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National Law Journal

SEC, in Morgan Stanley Case, Presses Broad Whistleblower Protections

Tipsters who only disclose corporate misconduct internally or to a federal agency other than the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission are still entitled to broad anti-retaliation protections, a commission lawyer told a federal appeals court Wednesday.
20 minute read

New York Law Journal

Olagues v. Perceptive Advisers LLC

By | September 15, 2016
Court Unable to Determine if Firm Statutory Insider; Puts, Calls Expired Simultaneously
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Jander v. International Business Machines Corp.

By | September 15, 2016
ERISA Suit Dismissed for Failure to Satisfy 'Dudenhoeffer' Pleading Requirements
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Securities Litigation Goes Global

In his Corporate Securities column, John C. Coffee Jr. of Columbia Law School discusses the spread of "entrepreneurial litigation" to Europe, where major securities class actions have recently settled, and he writes that the most striking fact about those actions is the key organizational role in structuring them played by traditional American plaintiff law firms.
24 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

The Startup Lifecycle: Series 'A' Financing

How to fund continuing operations of a startup company with Series A financing.
12 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

The State of Regulation of Executive Compensation—How Did We Get Here?

The issue of executive compensation, and in particular how much executives are paid, is not a new issue. There have been various attempts throughout the years to regulate the amounts of executive compensation paid to CEOs and other executives.
14 minute read

Delaware Business Court Insider

MoneyGram Securities Class Action to Stay in Federal Court

A securities class action against MoneyGram International Inc. may not be remanded to Delaware's Superior Court after the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware ruled for the first time that amendments to the Securities Act of 1933 stripped state courts of jurisdiction over such suits.
12 minute read

National Law Journal

Ex-SEC Whistleblower Chief Lands at Phillips & Cohen

Sean McKessy, the former head of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Office of the Whistleblower, has joined the whistleblower law firm Phillips & Cohen as a partner in its Washington office.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Leakage Loss Causation Model Fails to Meet Admissibility Standards

In July, U.S. District Judge Robert W. Sweet of the Southern District of New York issued a comprehensive opinion in the federal securities action, Sherman v. Bear Stearns, Master File No. 08 MDL 1963, Index No. 09 Civ. 8161, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 97784, at *18-35 (S.D.N.Y. July 25, 2016), explaining why the plaintiff's expert report purporting to prove loss causation under a "leakage" theory should be excluded.
16 minute read

Corporate Counsel

SEC Asks for Feedback on Executive Compensation and Other Disclosures

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission opens comment period for concerned parties about how public companies disclose executive pay data.
4 minute read

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