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Although there is intensifying political effort to rein in the SEC’s use of administrative proceedings, the current judicial climate heavily favors the SEC’s continued use of its choice of forum. In addition to the high “win/loss” ratio the SEC has achieved via administrative proceedings, a recent study out of the University of Michigan Law School […]
Wal-Mart Stores Inc must face a class-action lawsuit accusing the world’s largest retailer of defrauding shareholders by concealing suspected bribery to help it expand faster in Mexico, a U.S. judge said. In a decision on Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Susan Hickey in Fayetteville, Arkansas rejected Wal-Mart’s contention that a Michigan pension fund had no standing to […]
Crucially for his fight against the SEC, Mr Cooperman also argues that he never made money from his July 2010 trading. Although Atlas shares leapt to $16.22 when the asset sale was announced, Mr Cooperman and Omega did not sell, and ended up losing money on their investment when they sold out last year. Mr […]