Corporate and Financial Weekly Digest - March 30, 2012 by Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 4/2/2012 In this issue; - CFTC Approves Final Rule on Customer Clearing Documentation, Timing of Acceptance for Clearing, and Clearing Member Risk Management - Third Circuit Court of Appeals Limits Electronic Discovery Costs...more
Preserving Electronic Data in a Securities Case by Meyers & Heim LLP on 3/30/2012 Short summary of e-discovery obligations, what it might encompass and what the potential consequences of spoliation might be....more
Popular Cloud File Storage Apps Compared by Litigation-Tech LLC on 2/14/2012 It is estimated that nearly 300 Billion emails are sent worldwide daily, according to a 2010 study by the Radicati Group, Inc. The massive amount of data and web traffic is mind-boggling, with some highlights shared in...more
Responding to Comprehensive Financial Fraud Enforcement Efforts by K&L Gates LLP on 2/8/2012 When the President of the United States highlights an enforcement initiative in the State of the Union Address, as he did on January 24, 2012, it likely is a strong indication of things to come. And action was swift....more
SEC Reaffirms Position with Respect to RIA Registration for Special Purpose Vehicles by Christine McKillip on 1/26/2012 On January 19, 2012, the Division of Investment Management of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Staff” or the “SEC”) reaffirmed its position in its December 8, 2005, response to the American Bar Association...more
The Legal Counselor - May 31, 2011 by Michael Diaz Jr. - Diaz Reus International... on 6/1/2011 In this issue: Bloodshed in Libya Prompts U.S. Sanctions; Chinese Based Reverse Mergers Attract Scrutiny; New Developments in Electronic Discovery; Qatar: Safe Haven for Investors During Mideast Turmoil; Understanding...more
Securities Litigation Report - Volume 8, Issue 4 - April 2011 by Morrison & Foerster LLP on 4/15/2011 In this issue: The Vivendi Ruling: Revisiting Three Key Issues (and Adding Two More); Delaware Chancery Court Update: Recent Decisions Shed New Light on Stapled Financing Offered by Financial Advisors, Duties of Directors...more
T.R. Investors v. Genger Brief of Amicus Curiae in Support of Defendant Below-Appellant Urging Reversal by Focused Solution Recourse Delivery Group on 11/23/2010 This amicus brief addresses issues raised in the Court of Chancery relating to preservation and deletion of data. In the brief, amici argue that the Court misapplied technological concepts and therefore reached a conclusion...more
Kroll Annual Global Fraud Report by Thomas Fox on 10/20/2010 One of the ways to increase market share is to build a mousetrap and it increasingly appears that one of the fastest ways to increase market share is to pilfer a company’s plans for a better mousetrap. As reported in...more
Kerviel and the Société Générale trading case: some thoughts about governance, risk, compliance … and the banking world by Gregory P. Bufithis, Esq. on 10/6/2010 6 October 2010 –Former Société Générale trader Jérome Kerviel was found guilty of breach of trust, computer abuse and forgery by a Paris court on Tuesday for his role in a trading scandal that cost the bank close to €5bn...more
The Société Générale/Jérôme Kerviel trial: issues of e-discovery and forensics plus governance, risk and compliance [UPDATED] by Gregory P. Bufithis, Esq. on 6/22/2010 Reported by: Darius Champion, special correspondent to Project Counsel and Gregory P. Bufithis, founder and chairman of Project Counsel 23 June 2010 — We have had the good fortune these last two weeks to be following the...more