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Get caught up with the Securities Docket News Wire for July 29, 2016.
There are two insider trading-related “mistakes” that I have repeatedly warned against in this blog through the years. Last month, a former partner at a law firm was sentenced to six months in prison for allegedly making both of them. via People, please stop making these two insider trading-related mistakes! | Compliance Week
Get caught up with the Securities Docket News Wire for July 28, 2016.
How can companies put their best security foot forward to attract top cybersecurity talent to the board? Companies often don’t look at their own cyber track record and vision for their security future before starting the interview process. Board advisers and cybersecurity pros offer five points to consider before interviewing a cybersecurity expert for the […]
Get caught up with the Securities Docket News Wire for July 26, 2016.
Whistleblower rewards work. In conjunction with the offer of real protection, there is no better way to incentivise those with vital information about significant frauds and corruption to come forward. EU member states should strongly consider adopting policies that better protect whistleblowers and incentivise them with financial rewards. via LuxLeaks highlights need for whistleblower protection […]
Clients aren’t quite sure how it’s done. And Joseph A. Meyer Jr., the man behind the obscure hedge fund, Arjun LP, is keeping his cards close. He says only that he employs a computerized system of his own design but invests most of his clients’ money in safe Treasury bonds. Meyer is so confident in […]
Plaintiffs filed 119 new federal securities class action cases in the first half of 2016, a 17 percent increase over the last half of 2015, according to Securities Class Action Filings—2016 Midyear Assessment, a new report released today by Cornerstone Research and the Stanford Law School Securities Class Action Clearinghouse. The total represents an increase […]
So: securities class actions that have gone to the Supreme Court seem to be unusually contentious and difficult to settle. Which side is responsible? Thomas Dubbs of Labaton Sucharow, who was lead counsel for the Connecticut fund that settled Wednesday with Amgen, told me his side’s resolve deepened after its big win at the Supreme […]
Get caught up with the Securities Docket News Wire for July 25, 2016.