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Securities Docket A.M. News Wire for June 21, 2009
Billionaire Stanford faces 375-year sentence after pyramid scam arrest. http://bit.ly/WotPr # Allen Stanford Indicted by U.S. in $7 Billion Scam. http://bit.ly/lGsn9 # Company boards feel rising heat of climate change litigation. http://bit.ly/fKBal # Overhaul of SEC could lead to more legal cases. http://bit.ly/bcuWm # Web Watch: Best Blog Posts and Columns For the Week Ending [...]
Web Watch: Best Blog Posts and Columns For the Week Ending June 19
Here is the weekly summary for Securities Docket’s Web Watch (”This Week’s Best Blog Posts and Columns”): RICK NEWMAN, SEEKING ALPHA (June 18, 2009): Obama’s Financial Reforms – Who Will Benefit If President Barack Obama’s proposed overhaul of the financial regulatory system gets through Congress, it will be a virtual reboot of some of the [...]
Securities Docket A.M. News Wire for June 20, 2009
Justice, SEC Announce New Charges in Stanford Ponzi Case. http://bit.ly/Skrmt # July 9 Webcast: “2009 Mid-Year Review – Securities Litigation and Enforcement.” http://bit.ly/15XsKY # RiskMetrics Group: “Securities Litigation Issues Facing Institutional Investors” http://bit.ly/3Nzn6 # BDO International Prevails in “Control” Case. http://bit.ly/mmsh0 # Enterasys exec imprisoned for securities fraud wins new hearing. http://bit.ly/KcUkJ # CEOs of [...]
July 9 Webcast: “2009 Mid-Year Review – Securities Litigation and Enforcement”
On July 9, 2008, Securities Docket will host a webcast entitled, “2009 Mid-Year Review – Securities Litigation and Enforcement.” The webcast, which is part of BrightTalk’s Securities Litigation Summit, will be a follow-up and update to the popular “2008 Year in Review” we presented in January 2009, which was viewed by over 325 of you. [...]
CNBC Video: Stanford Arrested in $8B Ponzi Scheme Indictment
CNBC’s Scott Cohn and Hampton Pearson report in this video on the arrest yesterday of Allen Stanford, now in federal custody in Virginia. Stanford was arrested within hours of his indictment Thursday in an alleged $8 billion Ponzi scheme.
Securities Docket A.M. News Wire for June 19, 2009
Marc Dreier’s Hampton Homes Net $10 Million at Auction; Former Cendant Chairman’s Divorce a Ploy to Dodge $3.2 Billion Payout, Say Prosecutors; Mayer Brown Partner Takes Stand to Defend His Role as Attorney for Refco. Texan billionaire fugitive Allen Stanford surrenders to FBI; Report: Madoff and SEC Inspector General Meet for Three Hours at Correctional Center. $2,800,000,000 Judgment Against Richard Scrushy in Alabama Case; and more.
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Report: Madoff and SEC IG Meet for Three Hours at Correctional Center
Bernard Madoff and SEC Inspector General reportedly met for three hours on Wednesday of this week, sources tell CNN. The meeting reportedly occurred at New York’s Metropolitan Correctional Center, where Madoff is awaiting sentencing on federal fraud charges. Kotz is investigating the SEC’s failure to take action in stopping the Madoff scheme. Asked about the [...]
$2,800,000,000 Judgment Against Richard Scrushy in Alabama Case
Alabama Circuit Judge Allwin E. Horn ruled today that former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy must pay about $2.8 billion to shareholders who sued over accounting fraud at the company. Read that again: $2,800,000,000. The AP reports that: The Alabama suit accused Mr. Scrushy of unethical dealings while the company was going broke and complicity in [...]
Supreme Court Rules Former Enron Exec Cannot be Retried for Insider Trading
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today in a 6-3 decision that former Enron Broadband Services executive F. Scott Yeager cannot be retried for insider trading because such a retrial would violate the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Constitution. As previously discussed here, Yeager, was was acquitted of conspiracy, securities fraud and wire fraud charges after [...]