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National Law Journal

US Appeals Court Dodges Scope of Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Protection

A federal appeals court on Friday dodged a question that has divided two other circuits: Does a whistleblower need to bring a tip directly to regulators to be protected under the Dodd-Frank Act?
20 minute read

Daily Business Review

UBS to Pay $18.2M to Puerto Rican Bond Investors Duped by Firm Employee

A Palm Beach Gardens attorney helped a family win an $18.2 million arbitration award against UBS Financial Services Inc.
12 minute read

Litigation Daily

Shout Out: Skadden Scores Two Wins in Two Days for Two Asia-Based Issuers

Litigators from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom scored two separate wins for two Asia-based issuers in two days, knocking out securities class actions in the Central District of California and the Southern District of New York.
16 minute read

New York Law Journal

Youngers v. Virtus Investment Partners Inc.

By | January 12, 2017
Denial of Interlocutory Appeal of Ruling Investors Pleaded Loss Causation Explained
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Cortina v. Anavex Life Sciences Corp.

By | January 09, 2017
Scienter, Misrepresentaitons Not Shown in Suit Charging Firm, Executives With Securities Fraud
3 minute read

Corporate Counsel

Report Cites Global Growth of NPAs/DPAs

After enacting a new law in December following heated debate, France is finally ready this year to apply its version of a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) program for corporate misconduct. And the United Kingdom in July reached its second DPA, this one with a subsidiary of an unnamed U.S. company.
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

SEC's 'Obey-the-Law' Injunction: Is it Ever Possible to Vacate?

Fox Rothschild partner Ernest Edward Badway writes that "obey-the-law" injunctions, favored by regulators such as the SEC, are incredibly powerful devices that create an albatross hanging over the head of any defendant subjected to them. But when they are no longer equitable due to changes in decisional law, factual circumstances, or the passage of time, a court in its discretion may vacate such a permanent injunction.
23 minute read

Litigation Daily

Litigators of the Week: Stamina Pays for David Boies and Carl Goldfarb in 14-year fight

After 14 years and two trips to the U.S. Supreme Court, Boies, Schiler & Flexner partners David Boies and Carl Goldfarb secured a $100 million settlement from Halliburton.
15 minute read

New York Law Journal

Securities and Exchange Commission v. Cope

By | January 05, 2017
Freeze Order's Lift to Pay Attorneys' Fees, $25,000 for Living Expenses Is Explained
3 minute read

The American Lawyer

Securities Defense Bar Praises Trump's S&C Pick for SEC

Jay Clayton, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to lead the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, is hardly a high-profile figure outside the Wall Street deal-making circles in which he's made his career. Unlike outgoing SEC Chairwoman Mary Jo White, Clayton, a partner at Sullivan & Cromwell, is not a litigator or a member of the white-collar defense bar.
26 minute read

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