Securities Docket A.M. News Wire for June 18, 2009

Obama plan omits market regulator merger between SEC and CFTC. http://bit.ly/9hEDi #
Clifford Chance’s Kirsch departure heads up month of heavy partner losses in firm’s NY arm. http://bit.ly/6hIq4
Stanford Receiver Rejects Motion to Disqualify Law Firm of Baker Botts. http://bit.ly/4wXoo #
Ex-Merrill Lynch Execs in Enron Case Can Be Retried. http://bit.ly/WowN1 #
Prosecutors Again Delay Indicting Madoff Accountant. http://bit.ly/QIAzC #
The “Witness Assurance Letter” Challenge. http://bit.ly/wX7oG #
SEC Would Both Gain And Lose Some Oversight In Obama Plan. http://bit.ly/12WXI6 #
Michigan Announces $109 Million Settlement With E&Y in HealthSouth Class Action. http://bit.ly/13jNrc #
Clifford Chance’s New York Litigation Team Leaves the Circle. http://bit.ly/QNEdQ #
Canada: More Troubling Insider Trading-Related News for Dorsey & Whitney. http://bit.ly/14DC3b #
Governance Guru Peggy Foran Quits Sara Lee. http://bit.ly/19jid7 #
SEC Very Quietly Settles Case Against Bernard Madoff. http://bit.ly/KFvY1 #
Madoff’s sons were aware of their dad’s scam and helped perpetuate the fraud, two ex-employees alleged yesterday. http://bit.ly/kiWSf #
Next target of Madoff case: his wife? http://bit.ly/OhWVw #