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"Extraordinary cooperation" in FCPA investigation earns Virginia corporation a Deferred Prosecution Agreement
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- USA
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- June 19 2012
On Monday, June 18, 2012, DOJ announced that it had entered into a two-year Deferred Prosecution Agreement with Data Systems & Solutions LLC ("DS&S"), a company that provides design, installation, maintenance and other services at nuclear and fossil fuel power plants, to resolve violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
SEC's new investor advisory committee holds first meeting and Commissioner Aguilar asks members to put individual retail investors foremost in their considerations
- Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
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- USA
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- June 18 2012
On June 12, 2012, the newly-formed Investor Advisory Committee of the SEC held its first meeting
Rajat Gupta convicted of conspiracy and insider trading
- Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
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- USA
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- June 15 2012
Rajat Gupta, the former Managing Director of McKinsey & Company and board member at Goldman Sachs and Procter & Gamble, was convicted on four of six counts by a federal jury in New York today for providing nonpublic material information to Raj Rajaratnam in 2008
And then there were none... the last U.S. defendant in the Carson FCPA case enters into plea agreement
- Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
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- USA
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- June 15 2012
On June 14, 2012, David Edmonds, the sole remaining U.S. defendant in the Carson FCPA case entered into a plea agreement
Federal Securities Law Blog's monthly review (June 15, 2012 edition)
- Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
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- USA
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- June 15 2012
Today, the Federal Securities Law Blog takes a look back at the last 30 days in the federal securities world in a regular feature which appears on approximately the 15th of each month
Stanford sentenced to 110 years in prison for his role in Ponzi scheme
- Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
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- USA
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- June 14 2012
This afternoon, Judge David Hittner sentenced R. Allen Stanford to 110 years in prison for his decades-long Ponzi scheme that bilked investors of over $7 billion
Supreme Court grants cert to determine if plaintiff must prove materiality before certifying class in securities fraud class action
- Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
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- USA
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- June 12 2012
On Monday, June 11, 2012, the Supreme Court granted a Writ of Certiorari in Amgen, Inc. v. Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds, No. 11-1085 (U.S. Jun. 11, 2012) to decide whether, in a misrepresentation case under SEC Rule l0b-5, the court must require proof of materiality before certifying a plaintiff class based on the fraud-on-the-market theory (and whether the court must allow the defendants to present evidence rebutting the applicability of the fraud-on-the-market theory before certifying the class
Mark Cuban continues his vigorous defense against the SEC, filing his third motion to compel production SEC interview notes and summaries
- Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
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- USA
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- June 11 2012
As we have previously mentioned, the developments in the SEC's insider trading case against Mark Cuban have been worth watching closely, particularly because Mr. Cuban is one of the rare individual defendants who has the financial ability to mount a defense in such litigation against the SEC, and his counsel has raised numerous interesting defenses and issues that could impact cases in the future, especially in the area of discovery
New Jersey judge sentences lawyer who pled guilty to a record-length twelve years for insider trading - longer than Raj Rajaratnam
- Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
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- USA
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- June 5 2012
On Monday, June 4, 2012, New Jersey Federal Judge Katharine Hayden sentenced Matthew Kluger (a former associate at several prominent law firms) to twelve years in prison for his role in a insider trading scheme
FCPA cooperation: Robert Antoine receives a sentence reduction in Haiti Teleco
- Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
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- USA
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- June 1 2012
On May 29, 2012, Florida Federal Judge Jose E. Martinez granted a Government Motion to reduce the sentence of Robert Antoine, the former director of international relations for Telecommunications D’Haiti S.A.M. ("Haiti Teleco"), the Haitian state-owned telecommunications company, from 48 months to 18 months, based on his cooperation with the Government's FCPA investigation into the Haiti Teleco matter
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