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Preet Bharara’s toothless bite of Wall Street – Salon.com
“Preet Bharara is not busting Wall Street. He’s not collaring the masters of the meltdown”
Will the SEC’s Requiring Settling Parties to Admit Wrongdoing Increase the Number of Trials? — White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Are the “experts” right that there would be far more trials?
UK looks to bridge regulatory divide with US — Financial Times
Three recent enforcement cases show differences in US and UK regulation.
Web Watch: Best of the Week Ending January 27
The week’s most interesting columns and blog posts from around the web.
Carlyle Readies an Unfriendly I.P.O. for Shareholders – NYTimes.com
It is quite possible that the Carlyle Group, the private equity firm that is preparing to go public, is proposing the most shareholder-unfriendly corporate governance structure in modern history. via Carlyle Readies an Unfriendly I.P.O. for Shareholders – NYTimes.com.
Greater Penalties for Insider Trading – NYTimes.com
Under proposed amendments to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines announced last week, recommended punishments for insider trading are likely to increase in response to Congressional pressure to ratchet up sentences for securities fraud. That will put even more pressure on defendants to cooperate with the government in the hope of receiving a reduced penalty. via Greater [...]
Changes in the Plaintiffs’ Class Action Bar and the Changing World of Shareholder Litigation: The D&O Diary
The changing mix of corporate and securities litigation is a recent phenomenon on which I have frequently commented on this blog. While identifying the fact of the change is relatively straightforward, explaining it is more challenging. According to a January 11, 2012 article in The Review of Securities & Commodities Regulation entitled “Shareholder Litigation After the [...]
How Allen Stanford’s SEC Connections Enabled His $7 Billion Ponzi-Scheme
The role of legal advice from former SEC officials and other ex-regulators and law-enforcement officials in the Stanford scheme.