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Securities Docket A.M. News Wire for 2009-11-26
Securities Docket A.M. News Wire for 2009-11-26
securitiesdocket.com — UBS, E&Y Face Madoff-Related Lawsuits in Luxembourg http://bit.ly/5E4ymh # December 8 Webcast: Investigations, Accounting Fraud, and Related... Economic Damages http://bit.ly/5OTVo8 # December 2 Webcast: Causes and Economic Consequences of Merger & Acquisition Disputes  ... (more) Securities Docket A.M. News Wire for 2009-11-26
UBS, E&Y Face Madoff-Related Lawsuits in Luxembourg
UBS, E&Y Face Madoff-Related Lawsuits in Luxembourg
securitiesdocket.com — In Luembourg, investors who lost money through Access International Advisors LLC’s LuxAlpha Sicav-American Selection are suing UBS... and Ernst & Young for their alleged negligence in supervising the fund. Bloomberg reports that a Luxembourg court will decide whether investors have the right ... (more) UBS, E&Y Face Madoff-Related Lawsuits in Luxembourg
December 8 Webcast: Investigations, Accounting Fraud, and Related Economic Damages
December 8 Webcast: Investigations, Accounting Fraud, and Related Economic Damages
securitiesdocket.com — A panel of legal and financial experts will discuss emerging trends in investigations, accounting fraud, and related... damage considerations. The discussion will cover topics such as: legal definitions of fraud, types of damages associated with fraud claims, detection of accounting fraud, and ... (more) December 8 Webcast: Investigations, Accounting Fraud, ...
December 2 Webcast: Causes and Economic Consequences of Merger & Acquisition Disputes
December 2 Webcast: Causes and Economic Consequences of Merger & Acquisition Disputes
securitiesdocket.com — The downturn in the economy has been a factor in recent disputes arising from business acquisitions. Some... involve a failure to close a transaction, but many are over claims of fraud, misrepresentation or breach of warranties or covenants after a transaction has closed. In these types of ... (more) December 2 Webcast: Causes and Economic Consequences of ...
Securities Docket A.M. News Wire for 2009-11-25
Securities Docket A.M. News Wire for 2009-11-25
securitiesdocket.com — Corporation Under Criminal Probe May Ethically Retain Counsel for Employees http://bit.ly/8xXSAP # Is The SEC Intercepting Your... Instant Messages? http://bit.ly/5M6iVI # SEC Wins One, Loses One in Insider Trading Trial http://bit.ly/5iXsRc # BusinessCenter.TV Video: Ohio Files Suit ... (more) Securities Docket A.M. News Wire for 2009-11-25
SEC Wins One, Loses One in Insider Trading Trial
SEC Wins One, Loses One in Insider Trading Trial
securitiesdocket.com — The SEC announced today that following a seven-day trial, a federal jury in Boston found in favor... of the SEC and against a former Fidelity Investments trader, David K. Donovan, on charges of insider trading. The jury returned its verdict on Friday, November 20, 2009. It found that Donovan ... (more) SEC Wins One, Loses One in Insider Trading Trial
BusinessCenter.TV Video: Ohio Files Suit Against Credit Agencies
BusinessCenter.TV Video: Ohio Files Suit Against Credit Agencies
securitiesdocket.com — BusinessCenterTV has this report on the Ohio AG’s recent lawsuit against three major credit agencies.... (more) BusinessCenter.TV Video: Ohio Files Suit Against Credit ...
‘Sexuality’ and Insider Trading
‘Sexuality’ and Insider Trading
securitiesdocket.com — An article yesterday about Danielle Chiesi described her use of her “sexuality” to build sources and ultimately... obtain inside information from executives at technology companies. Has Chiesi broken new ground in terms of tactics used in insider trading cases to gain information? I ... (more) ‘Sexuality’ and Insider Trading
Rajaratnam Denies Inside Information, Challenges Use of Wire Taps
Rajaratnam Denies Inside Information, Challenges Use of Wire Taps
securitiesdocket.com — Raj Rajaratnam, founder of Galleon Group, filed his Answer to the SEC’s insider trading case against him... today, and denied that he received or traded on inside information about several companies as alleged by the SEC. The WSJ reports that Rajaratnam asserted in his Answer that the ... (more) Rajaratnam Denies Inside Information, Challenges Use of ...
Securities Docket A.M. News Wire for 2009-11-24
Securities Docket A.M. News Wire for 2009-11-24
securitiesdocket.com — Sparer Law Group Appointed Lead Counsel in Oppenheimer California Municipal Fund Lawsuit http://bit.ly/7l7J9v # Glancy Binkow &... Goldberg LLP Appointed Co-Lead Counsel In Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. Securities Class Action http://bit.ly/8vRIzU # Sentencing Delayed For Ex-Lawyer ... (more) Securities Docket A.M. News Wire for 2009-11-24
Former Securities Litigator Cauley Sentenced to 86 Months in Prison
Former Securities Litigator Cauley Sentenced to 86 Months in Prison
securitiesdocket.com — Gene Cauley, a former high-profile securities litigator who was a name partner in the law firm Cauley... Bowman Carney & Williams LLC in Little Rock, Arkansas, was sentenced today to more than seven years in prison, Dow Jones Newswires reports. As previously discussed here , Cauley pleaded ... (more) Former Securities Litigator Cauley Sentenced to 86 ...
Hong Kong: SFC Bans Former Investment Banker for Insider Trading
Hong Kong: SFC Bans Former Investment Banker for Insider Trading
securitiesdocket.com — In Hong Kong today, the Securities and Futures Commission banned former investment banker Allen Lam from the... industry for life following his conviction in July for insider trading, Bloomberg reports. As previously discussed here , Lam, a former investment banking director at Hong Kong-based ... (more) Hong Kong: SFC Bans Former Investment Banker for Insider ...
Madoff Trustee and Law Firm Seek Over $22 Million for Five Months Work
Madoff Trustee and Law Firm Seek Over $22 Million for Five Months Work
securitiesdocket.com — Baker & Hostetler, the law firm of Madoff bankruptcy trustee Irving Picard, has asked the court to... award it $21.28 million in attorneys’ fees for the five months ending September 2009. The firm’s total bill now comes to $37.5 million, the AP reports. Picard is separately ... (more) Madoff Trustee and Law Firm Seek Over $22 Million for ...
Khuzami: SEC to Focus on Derivatives in Insider Trading Crackdown
Khuzami: SEC to Focus on Derivatives in Insider Trading Crackdown
securitiesdocket.com — SEC Director of Enforcement Robert Khuzami said today that the agency will focus on derivatives as part... of its crackdown on insider trading by hedge funds. Bloomberg reports that according to Khuzami, “the days of insider-trading scrutiny being focused almost solely on the equity ... (more) Khuzami: SEC to Focus on Derivatives in Insider Trading ...
Securities Docket A.M. News Wire for 2009-11-23
Securities Docket A.M. News Wire for 2009-11-23
securitiesdocket.com — France to Open EADS Insider-Trading Trial http://bit.ly/4yIWbo # Anti-fraud law may see foreign firms hauled before US... courts http://bit.ly/6DuRpr # Australia: John O'Reilly pleads guilty to insider trading charge brought by ASIC http://bit.ly/7HCtvO # Woman Who Sank Galleon Was ... (more) Securities Docket A.M. News Wire for 2009-11-23
Securities Docket A.M. News Wire for 2009-11-21
Securities Docket A.M. News Wire for 2009-11-21
securitiesdocket.com — Former Vivendi boss rejects fraud claims http://bit.ly/6jAY3L # Web Watch: Best Blog Posts and Columns For the... Week Ending Nov. 20, 2009 http://bit.ly/4HmhBF # Ohio AG: Rating Suit Not Meant To Be Class-Action http://bit.ly/54cfx3 # Ohio Pension Funds Sue Credit Rating Agencies  ... (more) Securities Docket A.M. News Wire for 2009-11-21
Web Watch: Best Blog Posts and Columns For the Week Ending Nov. 20, 2009
Web Watch: Best Blog Posts and Columns For the Week Ending Nov. 20, 2009
securitiesdocket.com — Here is the weekly summary for Securities Docket’s Web Watch (”This Week’s Best Blog Posts and Columns”):... A rip-off far worse than Madoff’s (Lawrence W. Schonbrun, LA Daily News) LA Daily News | November 20, 2009 What would you think of a legal system in which someone burglarizes ... (more) Web Watch: Best Blog Posts and Columns For the Week ...
Ohio Pension Funds Sue Credit Rating Agencies
Ohio Pension Funds Sue Credit Rating Agencies
securitiesdocket.com — The credit rating agencies have been bulletproof from litigation for years, but new attacks keep coming. Today,... Reuters reports, Ohio’s AG sued Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s and Fitch Ratings, claiming that they provided misleading credit ratings that led to hundreds of millions of losses ... (more) Ohio Pension Funds Sue Credit Rating Agencies
FSA Seeks to Become ‘Heavyweight Criminal Prosecutor’
FSA Seeks to Become ‘Heavyweight Criminal Prosecutor’
securitiesdocket.com — In the UK, Margaret Cole (pictured), the head of enforcement and financial crime for the FSA, told... the British Bankers Association in a speech yesterday that senior management at companies must take “clear responsibility” for managing financial crime risks and that the FSA would demand ... (more) FSA Seeks to Become ‘Heavyweight Criminal Prosecutor’
Be Careful Telling Therapist About Insider Trading
Be Careful Telling Therapist About Insider Trading
securitiesdocket.com — Who knew? It turns out that sometimes, your comments to your therapist about insider trading will wind... up in the hands of the U.S. Senate and sent to the SEC. Full details are available in this post on my Enforcement Action blog over at Compliance Week. (more) Be Careful Telling Therapist About Insider Trading
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