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An internecine battle between the so-called corporate and progressive wings of the Democratic Party has broken out over who will replace outgoing Securities and Exchange Commissioner Luis Aguilar, whose term expired in June. via Democrats’ corporate and progressive wings dicker over SEC opening – MarketWatch
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced a whistleblower award of more than $3 million to a company insider whose information helped the SEC crack a complex fraud. The multi-million dollar payout is the third highest award to date under the SEC’s whistleblower program. via SEC.gov | SEC Pays More Than $3 Million to Whistleblower — […]
Yesterday, the SEC filed a second insider trading case alleging that non-public information was leaked by a legal assistant whose law firm was advising on a merger involving Harleysville Group, Inc. via SEC Alleges Loose Lips at Law Firm Led to Insider Trading | Compliance Week
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a Pennsylvania attorney with insider trading in the stock of Harleysville Group, Inc. in advance of the 2011 announcement of a $760 million merger of Harleysville and Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company. via SEC Charges Pennsylvania Attorney with Insider Trading in Advance of Merger Announcement — SEC Press Release
One of the great curses of the corporate litigation environment in recent years has been the proliferation of merger objection suits, the incidence of which has gotten to the point that now just about every large merger deal draws at least one lawsuit, and sometimes several. However, if recent developments in the Delaware Chancery Court […]
Get caught up with the Securities Docket News Wire for July 16, 2015.