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Disclosure
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Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Chancery Enjoins Shareholder Vote Due to Disclosure Violation
In David P. Simonetti Rollover IRA v. Margolis, (Del. Ch., June 27, 2008), read opinion here, the Delaware Chancery Court issued a preliminary injunction to enjoin a shareholder vote in…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Chancery Rejects Disclosure Claim in Attempt to Bar Merger
Wayne County Employees' Retirement System v. Corti, (Del. Ch., July 1, 2008), read opinion here, is a Delaware Chancery Court decision involving a request for a preliminary injunction to stop…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Massachusetts Files Complaint Against UBS for Marketing of Auction Rate Securities
The Massachusetts Securities Division has filed a complaint against UBS Securities LLC and UBS Financial Services, alleging violations of the Massachusetts Uniform Securities in connection with the sale of auction…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Broker-Dealer Settles Charges It Intervened in ARS Auctions
The SEC settled administrative proceedings against broker-dealer First Southwest Co., which, as part of its broker-dealer business, underwrote and managed a limited number of auctions for auction rate securities. The…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Direct-to-donor Online Disclosure System for Charities and Nonprofit Political Committees
On April 28, 2008, the Chronicle of Philanthropy published an interesting story about a proposal for federal legislation that would implement online direct-to-donor disclosure rules for nonprofits. According to the…
Securities Law Prof Blog
SEC Plans to Rein in Wall St.
SEC Chair Cox's response to the Bear Stearns collapse -- and perhaps to the Treasury Dept's Blueprint that calls for a diminishment of the SEC's role -- is to call…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Fox on Mandatory Disclosure
Civil Liability and Mandatory Disclosure, by MERRITT B. FOX, Columbia University - Columbia Law School, was recently posted on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This paper explores the appropriate system…
InsureReinsure
Maryland Attorney General Obtains Clearer Disclosure for Cellular Phone Protection Plans
On April 4, 2008, Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler announced that his office reached an agreement regarding certain consumer protections with four of the nation’s largest wireless telephone carriers,…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Schwarcz on Disclosure in Subprime Crisis
Disclosure's Failure in the Subprime Mortgage Crisis, by STEVEN L. SCHWARCZ, Duke University - School of Law , was recently posted on SSRN. Here is the abstract:This symposium article examines…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Kwall & Duhl on Backdating
BACKDATING, by JEFFREY L. KWALL, Loyola University of Chicago - School of Law, and STUART DUHL, Harrison & Held, LLP, was recently posted on SSRN. Here is the abstract:Backdating is…