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Second Circuit allows securities fraud claim alleging misrepresentations regarding nature, but not amount, of mutual fund’s fees

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 27 2010

The Second Circuit recently overturned the Southern District of New York’s dismissal of a claim under 10(b) Securities Exchange Act of 1934 relating to management fees charged to a mutual fund in Operating Local 649 Annuity Trust Fund v. Smith Barney Fund Management LLC

District of New Jersey dismisses securities fraud claims against company that suffered data breach

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 29 2010

Late last year, the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey dismissed a securities fraud litigation that had been brought against a payment card processor in connection with the theft, by cybercriminals, of credit and debit card information from the company's computer system

Financial Service Authority wins appeal case on co-operation with overseas regulators

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 4 2010

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) went to the Court of Appeal to seek clarification regarding its obligation to co-operate with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC

Two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers acquitted of criminal fraud charges

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 10 2009

Today, in the first criminal prosecution arising out of the subprime crisis, a jury acquitted two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers, Matthew Tannin and Ralph Cioffi, of securities, wire and mail fraud

Southern District grants motion to dismiss in F-Cubed securities class action

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 9 2009

On October 5, 2009, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York granted the defendants' motion to dismiss in Cornwell v. Credit Suisse on subject matter jurisdiction grounds

Court gives preliminary approval to Merrill Lynch's settlement of a subprime-related securities class action

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 17 2009

As previously reported on August 8, 2007, a jury convicted ex-Brocade CEO Greg Reyes for violating federal securities laws by failing to properly account for backdated options