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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 […]
Kimberly Haddox Behling Joins Fox Rothschild in Pittsburgh Office
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
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 […]
House Committee on Financial Services Madoff Hearing Begins at 2 PM Today, Can be Viewed Live
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 Corporation. […]
SEC — Wall Street Revolving Door Not the Problem
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
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?
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 […]