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From Anonymity to Scourge of Wall Street – DealBook

By Securities Docket on November 2, 2013, 10:17 am

The architect of a recent legal crackdown on Wall Street’s dubious mortgage practices was not the attorney general, a United States attorney or a rising star in the Justice Department. Instead, it was Leon W. Weidman, an unassuming 69-year-old career prosecutor, toiling away in anonymity 3,000 miles from Washington…. His pioneering use of the law […]

Posted in Industry | Tagged FIRREA, Mortgage-Backed Securities, Web Watch

Ahead of IPO, Twitter Gets Sued for Aftermarket Fraud — Corporate Counsel

By Securities Docket on November 2, 2013, 10:14 am

Twitter Inc. has been slapped with a lawsuit for secondary market fraud a week ahead of its initial public offering by two investment advisors who claim the social media giant used them to gauge pre-debut market interest in its stock. via Ahead of IPO, Twitter Gets Sued for Aftermarket Fraud — Corporate Counsel

Posted in Industry, Top | Tagged Twitter