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The D&O Diary
Individuals’ Contributions to Securities Lawsuit Settlements
As The D & O Diary has previously noted (here), one of the questions following the Enron and WorldCom civil class actions settlements was whether those settlements' requirement of individual…
Boston ERISA & Insurance Litigation Blog
Insurance Fraud and Securities Litigation
I don't think I can recommend a better read for a Friday afternoon than this article on the apparently questionable rise and apparently imminent fall of the securities litigation powerhouse…
The D&O Diary
Institutional Plaintiffs’ Impact on Securities Litigation
For those of us who must try to understand securities litigation trends, one of the developments worth watching closely has been the impact of institutional plaintiffs (mostly public pension funds)…
The D&O Diary
Securities Litigation Reform Redux?
When the soi-disant "Committee on Capital Markets" announced (here) on September 12, 2006 that it was forming an independent group of business and academic leaders to study how to improve…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Yet Another Foreign Insider Trading Case Filed by the SEC
By Ellen Podgor
The SEC filed a civil insider trading action against foreign purchasers of call options in CNS Inc., the maker of consumer health products such as the Breathe Right nasal strip,…
The D&O Diary
Notes from Around the Web
The D & O Diary has had numerous posts commenting on the possible reasons for the YTD 2006 decline in the number of securities class action lawsuits (most recent post…
Pension Risk Matters
Hedge Fund Regulation Redux
In the aftermath of losses incurred by several Connecticut-based hedge funds and a recent court case that no longer requires hedge funds to register with the U.S. SEC, Attorney General…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
The Pequot Insider Trading Investigation Fades Away
By Ellen Podgor
Allegations that senior management in the SEC's Enforcement Division quashed an insider trading investigation largely came to naught as the Commission decided not to file any civil insider trading charges…
New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
Herrick Feinstein Legal Malpractice Dismissed
This is a case [Agate v. Herrick Feinstein, NYLJ 9/20/06, York. J] with fairly far-reaching effects. Plaintiff arbitrated a securities case, and the arbitration went badly. Plaintiff thought he should…
ContractsProf Blog
Contracts Prof Weekly Spotlight: Ronald J. Colombo
Ronald J. Colombo (Hofstra University)B.S., Cornell UniversityJ.D., New York University School of LawProfessor Colombo has joined Hoftra University Law School, where he will teach Contracts, Securities Regulation,and Business Organizations. My…