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Web Watch: Best of the Week Ending July 8
The week’s most interesting columns and blog posts from around the web.
DOJ Says Travel Sponsorship Doesn’t Violate Bribery Law
DOJ issues opinion procedure release on travel sponsorship expenses.
Scandal Enforcement at the SEC: Salience and the Arc of the Option Backdating Investigations
We study the impact of scandal-driven media scrutiny on the SEC’s allocation of enforcement resources. We focus on the SEC’s investigations of option backdating in the wake of numerous media articles on the practice of backdating. We find that as the level of media scrutiny of option backdating increased, the SEC shifted its mix of […]
SEC works to get rid of “The Lease to Nowhere”
SEC Chairman Schapiro on hot seat over $556 million, 10-year lease SEC signed last summer.
Australia’s Litigation-Funding Giant Looks Abroad
IMF looks to take its approach to funding litigation beyond Australia.
SEC Recovered About Two-Thirds of Fines and Disgorgement It Imposed in 2006-2010
SEC recovered two-thirds of the $11.33 billion in fines and disgorgement it imposed on defendants.
Finland: Three convicted in insider trading trial
Defendants include a lawyer who advised on the deal, his spouse, and a broker.
Securities Docket News Wire for 2011-07-08
‘I Had a Dream’ Defendant Ordered to Pay Millions in SEC Insider Trading Case http://goo.gl/fb/XORw3 # Securities Docket News Wire for 2011-07-07 http://goo.gl/fb/gsSl7 #
Mets owners ask judge to dismiss $1B Madoff suit
Defendants argue trustee cannot show they knew they were enabling Madoff to commit fraud.