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Web Watch: Best Blog Posts and Columns For the Week Ending April 17. http://bit.ly/15XysI #sdx # SEC and CFTC Continue to Battle “Ponzimonium.” http://bit.ly/KyAKW #sdx # PBS Video: First Television Interview with Mary Schapiro. http://bit.ly/zUa0I #sdx # April 21 Webcast — SEC Enforcement Update: A Wounded Animal is a Dangerous Animal. http://bit.ly/ygC6i #sdx # Dechert […]
Here is the weekly summary for Securities Docket’s Web Watch (”This Week’s Best Blog Posts and Columns”): EDWARDS ANGELL PALMER & DODGE LLP (April 16, 2009): New Jersey Federal Court Dismisses Securities Class Action Complaint as Sanction for Attorney Misconduct The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey recently dismissed a securities […]
In a sharp detour from the era of Chairman Christopher Cox, the SEC under new Chairman Mary Shapiro’s leadership has obtained big budget increases that will be used to increase the number of enforcement lawyers. It has also empowered its staff by streamlining procedures relating to the issuance of formal orders of investigation and negotiating […]
Law firm Dechert LLP has released its “Survey of Securities Fraud Class Actions Brought Against Life Sciences Companies.” The survey reveals that: 23 different pharmaceutical and biotech companies, along with certain individuals, were sued for alleged securities fraud. In 2008, the majority of the securities fraud lawsuits against such companies focused not on public statements […]
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