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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.
Are the feds overdoing insider trading prosecutions? — Professor Bainbridge
Will the current attack on hedge funds and expert networks chill legitimate market analysis?
Must-Read: WSJ on ‘The FBI Agent Who Flips Insider-Trading Witnesses’ – Compliance Week
Meet David Makol, the FBI’s go-to guy for “flipping” suspects in insider trading investigations.
Why the inside-trading crackdown misses the mark
The feds are pursuing insider trading aggressively but why no equally aggressive attack on fraudulent mortgage loans and securities?
Dutch Court Holds Collective Securities Settlement to Be Binding — The D&O Diary
Holding by Dutch court has important implications for the evolution of post-Morrison remedies for non-U.S. investors.
In S.E.C.’s Actions, a Hint at a Tougher Stance – NYTimes.com
Recent “baby steps” may indicate SEC intends to take a tougher stance in resolving cases.
Web Watch: Best of the Week Ending January 13
The week’s most interesting columns and blog posts from around the web.
Ample Assistance
New developments in the securities class action against Smith Barney Fund Management and Citigroup Global Markets.
When Wall Street Sins, SEC Needs to Extract Confessions: View – BusinessWeek
“The SEC should make further changes to put real meaning behind its attempt at reform.”