaps Panel Deadlocks On Caesars Default
• SecurityNational Settles With BofA Over Mortgage Problems
• Steptoe White Collar Partner Decamping To Fried Frank
• Madoff Victims Seek Testimony From The Man Himself
• SEC To Hear Appeal Of Ex-Barclays Rep's 'Parking' Sanction
• SEC's In-House Court Is 'Unconstitutional,' New Suit Says
• UniTek Wins Nod For Prepackaged Ch. 11 Plan
• Levi & Korsinsky Plan Class Action Over MOL Global's IPO
• Feds Seek Prison For 'Drug-Fueled' Insider Trader
• Kirby McInerney's $1.3M In Hi-Crush Settlement Gets Final OK
• Ex-Qualcomm Director Settles Insider Trading Row With SEC
• SEC Commish, Profs Spar Over Harvard Shareholder Project
• JPMorgan Reaches Settlement In Forex Antitrust Class Suit
• Morgan Stanley Says Ex-Worker Leaked Info On 900 Accounts
• IPO Boom Comes With Costs For PE Firms, Insurers
• 12 Building Blocks Of A Digital Law Library
• Ex-Stiefel Exec. Can't Toll Stock Claims, 11th Circ. Rules
• Ex-Orioles Player Not Safe From Insider Charges, US Says
• Securities Regulation To Watch In 2015
• Ecolite's Negligence Claim Against Insurance Broker Fails
• Pa. Justices Tighten Rules For Attys Investing Client Funds
• RBS Could Pay $7.7B To Settle MBS Suit With FHFA
• Lehman Trustee Inks $20M Deal With Pimco
• 2nd Circ. Shelve Steinberg To Let Feds Move On Newman
• Family Dollar Investors Can't Fight Ruling On Buyout Vote
• CSC Will Pay $190M To End SEC Probe Of Accounting Errors
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Sidley Austin's Yvette Ostolaza
• Merrill Lynch Fined $7.2M Over Options Reporting Flubs
• House Panel Fires Back At SEC Over Subpoena Demand
• Judge Rejects Fraud Appeal by Le-Nature's Convicted Ex-CEO
• Ex-Alstom Exec. Denied Bid To Toss FCPA Indictment
• Securities Cases To Watch In 2015
• ICE Exchange To Crack Down On Spoofing
• Ambac Hits BofA With $600M Suit Over Countrywide MBS
• 4 Ways Activists Will Continue To Run The Show In 2015
• Madoff Aide Alleges 'Deplorable' Gov't Misconduct In Bail Bid
• Top 5 Securities Cases Of 2014: No Halliburton II
• 10 Key Issues For Private Equity In 2015
• Alleged Foundry Tipper Says Newman Undercuts Conviction
• 2015 May Bring Steps Limiting Federal Criminal Enforcement
• 2015: Judiciary, Lawyers And Law Schools At The Precipice
• Mixed Year For Madoff Recovery, Clarity For Private Funds