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The D&O Diary
Weak Signal, Dropped Call: The Vonage IPO Securities Litigation
Vonage Holdings Corp.'s May 24, 2006 IPO raised hundreds of millions of dollars of capital. It has also generated extensive negative press, as exemplified by the June 3, 2006 front-page…
Bankruptcy Litigation Blog 2.0
Weekly Blog and News Roundup on Bankruptcy-Related Topics for the Week Ended 11/18/05 – Part 1
Below is our first installment of notable blog and news posts on topical bankruptcy issues of interest to the bankruptcy litigator and practitioner for the week ending 11/18/05. Enjoy! Lots…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
PING: Rethinking public statusURL: http://www.venturechoice.com/vc_blogIP: 64.172.106.130BLOG NAME: VentureChoice BlogDATE: 09/18/2005 05:12:35 PMI think the Sarbanes-Oxley Act will be an important decision factor for small public companies to consider privatization.
By Ellen Podgor
Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan endorsed the changes in business practices mandated by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in the commencement address (here) delivered to the graduates of the Wharton School at…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley Settle SEC Complaints About IPO Allocations
By Ellen Podgor
The SEC announced that it filed and settled complaints against Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley relating to the allocation of shares in Initial Public Offerings (IPO) to clients of the…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Quattrone Sanctioned by NASD
By Ellen Podgor
Frank Quattrone, former star high tech investment banker at Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB), was permanently barred from the securities industry and fined $30,000 by the NASD yesterday (Nov. 22). …
Tom Mighell
The IPO to end all IPOs
By Tom Mighell
In case you haven't heard, Google is going public. Danny Sullivan offers a closer look at the filing. I could waste a lot of space in this blog covering the IPO --…
The Conglomerate Blog: Business, Law, Economics & Society
Google’s Use of Proceeds
By Gordon Smith
Several commenters below have noted that Google does not need the money from its IPO to fund its present operations. The usual inference is that the IPO is a liquidity…