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Isobel Markham

Isobel Markham

August 08, 2014 | The American Lawyer

California Probes Morgan Stanley Over Mortgage Bonds

The investigation, disclosed in an SEC filing, involves $1.3 billion in mortgage-backed securities that the state's pension fund purchased in 2007.

By Isobel Markham

2 minute read

August 08, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Feds Subpoena Boston Scientific Over BridgePoint Deal

A U.S. attorney wants to know about the company's acquisition of BridgePoint Medical and some of the products BridgePoint has sold.

By Isobel Markham

2 minute read

August 07, 2014 | The American Lawyer

SEC Accuses Houston American and Its CEO of Fraud

The agency claims that the energy company misled investors about the size of its oil reserves.

By Isobel Markham

3 minute read

August 07, 2014 | The American Lawyer

FINRA Postpones SEC Decision on Public Arbitrators

Oct. 1 is the new deadline for the SEC to decide just who can be a public arbitrator to help settle investor disputes.

By Isobel Markham

3 minute read

August 07, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Rakoff Grudgingly Approves Citigroup Settlement

Bowing to the Second Circuit, judge writes that "they who must be obeyed have spoken."

By Isobel Markham

2 minute read

August 06, 2014 | The American Lawyer

CFTC Obtains $13 Million Penalty for NYMEX Manipulation

Several companies and individuals manipulated Light Sweet Crude Oil futures contract spreads, authorities say.

By Isobel Markham

3 minute read

August 06, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Ex-Citigroup Trader Fined $500,000 for Defrauding Firm

According to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, former Citigroup Energy director John Aaron Brooks mismarked the value of his positions in ethanol futures to conceal trading losses.

By Isobel Markham

3 minute read

August 06, 2014 | The American Lawyer

DOJ Subpoenas GM Financial Over Subprime Auto Loans

Prosecutors may pursue civil charges involving underwriting practices, GM Financial says in an 8-K filing.

By Isobel Markham

2 minute read

August 05, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Former Evercore Investment Banker Sentenced for Insider Trading

A U.S. district judge ordered Frank Perkins Hixon Jr. to serve two and a half years in prison and pay $2 million in fines, disgorgement and restitution.

By Isobel Markham

2 minute read

August 05, 2014 | The American Lawyer

Piwowar Calls for More Transparency on Muni Bond Trades

In a speech in Boston, the SEC commissioner called for requiring alternative trading systems to publicly disseminate prices.

By Isobel Markham

3 minute read