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Third Circuit Dismisses Viacom Executive Compensation Suit
Corporations can define shareholder voting rights by setting limits on certain classes of stock, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ruled. Although the issue had been long settled in Delaware corporate law, the appellate court's precedential decision adopts the regulation as federal law.Third Circuit Dismisses Viacom Executive Compensation Suit
Corporations can define shareholder voting rights by setting limits on certain classes of stock, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ruled. Although the issue had been long settled in Delaware corporate law, the appellate court's precedential decision adopts the regulation as federal law.Judge OKs Settlement In Price-Fixing Suit
Three major manufacturers of zippers, snaps, buttons and hooks have settled for $17.6 million with a class of thousands of plaintiffs in a multidistrict litigation case alleging price-fixing.Judge Buttons Up $17.6 Mil. Accord In Price-Fixing Suit
Three major manufacturers of zippers, snaps, buttons and hooks have settled for $17.6 million with a class of thousands of plaintiffs in a multidistrict litigation case alleging price-fixing.Monitoring Settlements, Distributions in Securities Class Action Litigation
While much attention has been paid in recent years to the pleading standards under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, the effects of the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley legislation in 2002 and the Supreme Court's 2005 decision in Dura Pharmaceuticals v. Brouda, another issue has arisen.SEC: Rating Agencies Suffer From Conflicts of Interest
Market participants no longer view the three main credit rating agencies - Fitch Ratings, Moody's Investor Services and Standard & Poor's Rating Services - as the "de facto watchdog over the mortgage industry" that enabled them to transform "what had become the sleepiest corners of finance" into a virtual gold-rush of mortgage-backed asset generation that served as the Achilles' heel of the economy through the end of 2006.Tips for Investors Considering Transnational Securities Litigation
During recent decades, the securities markets have become increasingly internationalized, providing investors with an array of investment opportunities on the various exchanges around the world.Partners' Fee Deductions Were 'Expenses'
It's one of the unique aspects of doing business in Philadelphia and one of the most decried: the Business Privilege Tax. The BPT charges businesses for the privilege of operating in the city, on the basis of gross receipts and net income. Barrack Rodos & Bacine recently successfully defended the way it calculated its net income for the BPT. The city claims the firm improperly categorized as "ordinary and necessary business expenses" what should properly have been called "income."Trending Stories
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