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Sponsor Spotlight: 5 Questions With Jim Barratt of Alvarez & Marsal
In this Sponsor Spotlight, we speak with Jim Barratt of Alvarez & Marsal. Jim is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal Dispute Analysis & Forensic Services in Washington, D.C.
Securities Docket A.M. News Wire for August 18, 2009
Options Backdating Likely More Widespread Than Believed, Study Finds; Former Broker at Credit Suisse Found Guilty of Fraudulently Selling Subprime Securities; Two U.S. producers’ film fest at heart of their FCPA bribery trial; Ex-Stanford adviser says she warned SEC about bad CDs; Justice Dept. won’t appeal Nacchio resentencing ruling; NY Attorney General Cuomo Sues Charles Schwab Corp. Over Auction-Rate Securities; SDNY’s Bharara Names Prosecutors for Senior Positions; Prof. Bainbridge: Time to Ban Insider Trading by Congress; Stanford Investigators Turn Sights Toward Banks.
SDNY’s Bharara Names Prosecutors for Senior Positions
Preet Bharara (pictured), the new U.S. attorney for the SDNY, today promoted several prosecutors in the office to key senior positions. Bharara was confirmed as U.S. Attorney for the office on August 7. Reuters reports that Bharara’s promotions included the following attorneys: Boyd Johnson was named deputy U.S. attorney. He was previously chief of the [...]
Prof. Bainbridge: Time to Ban Insider Trading by Congress
Noted law professor Stephen Bainbridge has written a new paper entitled “The Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act” in which he takes a hard look at an issue that we have discussed here recently, as well: whether members of Congress can be held liable for trading on the basis of material nonpublic information.
Securities Docket A.M. News Wire for August 16, 2009
Insider trading fears beset buying of toxic assets http://bit.ly/15FiGk #
Securities Docket A.M. News Wire for August 15, 2009
Stanford 'Wife' Should Face Contempt Charge: Lawyer http://bit.ly/4f60KD # FACTBOX: SEC enforcement numbers over past 7 years http://bit.ly/11jKZJ # Let The Bad Times Roll; Weil to Get Nearly $50 Million In Lehman http://bit.ly/N5mjJ # Unshackled, Wall Street's cop goes hard on fraud http://bit.ly/1sSWES # Web Watch: Best Blog Posts and Columns For the Week Ending [...]
Web Watch: Best Blog Posts and Columns For the Week Ending August 14
Here is the weekly summary for Securities Docket’s Web Watch (”This Week’s Best Blog Posts and Columns”)
Key Excerpts from the SEC’s Complaint Against Frank DiPascali
Here are some of the more astounding sections of the SEC’s Complaint against Frank DiPascali to chew on. It is truly hard to read and contemplate many of these without shaking your head in disbelief.
Securities Docket A.M. News Wire for August 14, 2009
China: Star securities analyst faces insider trading investigation; Merrill Lynch negligent on Madoff, lawsuit states; Former Kmart CEO Conaway Asks Court to Throw Out Verdict Against Him; Reading the Greenberg Settlement Tea Leaves.
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