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Life Comes at You Fast, Part II: Eike Batista
"Life comes at you fast," doesn't it Eike Batista? (Just ask MC Hammer and Allen Stanford).It has been a very tough recent stretch for former Brazilian billionaire, Eike Batista. In 2012, shortly after he was described by Brazil's President, Dilma Rousseff, as "our standard, our expectation and, above all, the ...
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Gallagher: Dodd-Frank Has SEC 'Shoveling Manure' for 'No Discernible Purpose'
Following the Republicans takeover of the U.S. Senate in Tuesday's national elections, Republicans will now control both the House and the Senate for the first time since 2006. Some commentators are already speculating that this development brings with it the "first real prospect of changes" to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street ...
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SEC Seeks to Distribute $602 Million in SAC Capital Settlement to Investors
The SEC will attempt to distribute the funds from its $602 million insider trading settlement with SAC Capital to the people who were on the other (losing) side of those trades, Reuters reports. Ethan Wohl, lead attorney for the group of investors who allege they were the victims of these ...
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Former SEC Chairman Roderick Hills Passes Away at Age 83
Yesterday the SEC announced that former SEC Chairman Roderick M. Hills passed away on October 29, 2014, at the age of 83. The SEC stated that Chairman Hillshad a brilliant legal career and was a man of great character. He served as Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission ...
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SEC Charges Two Friends With 'Audacious' Insider Trading Scheme
Late last week the SEC announced its latest insider trading case, which was filed against two friends and former business school classmates who allegedly used inside information to generate nearly $700,000 in illicit profits. The SEC alleged that Zachary Zwerko, a financial analyst at a major pharmaceutical company, learned about ...
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For One Day, At Least, Australia a 'Paradise for White Collar Criminals'
In remarks at a business journalism awards lunch last week in Australia, Greg Medcraft, the Chairman of the Australian Securities & Investments Commission, made some startlingly candid remarks about the state of Australia's ability to prosecute and penalize white collar crime. Medcraft noted that ASIC had conducted a review of ...
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Lawyerless Allen Stanford Files 299-Page Brief Appealing His Conviction
"Life comes at you fast," doesn't it Allen Stanford? (Just ask MC Hammer).One day you are have a net worth of $2.2 billion, an office with its own five-star dining room, movie theater, professional kitchen and wine bar, and island nations such as Antigua are granting you knighthood. The next ...
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Securities Docket Announces Inaugural Class of 'Enforcement Hall of Fame'
At the conclusion of Securities Enforcement Forum 2014 last week, Securities Docket announced the eight members of the inaugural class of its "Enforcement Hall of Fame." The Enforcement Hall of Fame honors the lawyers who have made the "most extraordinary contributions to, and impact upon, the field of securities ...