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Broker’s scheme to profit from trading Apple ends in DOJSEC charges

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 16 2013

Broker David Miller did not have inside information about the Apple earnings call scheduled for October 25, 2012. He did have something else - plans

A onetwo punch: defendant wins summary judgment and class certification

  • Sidley Austin LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 12 2013

In an opinion that provides a lesson in class action procedure as well as new insight into California's Elder Abuse Act, a federal court in Chicago

Fourth Circuit: when United States declines to intervene in False Claims Act qui tam action, relator’s claims are subject to strict six-year statute of limitations

  • Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 12 2009

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, addressing an issue of first impression within the circuit, recently held that when the United States declines to intervene in a qui tam action brought by a private party (i.e., a relator) under the False Claims Act (FCA), the relator’s False Claims Act claims are subject to a six-year statute of limitations

The SEC's new Director of Enforcement outlines new initiatives

  • Venable LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 1 2009

In a speech on August 5, 2009, to the New York City Bar Association, the SEC’s new Director of Enforcement, Robert Khuzami, outlined several new initiatives to be undertaken by the Division of Enforcement and provided further detail about previously mentioned initiatives

FERC fraud investigation results in two show cause orders, four settlements

  • Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 16 2009

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) yesterday issued two orders to show cause and approved four stipulation and consent agreements resolving investigations into alleged fraudulent conduct in open season bidding for natural gas transportation capacity

House passes the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009; would establish a Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission for 18-month investigation of the U.S. financial crisis

  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 7 2009

Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009 (“FERA”) (S.326), which, among other things, establishes a Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (“Commission”) with broad powers to investigate the domestic and global causes of the current financial and economic crisis in the United States

Avery Dennison Corporation settles SEC action for improper payments to government officials

  • Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 31 2009

On July 28, 2009, the SEC filed a civil action and an administrative order against Avery Dennison Corporation ("Avery"), a manufacturer of self-adhesive materials, office products and labels incorporated in Delaware and headquartered in California

CEO granted partial summary judgment on SEC’s Sarbanes-Oxley claims

  • Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 16 2009

Defendant was the CEO and Chairman of Engineered Support Systems, Inc

Written statement of the Chamber of Commerce and the US Chamber Institute for Legal Reform: statement of John T. Boese

  • Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 27 2008

I appreciate the opportunity to submit my views on behalf of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform in opposition to S. 2041

The Ninth Circuit adopts "holistic" approach to scienter and raises the bar for securities fraud plaintiffs

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 20 2009

On January 12, 2009 the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reinforced the protections of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) through its first substantial interpretation of the Supreme Court's Tellabs, Inc. v. Makor Issues & Rights, Ltd. decision regarding the pleading requirements for scienter in securities fraud complaints