On June 21, 2019, in United States v. Lee, Judge Paul G. Gardephe of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York issued an order vacating the guilty plea of a former investment portfolio analyst, Richard...more
6/28/2019
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Evidence ,
Guilty Pleas ,
Insider Trading ,
Investment ,
Investment Management ,
Personal Benefit ,
SAC Capital ,
Vacated ,
White Collar Crimes ,
Yahoo!
The securities litigation and regulatory landscape in 2017 defies simple categorization. Plaintiffs filed 226 new federal class actions in the first half of 2017, more than double the average rate over the last 20 years, and...more
1/8/2018
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CalPERS v ANZ Securities ,
Class Action ,
Cyan Inc v Beaver Cty Emps Ret Fund ,
Digital Realty Trust Inc v Somers ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Indemnification ,
Insider Trading ,
Kokesh v SEC ,
Martoma ,
Omnicare v Laborers District Council ,
Petrobras ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Fraud ,
Securities Litigation ,
SLUSA ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Statute of Repose ,
Whistleblowers ,
White Collar Crimes
Over the past few years, private equity funds and hedge funds have increasingly employed tactics traditionally employed by the other as part of their value maximization strategies. Underscoring this convergence has been a...more
3/3/2017
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Going-Private Transactions ,
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ,
Hedge Funds ,
Insider Trading ,
Investment ,
Private Equity ,
Schedule 13D ,
Section 16 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Value Maximization
2016 was an active year in securities litigation. In the first half of 2016 alone, plaintiffs filed 119 new federal class action securities cases. It was also a busy year for SEC enforcement proceedings, with a record 868...more
1/13/2017
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Administrative Proceedings ,
Appointments Clause ,
Article II ,
Audits ,
Best Buy ,
C&DIs ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Compensation & Benefits ,
Confidential Information ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Dirks v SEC ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Financial Institutions ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Form 10-K ,
Form 8-K ,
Fraud-on-the-Market ,
Halliburton v Erica P. John Fund ,
Illegal Tipping ,
Insider Trading ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investment Advisers Act of 1940 ,
Janus Capital Group ,
Jurisdiction ,
Loss Causation ,
Mergers ,
Merrill Lynch v Manning ,
Misleading Impressions ,
Omnicare v Laborers District Council ,
Pensions ,
Personal Benefit ,
Pfizer ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
PHH Corp. v CFPB ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Regulation S-K ,
Removal For-Cause ,
RESPA ,
Sanofi ,
Securities ,
Securities Fraud ,
Securities Litigation ,
Securities Violations ,
Short Selling ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Stock Prices ,
Unions ,
US v Newman ,
US v Salman ,
Wells Notice ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies
Friends and relatives of corporate insiders who knowingly receive and trade on inside information now confront greater exposure for federal securities laws violations. On December 6, 2016, the Supreme Court held in United...more
12/9/2016
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Dirks v SEC ,
Financial Markets ,
Illegal Tipping ,
Insider Trading ,
Non-Public Information ,
Personal Benefit ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities Violations ,
Tippees ,
Tippers ,
US v Newman ,
US v Salman ,
White Collar Crimes