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OSC Enforcement Director Provides Insight Into Investigation Process

genalsmith wrote 3 weeks ago: When Tom Atkinson, Director of Enforcement at the Ontario Securities Commission, addressed a lunch s … more →

Tags: Gena Smith, ontario securities commission, McCarthy Tétrault, tom atkinson

NYT Dealbook Blog: Explaining the Securities Class Action Downturn1 comment

Paul Karlsgodt wrote 1 month ago: A few weeks ago, I posted a link to a Cornerstone Research report concluding that securities class a … more →

Tags: Class Action Trends, Class Action Settlements, Securities Class Actions, Securities Fraud, securities class action, Economic Crisis, credit crisis, Cornerstone Research, DealBook

Securities Litigation and publicly-traded Chinese firms: lacking checks and balances

Phil Edmundson wrote 6 months ago: Reports continue to be made of accounting and corporate governance irregularities for publicly trade … more →

Tags: property & casualty, Risk Management, Directors & Officers Liability

Tanya J. Monestier on "Is Canada the New 'Shangri-La' of Global Securities Class Actions?"

Antonin I. Pribetic wrote 8 months ago: Tanya J. Monestier (Roger Williams University School of Law) has posted “Is Canada the New … more →

Tags: Private International Law, conflict of laws, parallel proceedings, Choice of Law, class-action, Certification, jurisdiction simpliciter, Class Actions, Tanya J. Monestier

The arbitration (and death?) of securities class actions

Larry Ribstein wrote 9 months ago: Barbara Black has suggested that the time may have come to reconsider arbitration of federal securit … more →

Tags: jurisdictional competition

Two New Articles On "Morrison v. National Australia Bank"

Antonin I. Pribetic wrote 11 months ago: Readers may be interested in two new articles posted on SSRN analyzing the U.S. Supreme Court decisi … more →

Tags: fraud, Securities Enforcement, Alien Tort Statute, Federal law, Extraterritoriality, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Federal jurisdiction, Federal Courts, united states

Making a statement under 10b-5 1 comment

Larry Ribstein wrote 11 months ago: Janus Investment Fund’s (JIF) prospectus included a misstatement about market timing.  Its inv … more →

Tags: Securities Regulation

Securities class actions in state court

Larry Ribstein wrote 12 months ago: I’ve previously written about the increasingly unruly market for corporate law, in which many … more →

Tags: jurisdictional competition

The Supreme Court teaches a securities lesson

Larry Ribstein wrote 12 months ago: In Erica P. John Fund vs. Halliburton the Court held that the Fifth Circuit erred when it required l … more →

Tags: Securities Regulation, 10b-5

The global threat to US securities laws3 comments

Larry Ribstein wrote 1 year ago: Today’s WSJ reports on the US’s slide in stock listings, which explains the NYSE/Deutsch … more →

Tags: Securities Regulation, IPOs

SEC Victory Will Lead to More Investigations and Charges. Are You Covered?

Louis D'Agostino wrote 1 year ago: May 20, 2011, Written By Greg Sibilio, Esq., Vice President of  FINsure Team Iron Cove Partners, LLC … more →

Tags: hedge fund regulation, Hedge Funds, Lawsuits/Litigation, Insurance Industry News, Directors & Officers Liability, Dodd-Frank Act, SEC, hedge fund, Louis D'Agostino

How The Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Provision Could Affect Your Management Liability Insurance

Louis D'Agostino wrote 1 year ago: Article written By Gregory Sibilio, Esq., Vice President of Iron Cove Partners, LLC May 16, 2011, Th … more →

Tags: hedge fund regulation, Hedge Funds, Lawsuits/Litigation, Directors & Officers Liability, Louis D'Agostino, Directors and Officers Liability, Hedge Fund insurance, Iron Cove Partners, dodd frank

Court of Appeals to Corporate Directors and Officers: You’re in Control

Christopher Blanchard wrote 1 year ago: [Key Takeaway: In Hellum v. Breyer, the Court of Appeals held that the fact of being a corporate dir … more →

Tags: case reviews, Los Angeles Civil Litigation

Why not more securities disclosure?5 comments

Larry Ribstein wrote 1 year ago: Steve Davidoff discusses materiality issues in the GS Abacus transaction, Gupta/Galleon, Apple and J … more →

Tags: Truth on the Market, disclosure regulation

Securities Litigation and the "Pro" or "Anti" Business Supreme Court3 comments

Marius wrote 1 year ago: Looking to the Supreme Court’s recent opinion in Matrixx Initiatives v. Siracusano, No. 09-115 … more →

Tags: Politics, By Marius, Law, Supreme Court, John Roberts, Securities Law, Foreign cubed litigation

Ruling in Matrixx case may lead to other securities class actions

William Gallagher Associates wrote 1 year ago: The Supreme Court ruled this week on a case that we have been watching closely.  The Court’s d … more →

Tags: property & casualty, Directors & Officers Liability, Securities Fraud

The SEC's shrinking credibility8 comments

Larry Ribstein wrote 1 year ago: Peter Henning discusses “the SEC under fire”, specifically Beckergate, which I’ve … more →

Tags: corporate crime, Securities Regulation, Insider Trading

Iron Cove Partners Joins Forces with The Whitmore Group, Ltd.

Louis D'Agostino wrote 1 year ago: IRON COVE PARTNERS JOINS FORCES WITH THE WHITMORE GROUP, LTD. Iron Cove Partners is now a Division o … more →

Tags: hedge fund regulation, Hedge Funds, Lawsuits/Litigation, Insurance Industry News, property & casualty, Workers Compensation, Sports entertainment, Personal Insurance, Auto

Insurance Protection for Defense and Legal Fees associated with SEC Investigations

Louis D'Agostino wrote 1 year ago: While regulatory fines and penalties are not an insurable risk, the defense costs and legal fees ass … more →

Tags: hedge fund regulation, Hedge Funds, Lawsuits/Litigation, Insurance Industry News, Directors & Officers Liability, Insurance, Brokerage, Insider Trading, Hedge Fund insurance


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