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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce published a report containing a series of recommendations regarding the SEC’s Enforcement program. Several recommendations focused on the use of administrative proceedings, including one which would permit a Respondent...

The SEC filed a settled administrative proceeding charging a former head of investor relations with violating Regulation FD. The Commission elected not to charge the company, however, based on its culture of compliance and cooperation. In the Matter of...

The Commission prevailed on summary judgment in an action against a broker which alleged he misappropriated client funds. The agency also filed actions centered on: an audit failure; the EB-5 immigration program; undisclosed conflicts; a failure to have...

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...

The number of securities class action lawsuit filings came in slightly above historical averages during the first half of 2012, with filings against natural resources companies, life sciences companies, and foreign issuers leading the way. Filings related...

NEW YORK - (Mealey's) E*TRADE Financial Corp. has agreed to a $79 million settlement with investors to settle claims that it misrepresented the risk associated with its investment in subprime mortgage-backed securities in violation of federal...

In a story in the D&O Diary , entitled " More Woes for Companies with Chinese Connections ", Kevin LaCroix discussed the settlement reached by the entity SciClone Pharmaceuticals, and its individual defendant directors and officers,...

By: Gerard G. Pecht , Jeffrey A. Blount , Stephen Mark Dollar , Peter Stokes and Mark Thomas Oakes Fulbright Briefing Chinese companies with securities traded in the United States are facing mounting scrutiny from U.S. regulators, plaintiff's...

SEATTLE - Bracewell & Giuliani LLP has announced that Curt Roy Hineline , formerly co-chair of Dorsey & Whitney's securities litigation & enforcement practice and a member of its professional responsibility committee, has joined Bracewell's...

BOSTON - Goodwin Procter LLP , a national Am Law 50 firm, has announced that Daniel J. Tyukody has joined the firm's Litigation Department in Los Angeles as a member of its Securities Litigation & White Collar Defense Practice. He will focus...

HOUSTON - The complex commercial litigation law firm of Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Anaipakos has announced the addition of accomplished courtroom attorney Tim Shelby . Shelby has been recognized repeatedly as one of the top young lawyers in Texas, including...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - International law firm Dechert LLP has announced that Glenn A. Fine has joined the firm as a partner in the White Collar and Securities Litigation Practice in Washington, D.C. Fine served as the inspector general for the U.S. Department...

In what is by far the largest settlement in the current wave of securities litigation involving Chinese companies, Ernst &Young, which served as the outside auditor for Sino-Forest, has agreed to pay C$117 million to settle the securities suit...

In the wake of the disastrous April 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, BP was hit with a wave of litigation from plaintiffs asserting claims of personal injury, wrongful death and property damage. The claimants also included BP shareholders raising...