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M & A Law Prof Blog
Oaktree and GSTrUE
The Los Angeles Times is reporting that Oaktree Capital Management LLC, an alternative investment firm with over $40 billion in assets under management, has sold approximately 14% of itself for…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Hedge Fund Investors Charge UBS With Harm to Fund
Investors in failed hedge fund Wood River are suing prime broker UBS, saying it used confidential information about the fund's portfolio to make money for itself at the expense of…
Securities Law Prof Blog
SEC Roundtable of former SEC Chairs
SEC Chairman Christopher Cox today announced that on May 23, 2007, from 5-6 p.m., five former chairmen of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will join him for a roundtable…
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…
The D&O Diary
FCPA Follow-On Securities Settlement (and lots of other stuff, too)
In prior posts (most recently here), I have written about how the increased level of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement activity (about which refer here) can lead to heightened…
Securities Law Prof Blog
NYSE’s Ketchum on NYSE-NASD Consolidation
Richard G. Ketchum, Chief Executive Officer, NYSE Regulation, Inc. On “Consolidation of NASD and the Regulatory Functions of the NYSE: Working Towards Improved Regulation,” May 17, 2007 Testimony Given before…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Biovail’s Travails
By Ellen Podgor
Canadian pharmaceutical company Biovail Corp. and its former CEO have been running into a bit of trouble with securities regulators in the U.S. and Canada recently. On May 14, the…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Perspectives on the Past Week’s News
The big news this week is Cerberus's winning bid to take Chrysler off the hands of Daimler Chrysler by purchasing a 80.1% interest. Daimler Chrysler is so relieved to undo…
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
Paredes on Hedge Fund Regulation
Recently posted on SSRN: Hedge Funds and the SEC: Observations on the How and Why of Securities Regulation, by TROY A. PAREDES, Washington University School of Law. Here is the…