Academic

Barnard on SEC Remedial Powers & "Corporate Therapeutics"
Jayne W. Barnard (William & Mary Law School) has posted Corporate Therapeutics at the Securities and Exchange Commission (Columbia Business Law Review, 2008) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The Securities and Exchange Commission in recent years has often employed...

Second Circuit Affirms Securities Fraud Conviction, Though Criticizing Government for its Joinder Decision and Late Disclosure of Brady Material
Limiting instructions are the opium of judges, but of little solace to a defendant, like Douglas Brandon, charged with securities fraud in an indictment that also charged an entirely separate securities fraud scheme against some of his co-defendants...

Securities Fraud Prosecutions Lowest since 1991
More troubles for Cox? Since he is gone in a couple of weeks, it probably doesn't matter, but there is a lesson here. Criminal prosecutions for securities fraud are down significantly...

The 10b-5 Guide: A Survey of 2007 Securities Fraud Litigation
My partners Robert F. Carangelo, Paul A. Ferrillo and Caitlyn M. Campbell have recently issued the 2007 edition of Weil, Gotshal & Manges‘ The 10b-5 Guide: A Survey of 2007 Securities Fraud Litigation...

The Morality of Doing Research Using Proslavery Treatises
This is a problem you don't face everyday. I'm in the midst of a short paper on the University of Mississippi's trial of its Chancellor (incidentally F.A.P. Barnard, the namesake of Columbia University's Barnard College) for taking testimony of a...

Ex-Credit Suisse Brokers Charged in $1B Subprime Fraud Scheme
Federal officials have filed securities fraud charges against two former Credit Suisse brokers, accusing the pair of securities fraud in connection with the purchase of auction rate securities (ARS) tied to high-risk subprime debt...

How to Skirt H-1B Regulations
Senator reacts to YouTube video

Cell Phone Early Termination Fees
How to recover billing errors

H&R Block Retirement Plan Fraud
How to Join Class Action Suit

Brent Lemons
$1.3 million settlement in securities fraud lawsuit.

Securities Fraud
TOP Ships agrees to $1.2 million shareholder class action settlement.

Securities Settlement
GMH Trust Securities to pay $8.75 million in pending class action suit.

Common Stock Shareholders
LaBranche & Co. LLC agrees to $13 million securities fraud class action settlement.

Texron Inc TXT Securities Fraud
Texron Inc TXT

MGM Mirage MGM Securities Fraud
MGM Mirage MGM