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Mark Cuban has apparently devoted some time, like us, to reading the SEC IG’s Semiannual Report to Congress over this holiday weekend. And he has some thoughts about it that he is very happy to share with you on his “blog maverick” blog.

Buried right in the middle of a Corporate Crime Reporter article that is primarily about a former Enron prosecutor’s views on the Mark Cuban case is a bit of news from Stephen Best, one of Cuban’s lawyers, that we have not seen anywhere else: that Cuban alleges SEC staff misconduct beyond the bizarre emails to [...]

Following up on this post from yesterday about “blog maverick,” the Mark Cuban blog that thus far has served as a vehicle for getting his side of the story out, the video by Cuban below helps answers the question why he may be using the blog in that way: “My blog: Because the press never [...]

Mark Cuban’s lawyer revealed what appears to be a second part of Cuban’s defense in an interview yesterday with the Dallas Morning News.  Cuban has already made it clear in a post on his blog that he will dispute whether he agreed to keep any information about Mamma.com confidential.
In the Dallas Morning News article, his [...]

Includes thoughtful comments from (fake) Americans such as: “First Martha Stewart, now Mark Cuban. It’s like the SEC knows exactly who I hate.”
Read The Onion’s “American Voices: Mark Cuban Sued For Insider Trading”

After two consecutive days of inflammatory blog posts attacking the SEC’s case against Mark Cuban that appeared on Mark Cuban’s “blog maverick” website, the SEC’s deputy director was quoted yesterday in the WSJ Law Blog as saying “We’re not going to comment on anything Mr. Cuban or his lawyers have to say on Mr. Cuban’s [...]

In times of economic troubles,
Cuban’s lawyers come to the SEC,
Speaking words of wisdom,
Let it be.
The Beatles Securities Docket
At least twice now I’ve seen what I consider to be an odd comment made about the SEC’s decision to sue Mark Cuban for insider trading: essentially, that in the current economic crisis, the SEC has so many [...]

From Dateline: Hollywood: “Mark Cuban Buys SEC After Being Charged With Insider Trading”
Satire, of course, but funny, particularly the last few lines:
Since acquiring the agency, Mark Cuban has dropped all charges against Mark Cuban.
“I am glad the SEC came to their senses and dismissed all these charges,” said Cuban in a statement.
“If I had know that this was possible, [...]

OK, we officially love the SEC v. Cuban case.
The latest twist comes from a new post on Cuban’s “blog maverick” blog where he posted a statement this afternoon that his attorneys have interviewed the key witness for the SEC, and that this witness (the former CEO of Mamma.com) has no memory of Cuban responding to [...]

We are keeping an eye on SEC v. Cuban like the rest of the financial/sports/entertainment/billionaire-following world, but are keeping a particular eye on Cuban’s assertion in his press release that the SEC’s claims are “infected by the misconduct of the staff of its Enforcement Division.”
As was pointed out to us today by one reader, this [...]