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Court Dismisses Mayer Brown and Former Partner from Refco Securities Class Action. http://tinyurl.com/d7tcgd # House Subcommittee Approves SEC Request to Use $17 Million in Unspent Funds. http://tinyurl.com/c8pruk # SEC Inspector General Report: “Practices Related to Naked Short Selling Complaints and Referrals” http://tinyurl.com/ceb7pl # Speech by SEC Commissioner Aguilar:”Reinvigorating the Enforcement Program to Restore Investor Confidence” […]
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Former AUSA Sean Haran Joins Paul, Hastings in New York
Sean Haran has joined law firm Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker as of counsel in the firm’s New York office. The firm announced today that Haran has joined its Litigation Department. Haran previously served as Deputy Chief of the Business and Securities Fraud section for the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of New York. Read […]
Douglas Koff Joins Paul, Hastings in New York
Douglas Koff has joined law firm Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker as a partner in the firm’s New York office. The firm announced today that Koff, formerly of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, has joined its Litigation Department. Mr. Koff’s practice focuses on securities and corporate litigation, complex business litigation and related government and internal investigations. […]
Luis Aguilar: The Enforcement Commissioner
Commissioner Luis Aguilar joined the SEC in July 2008. In his short time at the SEC, Aguilar has quickly positioned himself as the SEC Commissioner with the strongest interest in enforcement issues. In several speeches over the past eight months, Aguilar has taken strong positions advocating changes in the enforcement program and even being critical […]
House Subcommittee Approves SEC Request to Use $17 Million in Unspent Funds
In her March 11, 2009 testimony before the House Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro stated that she had submitted a reprogramming request to the subcommittee to use $17 million in the SEC’s unspent prior year funds in fiscal year 2009. These are monies appropriated to the agency and obligated […]
Court Dismisses Mayer Brown and Former Partner from Refco Securities Class Action
On Tuesday, Judge Gerard Lynch of the SDNY issued an important ruling dismissing claims against law firm Mayer Brown and partner Joseph Collins in the Refco securities class action. Judge Lynch found that Mayer Brown and Collins were not liable under the Supreme Court’s Stoneridge case unless they made misstatements directly to them. The court […]