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Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Privilege Waiver and Inadvertent Disclosure
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
David B. Alden has a nice piece on The Clash of Privilege Waiver and Inadvertent Disclosure Rules over at the Drug and Device Law Blog that's worth a CivPro Prof's…
The Contingency
Insurer Needn’t Disclose Test Results, Fifth Circuit Decides
Say you apply for life insurance. The insurer tests your blood and urine and finds that you have too much of two chemicals -- alkaline phosphatase and creatinine. The first…
Federal Securities Law Source
New Small Business Capital Raising and Disclosure Requirements
The SEC has proposed several new measures to allow small businesses greater access to new capital and to ensure less-burdensome reporting requirements. These new measures include: A new, simpler disclosure…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Company’s Non-Response to NYSE Request for Statement
The following press release is posted on the NYSE Regulation website:Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (PEI) In view of the unusual market activity in Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust…
M & A Law Prof Blog
Goldman’s Fees and the Airtrans-Midwest Deal
Dealscape has a nice post today on the fees Goldman Sachs & Co. is charging to advise Midwest Air Group Inc. on the unsolicited bid to acquire the airline by…
Securities Law Prof Blog
SEC Proposed Rules for Smaller Company Capital-Raising
PROPOSED MODERNIZATION OF SMALLER COMPANY CAPITAL-RAISING AND DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS:On May 23, the Commission proposed a series of six measures to modernize and improve its capital raising and reporting requirements for…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Hewlett-Packard Settles Charges re. Director’s Resignation
The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed settled administrative charges against Hewlett-Packard Company for failing to disclose the reasons for a director’s abrupt resignation in the midst of HP’s controversial…
Securities Law Prof Blog
“Big Boy” Letters under Legal Scrutiny
Jenny Anderson's column in today's New York Times explores the disclosure duties relating to the use of "big boy" letters -- a promise by the purchaser not to sue the…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Simkovic on Open Market Stock Repurchases
Recently posted on SSRN: The Effect of Enhanced Disclosure on Open Market Stock Repurchases, by MICHAEL SIMKOVIC, John M. Olin Center for Law and Economics at Harvard Law School; McKinsey…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Citigroup Settles Auction Rate Securities Markets Violations
On May 7, the Commission announced the institution of proceedings concerning Legg Mason Wood Walker Inc.'s violative practice in the $200 billion plus auction rate securities market. Auction rate securities…