By C. Ryan Barber | September 5, 2018
“If you are considering investing in a company with operations relating to the marijuana business industry, understand that the company may be criminally prosecuted and this may impact the value of your investment,” the SEC said in a new advisory Wednesday.
Delaware Business Court Insider | Commentary
By Barry M. Klayman and Mark E. Felger | September 5, 2018
The purchase and sale of claims held by creditors against debtors in a bankruptcy proceeding has become a big business.
By C. Ryan Barber | September 4, 2018
Law firms are buzzing about the import of the 2nd Circuit's big FCPA ruling, and check out who's lobbying on privacy. Plus: scroll down for the latest Who Got the Work. This is Compliance Hot Spots.
By Christine Simmons | September 4, 2018
If the settlements are approved by a court, securities regulators will have wrung about $216,815 from leaders from the busted firm. That money, however, is still a small fraction of a fraud alleged by the SEC.
By Kristen Rasmussen | September 4, 2018
A recently filed securities class action against CBS is the latest attempt by investors to hold company directors and officers responsible for an executive's alleged sexual misconduct. But will the courts buy it?
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Robert L. Hickok, Jay A. Dubow and Matthew D. Foster | September 4, 2018
On Aug. 13, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion in a securities fraud class action, Khoja v. Orexigen Therapeutics, which could dampen a defendant's use of judicial notice and incorporation-by-reference to aid in its motion to dismiss, especially in the securities class action setting.
By Colby Hamilton | August 30, 2018
The former chairman and CEO of the pizza chain resigned after reportedly using a racial slur during a conference call, but the new class action suit said additional reports about Schnatter's behavior also show the company's public statements about its corporate ethics were false and misleading.
By Colby Hamilton | August 29, 2018
The investment bank wants the Second Circuit to review, yet again, U.S. District Judge Paul Crotty's class certification in the long-running suit over alleged housing bubble-era securities violations.
By Sue Reisinger | August 29, 2018
In two separate orders, Moody's agreed to terms including millions in penalties and future compliance reporting. It also will have to retain an outside compliance consultant.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By P.J. D'Annunzio | August 29, 2018
Former Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Mychal Kendricks has been charged with making $1.2 million through insider trading, Philadelphia-based U.S. Attorney William McSwain announced.
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