Corporate & Securities Law

RAB Capital sues over Lehman collapse
RAB Capital, the UK-listed hedge fund manager, has begun legal action to recover $50 million ($£27 million) of assets frozen when Lehman Brothers, prime broker to one of its funds, was put into administration last week.

Court Says Hedge Funds Broke Securities Law But Can Vote CSX Shares
In a much-followed case, a federal district court in New York ruled that two hedge funds, Children's Investment Fund of Britain and 3G Capital Partners, that seek to elect a slate of directors at CSX Corp...

GAO Releases Report on Hedge Funds
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report today on Hedge Funds (GAO-08-200)...

Two Hedge Funds Seek to Elect 4 Directors to NY Times
Two hedge funds, Firebrand Partners and Harbinger Capital Partners, owning 4.9% stake in the New York Times, announced their intent to name four directors...

Down Markets a Blessing For Some
According to Reuters - Hedge funds see big gains in distressed investing. Quoting managers of some of the larger hedge funds, they are buying, and there is not enough capital to take all of the opportunities that they have found.

Hedge Funds to the Rescue: National City
In what has to be galling to the many hedge fund critics, the nation's hedge funds are rescuing the country's ailing financial system...

I have worked for this employer for only three weeks. The employer makes up his own rules as to what he chooses to report for the purpose of property taxes. He tells me to "let them come after us". He defines Entertain
He arrogantly insists, "let them come after us." Well, if you are invo...

How to tell if I have been subject to gender discrimination in hiring practices?
You didn't apply for the job. so that's a tough one. Seemingly your Bo...

Does this clause enable my landlord to raise my rent in the middle of the lease (PA)?
No, If the lease term has not expired the rent will remain as specified original...

Must I refinance my house aftering taking full ownership after a divorce via a quit claim?
When financing there are at least two documents...the mortgage and the note. The...

My fiance's check is DD into a local credit union. Bank seems to have a pattern of "invisibly holding" charges from the debit card until just HOURS before his DD is processed (and this is after hours, of course). Over th
Have your fiance take the information you've collected and go into the bank...

Pacific Capital Bancorp 401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud
Pacific Capital Bancorp 401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud

Capital One Faces Potential Class Action over Interest Rate Hikes
Capital One Faces Potential Class Action over Interest Rate Hikes

Hedge Funds
alleging companies involved in mortgage fraud.

Morgan Stanley Capital
401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud

Frank Bluestein, The Maximum Financial Group, Inc., Questar Capital Corporation, and Gunnallen Financial, Inc.
alleging schemed investors out of hundreds of millions of dollars.

HIV Funds
Dallas Independent School District pays $336,000 settlement for misappropriated program funds.