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Slides and Archived Version of Today’s Webcast: “2008 Year in Review”

Securities Docket — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:39:45 +0000

The slides and an archived version of today’s webcast, sponsored by Innovative Discovery, are now available below. For the over 200 of you who joined us live today, thank you for your interest and feedback and we hope you will join us on January 14 for our next webcast: “Madoff Litigation–Can the Billions Lost be [...]

Webcast Today at 2:00 pm–Please Sign Up Here

Securities Docket — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:57:16 +0000

Please sign up below for what will be a terrific webcast today at 2:00 pm EST: “The 2008 Year in Review.” This free webcast is open to everyone and will feature several of the leading bloggers in the securities litigation and SEC enforcement world — including Walter Olson (Point of Law; Overlawyered), Kevin LaCroix (The [...]

Securities Docket News Wire for Jan. 5, 2009

Securities Docket — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:59:59 +0000

Federal Prosecutors Ask Court to Revoke Madoff’s Bail, Imprison Him Pre-Trial. http://is.gd/eD4o # House Committee on Financial Services Madoff Hearing Begins at 2 PM Today, Can be Viewed Live. http://is.gd/eC5P # Great webcast tomorrow: 2008 Year in Review–Securities Litigation and Enforcement. Please sign up here. http://is.gd/eBbo # Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities examined at least eight times in [...]

Kimberly Haddox Behling Joins Fox Rothschild in Pittsburgh Office

Securities Docket — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:30:59 +0000

Kimberly Haddox Behling has joined Fox Rothschild as a partner in its Pittsburgh office. The firm announced last month that Behling joins Fox Rothschild from Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, P.C. Behling focuses on securities litigation, director and officer liability, and corporate compliance. Read the Fox Rothschild announcement

Federal Prosecutors Ask Court to Revoke Madoff’s Bail, Imprison Him Pre-Trial

Securities Docket — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:59:05 +0000

The AUSA handling the Bernard Madoff prosecution argued in court today that Madoff should have his $10 million bail revoked and be imprisoned as he awaits trial on a securities fraud charge. Bloomberg reports that AUSA Marc Litt stated that Madoff violated conditions of bail by transferring $1 million in valuables including jewelry. Read the Bloomberg [...]

House Committee on Financial Services Madoff Hearing Begins at 2 PM Today, Can be Viewed Live

Securities Docket — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:35:53 +0000

The House Committee on Financial Services is set to begin a Full Committee Meeting today at 2:00 p.m., to hear testimony on “Assessing the Madoff Ponzi and the Need for Regulatory Reform.” Among the witneses scheduled to appear today are H. David Kotz, Inspector General, SEC; and Stephen P. Harbeck, President, Securities Investor Protection [...]

SEC — Wall Street Revolving Door Not the Problem

Securities Docket — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:48:08 +0000

In a Sunday op-ed piece in the NY Times, Michael Lewis and David Einhart argue that the revolving door of SEC enforcement attorneys to high-paying Wall Street jobs is a deterrent to the SEC working hard to penalize serious corporate and management malfeasance. They add that the "perfectly obvious" answer to this problem is to "forbid regulators, for some meaningful amount of time after they have left the S.E.C., from accepting high-paying jobs with Wall Street firms." I think this suggestion is off-base, and may have an opposite effect to that which is intended.

January 6 Webcast: 2008 Year in Review — Securities Litigation and Enforcement

Securities Docket — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:00:20 +0000

There is just one day left to sign up for what will be a terrific webcast on Tuesday, January 6, 2008 at 2:00 pm EST: “The 2008 Year in Review.” This free webcast is open to everyone and will feature several of the leading bloggers in the securities litigation and SEC enforcement world — including [...]

January 14 Webcast: Madoff Litigation — Can the Lost Billions be Recovered? How?

Securities Docket — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:45:27 +0000

On January 14, NERA Economic Consulting is sponsoring a Securities Docket webcast that will address critical questions arising from Bernard Madoff’s alleged $50 billion scheme: How much money has been lost? Where did it go? What avenues of possible recovery exist and what are the chances of success? Who is entitled to recover? Please join panelists Gerald Silk of Bernstein [...]

Securities Docket News Wire for Jan. 3, 2009

Securities Docket — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 04:59:59 +0000

Isaac Hunt, SEC commissioner (’96-’02): SEC is “not a 21st century institution,” and living on past glory, which is gone. http://is.gd/euhA # Out of the Office? Here’s What You Missed. http://is.gd/etAk # Attorney says untangling Madoff’s financials may take years; 500 accountants, attys, researchers; 100s of millions of $. http://is.gd/etrN # Prosecutors allege Marc Dreier paid other [...]