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SEC successful in rare application of Section 1103 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
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  • USA
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  • April 11 2008

On April 9, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced the successful completion of its efforts to prevent a $29.5 million severance package from being paid to the former CEO of Gemstar-TV Guide International, Henry C. Yuen, who committed securities fraud prior to leaving Gemstar

The Brocade trial: the prosecution rests

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • July 5 2007

The prosecution in the first criminal trial arising out the widespread corporate practice of stock options backdating concluded its case on Monday, July 2, 2007

The Brocade trial: Judge Breyer postpones decision on motion to dismiss and orders the defense to proceed

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • July 11 2007

The criminal prosecution of ex-Brocade CEO Greg Reyes over Brocade's improper accounting for backdated stock options continues today

Corporate liability for executive's criminal conduct

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • September 21 2009

We recently discovered that one of our executives opened up a joint checking account in a different state in both his name and the name of the Company

Physicians plead guilty to criminal charges based on sham employment agreements

  • Bricker & Eckler LLP
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  • USA
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  • April 8 2008

On February 28, 2008, the Department of Justice announced that two New Jersey cardiologists pleaded guilty to embezzlement, admitting that they took approximately $840,000 in salary from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (“UMDNJ”) while providing no meaningful services in return to the university, other than referring cardiac patients

Civil False Claims Act: reflections on Rockwell and the future of the "original source" rule

  • Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP
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  • USA
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  • April 11 2007

Two weeks have passed since the Supreme Court's decision in Rockwell, and it is time to reflect on the implications of that decision and other related events

The FEC’s safe harbor policy for misreporting due to embezzlement

  • Wiley Rein LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 27 2007

In response to a recent increase in the number of enforcement actions that involve the misappropriation of committee funds, the FEC published a Statement of Policy on April 5, 2007, outlining a series of precautionary steps for PACs to take to protect themselves from potential liability

California privacy bill restricts displaying Social Security numbers on paychecks

  • Masuda Funai Eifert & Mitchell Ltd
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 24 2007

In an effort to prevent identity theft, California has passed Senate Bill 1618

Delaware speaks on timing of stock option grants and refuses to dismiss derivative complaint alleging “spring loading”

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
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  • USA
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  • October 9 2007

Issued on the same day as Ryan v. Gifford, the Delaware Court of Chancery handed down its decision in In re Tyson Foods, Inc. Consolidated Shareholder Litigation, 919 A.2d 563 (Del. Ch. 2007

Crime & corruption

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
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  • USA
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  • September 30 2009

According to a complaint filed by a former NFL Players Association director of human services, the U.S. Department of Labor is investigating alleged collusion between the union and team owners