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Khuzami Provides Update on ‘09 Results, Changes
SEC Enforcement Director provides update on results and initiatives in speech.
SEC Enforcement Busy in First 9 Months of ‘09
SEC Chairman Schapiro provides Enforcement data for first nine months of 2009.
Manhattan Institute Finds La. Pension Funds Most Active Lead Plaintiffs in Securities Cases
The Manhattan Institute’s Center for Legal Policy has a new report out about litigation in the state of Louisiana, and as usual it pulls no punches. According to an updated report in the CLP’s Trial Lawyers Inc. series entitled “Louisiana Litigators: While People Leave the Pelican State, Attorneys Thrive,” while Louisiana continues to lose residents, [...]
Criminal prosecutions against securities fraud lowest since 1991
The number of federal prosecutions against securities fraud is far lower under the Bush administration, according to new data. Indeed, the NY Times reports that this year, federal officials are on pace to bring the fewest prosecutions for securities fraud since at least 1991, according to data compiled by Syracuse University researchers. According to the [...]
Findings and additional comments from the authors of NERA’s “2008 Trends in Securities Class Actions” report
Yesterday, NERA Economic Consulting released its 2008 Trends in Securities Class Actions, a report that is based on more than 15 years of NERA research on case filings and settlements in shareholder class actions. The report includes data through December 14, 2008 for case filings and through December 31, 2008 for settlements. The NERA report [...]
From 0 to 100,000 in 100 days
Thank you to Securities Docket’s fantastic readers, the attorneys and professionals handling high-stakes securities class actions, SEC enforcement and white collar matters at the world’s leading law firms and companies. Last week, our readers rang up the 100,000th page view on this site. In a period of just 100 days, Securities Docket has gone from [...]
2008 SEC Enforcement Stats Boosted by Record Number of Deregistration Cases
The SEC is reportedly set to announce its second-highest number of enforcement actions ever in 2008, but a record number of “deregistration” cases in 2008 may cast some doubt on the significance are those numbers. Read the post below on my Enforcement Action blog over at Compliance Week for the details. Read “The SEC’s September [...]
The SEC’s September Surge
“The SEC’s September Surge” Try saying that five times fast. Then read this post on my Enforcement Action blog over at Compliance Week to learn why the number of cases filed by the SEC always seems to explode each September.