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Steven A. Meyerowitz
over 7 years ago
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Madoff Brother, Convicted and Jailed, Now is Disbarred
Peter Madoff – Bernard Madoff’s brother – has been disbarred. Just about five years to the day after Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme came to light, just about one year to the day after Peter Madoff was sentenced to consecutive...
Doug Esten
over 7 years ago
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over 9 years ago
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Dodd-Frank Act Rulemakings - End-User Update
This commentary provides an overview of the status of significant rulemaking developments since the enactment of the landmark Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. It focuses on important issues facing end-users of derivatives and...
Timothy Raub
over 8 years ago
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$26 Million Settlement Reached In Mortgage-Backed Securities Shareholder Class Action
NEW YORK - (Mealey's) Lead plaintiffs in a securities class action lawsuit against The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and others have agreed to settle their claims for more than $26 million, according to court documents filed July 31 in a New York federal...
Alexander Davie
over 8 years ago
Corporate
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SEC Misses Deadline to Issue Regulations Eliminating the General Solicitation Prohibition in Regulation D Private Placements
For startups looking to raise capital, Rule 506 of Regulation D is probably the most commonly used exemption from securities registration requirements. It allows a company to make offers and sales to an unlimited number of accredited investors[1] in order...
Alexander Davie
over 8 years ago
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The SEC (Finally) Issues a Preliminary Rule for Repeal of the Regulation D General Solicitation Requirements
Yesterday, the SEC finally released its proposed rule to amend Rule 506 of Regulation D to eliminate the general solicitation prohibition for private placement offerings . As I've discussed in a previous post, the SEC's continued delays in issuing...
Alexander Davie
over 8 years ago
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SEC Continues to Miss Key Deadline in Implementing JOBS Act, Drawing Ire of Congress
The JOBS Act contained two provisions that have the potential to help startups in their capital-raising efforts: (1) reform of Regulation D, which will permit more widespread solicitation of angel investors (this is also frequently referred to as the...
James A. Fanto
over 12 years ago
Corporate
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James Fanto on Stock Option Backdating & Its Implications for Firm Governance
Recent stock option backdating scandals, where an employee stock option recipient obtains an immediate return that he or she has not earned thanks to falsified corporate books and records, have received considerable legal attention lately. Professor James...
Steven A. Meyerowitz
over 5 years ago
Corporate
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Are You Ready? Five Key Cybersecurity Battlefronts.
“No foreign nation, no hacker, should be able to shut down our networks, steal our trade secrets, or invade the privacy of American families. . . . I urge this Congress to finally pass the legislation we need to better meet the evolving threat of...
Alexander Davie
over 8 years ago
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Maryland Securities Commissioner Issues New Order Adopting a Private Fund Exemption Based on Model NASAA Rule
On June 15, 2012, the Maryland Securities Commissioner issued an order adopting the NASAA model rule exemption for investment advisers to private funds . Like the model rule, the new order issued by the Maryland Securities Commissioner , provides for...
Timothy Raub
over 9 years ago
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$1 Billion Settlement Reached With 2nd-Largest Madoff Feeder Fund
NEW YORK - (Mealey's) Liquidation trustee for Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC (BLMIS) Irving H. Picard and 30 investment funds and affiliates of money management company Tremont Group Holdings Inc. have agreed to settle claims associated...
Timothy Raub
over 9 years ago
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Bank Of America To Set Aside $14 Billion To Settle RMBS Claims
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - (Mealey's) Bank of America Corp. will pay $8.5 billion to settle claims regarding "nearly all of the legacy Countrywide-issued first-lien residential mortgage-backed securitization (RMBS) repurchase exposure, representing 530...
Timothy Raub
over 9 years ago
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Wachovia, KPMG Reach $627 Million Settlement With Investors
NEW YORK - (Mealey's) In what Wachovia Corp. shareholders' attorneys are calling the single-largest recovery for claims brought "solely pursuant to" the Securities Act of 1933, the shareholders, Wachovia, certain of its affiliates and...
Timothy Raub
over 9 years ago
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J.P. Morgan Securities Agrees To $228 Million Settlement In Muni Bond Reinvestment Action
WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (JPMS) has agreed to pay $228 million to settle charges brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission and other state and federal authorities in connection with its fraudulent rigging of...
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