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HEADLINES ARCHIVED 2005
The Gain And Pain Of Sarbanes-Oxley
By: Colleen Cunningham. Forbes.com, December 30, 2005
Profiting From Cures For The Sarbanes-Oxley Blues
By: Eve Tahmincioglu. The New York Times Company, December 29, 2005
SEC's Use Of Private Counsel Is 'Pandemic'
By: Pamela A. MacLean. The National Law Journal, December 27, 2005
Pension Funds Prod Firms To Show Management Compensation Packages
By: Staff Writer Sacramento Bee (CA). Securities Mosaic, December 22, 2005
Piling It On: The Newest Battle To Imply A Private Right Of Action Under Sarbanes-Oxley News
By: Peter Stone and Jay Gandhi Recorder. Securities Mosaic, December 21, 2005
Stupid Is As Stupid Does What Investors Don't Know Is Definitely Hurting Them
By: Staff Writer Marketwatch. Securities Mosaic, December 20, 2005
Pushing Fast-Forward On Options Speeded-Up Vesting Is A Way Around New Accounting Rule, But Some Cry Foul
By: Ben White. WashingtonPost.com, December 19, 2005
While The PSLRA Does Not Require Preservation Of Documents Held By Non-Parties, The Court May Grant A Plaintiff Leave To Issue Subpoenas To Give Specified Third-Parties Notice Of The Action And To Impose Upon Them A Limited Duty To Preserve Certain Relevant Evidence In Their Possession
By: Staff Writer. Securities Litigation Alert, December 19, 2005
Accounting Red Flags Hide In Footnotes
By: Staff Writer General Financial/ Business News. Securities Mosaic, December 17, 2005
Moves At SEC To Loosen Rules On Many Companies
By: Staff Writer. New York Times, December 15, 2005
Hedge Funds Avoid New SEC Rules At Least 25% Aren't Registering, Hedge Fund Lawyers Say
By: Staff Writer Marketwatch. Securities Mosaic, December 15, 2005
Compliance Laws Boosting It Budgets
By: Staff Writer CNET Networks. Securities Mosaic, December 15, 2005
Making The Fine Fit The Crime Chris Cox, On A Crusade For Clarity, Will Issue New Guidelines For The SEC
By: Staff Writer Business Week. Securities Mosaic, December 12, 2005
The Awful Truth About Compliance
By: Staff Writer Infoworld Electronic News. Securities Mosaic, December 12, 2005
Regulators Call For More Transparency, Less Complexity
By: Staff Writer. AccountingWeb.com, December 12, 2005
Chris Cox's Numbers Man?
By: Staff Writer Financial Times. Securities Mosaic, December 8, 2005
SEC Staff Backs 'Paid-For' Research: Recommendation Part Of Plan To Ease Small Biz Regulation
By: Staff Writer Marketwatch. Securities Mosaic, December 8, 2005
SEC Plans To Ease Delisting
By: Staff Writer Deal.com. Securities Mosaic, December 8, 2005
Commission Announcements - Nancy Morris To Become Secretary Of U.S. Securities
By: Staff Writer. SEC News Digest, December 7, 2005
Challenges Of Section 404 Compliance
By: Staff Writer. AccountingWeb.com, December 6, 2005
Supreme Court To Decide Firms' Liability In Investor Suits
By: Curtis Zimmermann. Compliance Reporter, December 5, 2005
Lawyers Play Key Role In Fraud Prevention, Panel Says
By: Phyllis Diamond. Securities Regulation & Law Report, December 5, 2005
SEC Seeks Simpler Accounting Rules Cox Bemoans Lack Of Competition Among Auditors
By: Staff Writer Marketwatch. Securities Mosaic, December 5, 2005
Pay Attention To SOX Whistle-Blower Provision News
By: Staff Writer Texas Lawyer. Securities Mosaic, December 5, 2005
Ethical Improvement But Little Effect Upon Performance
By: Staff Writer Financial Times. Securities Mosaic, December 5, 2005
Corporate Fraud Still Widespread, Difficult To Detect
By: Staff Writer. AccountingWeb.com, December 5, 2005
Acting Head Named For Auditing Board
By: Staff Writer New York Times. Securities Mosaic, December 3, 2005
Trading Online? Watch Out, SEC Says Regulators Warn Against Hacking Attacks, Urge Caution
By: Staff Writer Marketwatch. Securities Mosaic, December 3, 2005
For All Its Cost, Sarbanes Law Is Working
By: Staff Writer New York Times. Securities Mosaic, December 3, 2005
Big Board Is Going Public, And Nasdaq Says Bring It On
By: Jenny Anderson. The New York Times, December 2, 2005
Is Nasdaq Fading As The Small Stocks Resurge?
By: Staff Writer Investrend. Securities Mosaic, December 2, 2005
Chamber Chief Says It's Time To Stop Quarterly Earnings Reports
By: Staff Writer Washington Post. Securities Mosaic, December 1, 2005
The Man Who Put Auditing First
By: Staff Writer Financial Times. Securities Mosaic, December 1, 2005
Rules Of The Road Show
By: Staff Writer Deal.com. Securities Mosaic, December 1, 2005
SEC Limits On Soft Dollar' Deals Spark Comments From Industry
By: Staff Writer. Securities Mosaic, December 1, 2005
Stock Option Expensing Coming In 2006
By: Staff Writer. AccountingWeb.com, November 29, 2005
SEC Gives Itself High Marks For Enforcement
By: Staff Writer Investment Management Weekly. Securities Mosaic, November 28, 2005
New SEC Rules May Boost Block Trades But Streamlining Of Deal Process Could Prove Two-Edged Sword On Several Fronts
By: Staff Writer Investment Dealers' Digest. Securities Mosaic, November 28, 2005
KPMG Reports IFRS Doubts Accounting Rules
By: Staff Writer Financial Times. Securities Mosaic, November 28, 2005
Cox Set To Bring In Net Proxy Reform Move By SEC Chairman Would Save Companies Money And Empower Dissatisfied Investors
By: Staff Writer Financial Times. Securities Mosaic, November 28, 2005
One Regulator To Rule Them All?
By: Jenny Anderson. The New York Times, November 25, 2005
Big Board's Deal For Archipelago Is Deemed Fair
By: Staff Writer Bloomberg News. The New York Times, November 24, 2005
E-Discovery: Pre-Litigation Considerations For In-House Counsel
By: Jonathan W. Hughes and Simon J. Frankel. Law.com, November 22, 2005
SEC Aims To Upgrade Edgar Filing System
By: Staff Writer Marketwatch. Securities Mosaic, November 22, 2005
Brokers May Be Forced To Disclose Commission Financial Services
By: Staff Writer -- Financial Times. Securities Mosaic, November 22, 2005
NYSE, Nasdaq Explore Joint Effort
By: Staff Writer Deal.com. Securities Mosaic, November 21, 2005
To Market, To Market Practice Focus As SEC Steps Back, New Pressure Falls On Private Counsel For Offerings
By: Staff Writer Legal Times. Securities Mosaic, November 21, 2005
The Securities And Exchange Commission's Regulation National Market System (NMS) Will Result In An Architectural Overhaul
By: Staff Writer Securities Industries News. Securities Mosaic, November 21, 2005
It's An SEC Option Practice Focus Sarbanes-Oxley's Disgorgement Section Creates No Private Claim
By: Staff Writer Legal Times. Securities Mosaic, November 21, 2005
Sarbanes-Oxley Act: Causing Confusion?
By: Staff Writer Financial Express. Securities Mosaic, November 20, 2005
Majority Of Small Businesses Want Separate SOX Standards
By: Staff Writer. AccountingWeb.com, November 16, 2005
More Retired CEOs Being Tapped For Corporate Boards
By: Staff Writer. AccountingWeb.com, November 16, 2005
U.S. Gives Blessing To NYSE-Nasdaq Mergers
By: Staff Writer General Financial/ Business News. Securities Mosaic, November 16, 2005
Auditors And Corporate Governance
By: Staff Writer Business Recorder. Securities Mosaic, November 15, 2005
Reg NMS's Unintended Consequences
By: Staff Writer Securities Industries News. Securities Mosaic, November 14, 2005
SEC Chair Cox Supports Chief Compliance Officers At Outreach Program
By: Staff Writer Money Management Executive. Securities Mosaic, November 14, 2005
SEC Chairman Reassures Wall Street Interests
By: Staff Writer Belleville News-Democrat. Securities Mosaic, November 12, 2005
NASD Suggests Joint Effort On Oversight
By: Staff Writer Reuters. The New York Times, November 12, 2005
Rule Would Put Pension Deficits On The Books
By: Staff Writer Washington Post. Securities Mosaic, November 11, 2005
NYSE Will Grow, But At Home: CEO John Thain Says US Deals First
By: Staff Writer Marketwatch. Securities Mosaic, November 10, 2005
Motion Against Big Board
By: The Associated Press. The New York Times, November 9, 2005
Public Company Seeks Private Path
By: Staff Writer. Kansas City Star, November 8, 2005
SEC's New Chief Has A Thing For The Internet
By: Staff Writer Los Angeles Times. Securities Mosaic, November 7, 2005
Booming Business For Corporate Sleuths Recent Scandals Reignite Interest In Investigative Due Diligence
By: Staff Writer Asset Securitization Report. Securities Mosaic, November 7, 2005
How Wide And Deep Is The SEC Net?
By: Staff Writer Asset Securitization Report. Securities Mosaic, November 7, 2005
Unhappy Investors Force Change Activism Has Become An Investment Strategy
By: Staff Writer Financial Times. Securities Mosaic, November 7, 2005
America 'Is Facing A Pensions Crisis'
By: Staff Writer Times. Securities Mosaic, November 7, 2005
SEC Warns Online Investors Of ID Theft Risks
By: Staff Writer Marketwatch. Securities Mosaic, November 3, 2005
What Do You Think Of Enron? 400 Texans To Receive Questionnaires To Test Whether They Can Be On A Jury
By: Carrie Johnson. Washington Post, November 2, 2005
Directors On Guard Against Legal Action
By: Bob Sherwood and Nikki Tait. Financial Times (London, England), November 2, 2005
Globalization Aids Plaintiffs In Cross-Border Litigation U.S. And Canadian Lawyers Fight To Bring Black To Justice
By: Julius Melnitzer. Corporate Legal Times, November 1, 2005
Discretionary Accounts Get New Limits
By: Staff Writer On Wall Street. Securities Mosaic, November 1, 2005
Executive Compensation & The Boardroom Dilemma Investors Shouldn't Have To Sift Through Every Number On A Proxy Statement To Determine Total Executive Compensation
By: Staff Writer US Banker. Securities Mosaic, November 1, 2005
Looking Beyond The Need For Transparency
By: Staff Writer Financial Times. Securities Mosaic, October 31, 2005
The Matrix, NYSE-Style
By: Staff Writer Securities Industries News. Securities Mosaic, October 31, 2005
SEC Lawyers Defend Independent Chairman Rule
By: Staff Writer Money Management Executive. Securities Mosaic, October 31, 2005
Bigger Powers For Big Shareholders New Regulation To Promote Investor Protection Has Something For Management As Well
By: Patrick Jenkins Financial Times. Securities Mosaic, October 31, 2005
Top SEC Official In Hub Named Deputy Unit Chief In Washington
By: Chris Reidy Boston Globe. Securities Mosaic, October 28, 2005
SEC Appoints Two Deputies To Enforcement Unit
By: Staff Writer Washington Post. Securities Mosaic, October 28, 2005
Group Moves To Cut Sarbanes Costs News Digest
By: Andrew Parker Financial Times. Securities Mosaic, October 27, 2005
The Headlong Rush To Global Standards
By: Professor Stella Fearnley, Professor Shyam Sunder Financial Times. Securities Mosaic, October 27, 2005
Critics Of Shareholder Suits Aim At Big Holders
By: Staff Writer New York Times. Securities Mosaic, October 27, 2005
Investors See SOX Regulations Lacking
By: Staff Writer. AccountingWeb.com, October 27, 2005
Initial Public Offerings Denied Implied Antitrust Immunity
By: Martin Flumenbaum and Brad S. Karp. New York Law Journal, October 26, 2005
Smaller Accounting Firms In Big Demand
By: Staff Writer. AccountingWeb.com, October 26, 2005
Tight US Listing Rules Expected To Ease Top Securities Lawyers Believe Mainland Firms Soon Will Find American Stock Exchanges More Accessible
By: Jamil Anderlini. South China Morning Post, October 25, 2005
Cox Casts His Net Observer
By: Staff Writer Financial Times. Securities Mosaic, October 25, 2005
End The Dual Approach
By: Lyle Roberts Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. The National Law Journal, October 24, 2005
Industry Passes Resiliency Test
By: Staff Writer Securities Industries News. Securities Mosaic, October 24, 2005
Auditors Say Fraud Can Be Hard To Detect Accounts Scrutiny
By: Staff Writer Financial Times. Securities Mosaic, October 21, 2005
Fidelity Move To 'Unbundle' Research Pay Funds
By: Staff Writer Financial Times. Securities Mosaic, October 21, 2005
Board Oversight Is Positive For Both Profit And Non-Profit Companies
By: Staff Writer. AccountingWeb.com, October 19, 2005
Shareholder's Action Is Not 'Derivative' Lawsuit
By: Staff Writer. BCD News and Comment, October 18, 2005
NYSE: Relax The Derivatives Rules
By: Staff Writer Marketwatch. Securities Mosaic, October 18, 2005
Glassman Says 404 Rules Aimed At Holding Management Accountable
By: Kip Betz. Securities Regulation & Law Report, October 17, 2005
BMA, SIA Ask SEC To 'Encourage' AICPA To Repudiate Paper On Auditor, Due Diligence
By: Rachel McTague. Securities Regulation & Law Report, October 17, 2005
FASB Readying 'Practical Accommodation' Guidance On Grant Dates For Stock Options
By: Steve Burkholder. Securities Regulation & Law Report, October 17, 2005
Big Board Memo Details Factors Used In Determining Sanctions
By: Kip Betz. Securities Regulation & Law Report, October 17, 2005
Cox: SEC Prepared To Deal With Fraud
By: Staff Writer. General Financial/ Business News, October 16, 2005
Accounting Match: U.S. vs. World Slow Going In Quest For One Set Of Standards
By: Staff Writer Marketwatch. Securities Mosaic, October 13, 2005
The Collapse Of Equitable Life's Case Against Ernst & Young Has Brought Significant Reform
By: Staff Writer Financial Times. Securities Mosaic, October 13, 2005
As Insurance Regulators Move Toward Tighter Auditing Rules, Opponents Rally
By: Eleanor Barrett Bestwire. Securities Mosaic, October 13, 2005
E-Discovery Tops List Of In-House Worries
By: Petra Pasternak The Recorder. Law.com, October 12, 2005
SEC Accountant Praises Reforms
By: Staff Writer Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Securities Mosaic, October 12, 2005
Appealing Class Certification Orders; How Federal Rule 23(F) Has Been Applied In The Second Circuit And Securities Cases
By: Gregory Markel and Ronit Setton. New York Law Journal, October 11, 2005
Shareholder Voice Sways Corporate America Majority Voting
By: Staff Writer Financial Times. Securities Mosaic, October 11, 2005
SEC Guidance Okays Shareholders Research Alliance As Analytics Intermediary
By: Staff Writer Investrend. Securities Mosaic, October 11, 2005
Litigation As The Great Equalizer: New Fulbright & Jaworski Survey Finds Nearly 90% Of U.S. Corporations Engaged In Lawsuits; Average $1 Billion Company In U.S. Faces 147 Cases At A Time
By: Staff Writer. Business Wire, October 10, 2005
Members Are Told Of Plan For Sale Of Big Board Stock
By: Jenny Anderson. The New York Times, October 8, 2005
United States: Even Innocent Directors And Officers May See D&O Policies Rescinded, Ninth Circuit Affirms
By: Shirli Fabbri Weiss and Nathaniel D. McKitterick. Mondaq.com, October 7, 2005
It Is Vital That We All Work Together, Says SEC Compliance
By: Staff Writer Financial Times. Securities Mosaic, October 7, 2005
Frank, Kanjorski Say SEC Is Lagging In Providing Restitution
By: Staff Writer Congress Daily. Securities Mosaic, October 5, 2005
Plan On Nasdaq Status
By: Staff Writer New York Times. Securities Mosaic, October 5, 2005
In-House Attorneys Become It Gatekeepers
By: Sue Reisinger -- Corporate Counsel. Law.com, October 4, 2005
SEC Rule Change Brings Steep Compliance Costs For Life Broker-Dealers
By: Fran Matso Lysiak Bestwire Services. Securities Mosaic, October 3, 2005
Corporate Governance: Lead Directors Now The Rage
By: Staff Writer Miami Herald. Securities Mosaic, October 3, 2005
Supreme Court Grants Review Of Case On Limits Of SLUSA Preemption
By: Phyllis Diamond. Securities Regulation Law Report, October 3, 2005
SEC, PCAOB, FASB To Weigh Retrospective Rule Application In Cases Of Auditor Change
By: Steve Burkholder. Securities Regulation & Law Report, October 3, 2005
Northern Exposure
By: Sandra Rubin. The American Lawyer, October 1, 2005
Offering Company Stock To Employees Is Not A Good Deed, And If You're Going To Have Such A Plan, Lawyers Like Me Will Always Be Around Looking For Things Going Wrong. Ron Kilgard Keller Rohrback"
By: Julius Melnitzer. Corporate Legal Times, October 1, 2005
No Private Right To Sue Under SOX; Only SEC May Enforce, Judge Says
By: Shannon P. Duffy The Legal Intelligencer. Law.com, September 30, 2005
SEC Annual Report On Securities Investor Protection Corporation For 2004 Sent To House
By: Staff Writer US Fed News. Securities Mosaic, September 29, 2005
Can Good Guys Finish First?
By: Staff Writer Marketwatch. Securities Mosaic, September 29, 2005
Threat Of 'Big Four' Collapse Baffles Regulator Accounting
By: Staff Writer Financial Times. Securities Mosaic, September 28, 2005
Tyco Trial Shows Benefits, And Limits, Of Technology
By: John Bringardner Law Technology News. Law.com, September 27, 2005
Enron Scandals Spur Proposed Credit Rating Legislation
By: Brian Carroll. The Legal Intelligencer, September 26, 2005
The SEC: It's Going After Executives For Skimpy Or Misleading Disclosures In Annual Reports
By: Staff Writer Business Week. Securities Mosaic, September 26, 2005
Fund Execs Wrestle With Fair Value Pricing: Accuracy, Disclosure Among Chief Concerns
By: Staff Writer Money Management Executive . Securities Mosaic, September 26, 2005
Report From A General In The SEC's War On Fraud
By: Staff Writer Business Week . Securities Mosaic, September 26, 2005
McDonough To Step Down As Accounting Board Chief
By: Carrie Johnson. Washington Post, September 24, 2005
A Good First Step For Cox: SEC Commissioner Signals Moderation
By: Staff Writer Marketwatch. Securities Mosaic, September 22, 2005
CFOs Cop Sarbanes-Oxley Act
By: Staff Writer Brw. Securities Mosaic, September 22, 2005
Audit - Auditors Demand Cap Be Ruled Out
By: Staff Writer Accountancy Age. Securities Mosaic, September 22, 2005
SEC Votes To Ease Regulations
By: Staff Writer Deal.com. Securities Mosaic, September 22, 2005
SEC Seeks Input On Soft-Dollar Rules: Proposal Would Narrow Definition Of Research Services
By: Staff Writer Marketwatch. Securities Mosaic, September 21, 2005
Report Faults SEC Oversight
By: Staff Writer Newsday. Securities Mosaic, September 20, 2005
SEC Staff Publishes Guidance On Transition To New Offering Rules
By: Rachel McTague. Securities Regulation & Law Report, September 19, 2005
Big Board Memo Says Firms Can Lessen Sanctions Via Cooperation
By: Kip Betz . Securities Regulation & Law Report, September 19, 2005
Ernest Brod On Corporate Investigation: Are Private Eyes A Remedy For The Fund Industry's Fraud Epidemic?
By: Staff Writer Money Management Executive. Securities Mosaic, September 19, 2005
How Long To Jail White-Collar Criminals?
By: Andrew Ross Sorkin. New York Times, September 16, 2005
Sec Expected To Give COs. Another Reprieve
By: Staff Writer General Financial/ Business News. Securities Mosaic, September 15, 2005
SEC Extends Compliance Date On Rule For Brokers As Investment Advisers
By: Fran Matso Lysiak Bestwire Services. Securities Mosaic, September 15, 2005
Bankers Welcome EU Call To Bring Down Costs Of Securities Dealing
By: Staff Writer Financial Times. Securities Mosaic, September 14, 2005
Ex-Chairman Of S.E.C. Set To Start Hedge Fund
By: Staff Writer. New York Times, September 13, 2005
Companies International: Lawyer Cites Ovitz In Reassuring Executives Corporate Governance
By: Staff Writer Financial Times. Securities Mosaic, September 12, 2005
Shareholder Monitoring Of Independent Analytics Introduced By New Shareholders Research Alliance
By: Staff Writer Investrend. Securities Mosaic, September 12, 2005
United States: Making Stock Option Grants: Will Measurement Date Change Grant Practices?
By: Daniel P. Meehan, Thomas Reicher, David Walsh, Thomas Welk and Buff Miller. Mondaq Newsletter, September 9, 2005
Debate On Global Accounting Standards: Rules Versus Principles
By: Staff Writer. AccountingWeb.com, September 9, 2005
A Challenge Taken On But Not Yet Surmounted Global Standards
By: Staff Writer Financial Times. Securities Mosaic, September 8, 2005
United States: SEC Release Clarifies Two Insider Trading Exemptions And Eliminates Timely Filing Presumption
By: Susan P. Serota, Todd Eckland, Mary Barnes Jenkins and Stanton D. Wong. Mondaq Newsletter, September 7, 2005
SEC Chief Accountant To Resign
By: Staff Writer. Securities Mosaic, September 7, 2005
Ever-Increasing Complexity Favours The Specialists Regulation, Compliance And Governance: Many Institutions Choose To Hand The Task To Their Custodians
By: Staff Writer Financial Times. Securities Mosaic, September 6, 2005
SEC Relaxes Rules In Storm Zone
By: Staff Writer The Wall Street Journal (US Edition). Securities Mosaic, September 6, 2005
Brown-Hruska Says OTC Markets May Face More Scrutiny One Day, But Urges Restraint
By: Staff Writer. Securities Regulation & Law Report, September 5, 2005
Take A Close Look At Board
By: Andrew Leckey. Deseret Morning News, September 4, 2005
For U.S. Plaintiff Lawyers, A New Client Base: Europeans
By: Mary Jacoby The Wall Street Journal. AP DataStream, September 2, 2005
New FASB Rule Spurs Brownfield Spin-Offs, Write-Downs Disclosure Rules Presage 'Environmental Enron'
By: Michael T. Burr. Corporate Legal Times, September 1, 2005
The High Cost Of Noncompliance Even Without Fines, Violating Regulations Brings Financial Consequences
By: Bridget Mintz Testa. Electronic Business, September 1, 2005
Evolving Theories Of Scheme Liability: Does Your D&O Policy Cover Guilt By Association?
By: John C. Tanner, Rebecca M. and John H. Goselin. Risk Management, September 1, 2005
SEC Considering Sarbanes-Oxley Changes
By: Staff Writer -- Reinsurance. Securities Mosaic, September 1, 2005
Reporting Season Brings Bafflement: The Introduction Of New Accounting Rules May Be Necessary
By: Staff Writer Financial Times. Securities Mosaic, September 1, 2005
Businesses Seek Solutions For Storing E-Mail
By: Staff Writer. AccountingWeb.com, September 1, 2005
No Fear: Suddenly, Securities Class Actions Are Going To Trial
By: Michael Tu. The Recorder, August 31, 2005
Director Pay Rises In Era Of Scrutiny; Median Compensation For Board Members Jumps 18%, Study Finds, As Demands On Job Grow
By: Josh Friedman. Los Angeles Times, August 30, 2005
ABA Task Force Defends Status Quo In Shareholder Voting Requirements
By: Rachel McTague. Securities Regulation & Law Report, August 29, 2005
Employees May Sue Under ERISA When Company's Stock Crashes - Third Circuit Resolves Standing Issue That Has Divided Federal Courts
By: Lisa Brennan. New Jersey Law Journal, August 29, 2005
The Long-Term Lesson: It Pays To Diversify
By: Jonathan Fuerbringer. NYTimes.com, August 28, 2005
Hard-Won Corporate Governance Gains Must Not Be Lost Ethan Burger
By: Staff Writer Financial Times. Securities Mosaic, August 24, 2005
Good Ethics Means More Than Ticking Boxes: You Cannot Legislate A Company Into Good Behaviour
By: Staff Writer. Financial Times, August 23, 2005
The Value Of Ethics & Compliance Officers
By: Staff Writer. AccountingWeb.com, August 22, 2005
Convergence Emerges: Cross-Border Conversation Grows, Uniform Oversight Tops The Topic List
By: Staff Writer Securities Industries News . Securities Mosaic, August 22, 2005
The SEC Chairman's Top Priority
By: Staff Writer Securities Industries News. Securities Mosaic, August 22, 2005
FASB Plans Final Guidance On Instruments First Issued As Employee Share-Based Pay
By: Steve Burkholder. Securities Regulation & Law Report, August 22, 2005
Chicago Board Of Trade Exchange To Go Public, Spurning Chance Temporarily To Be Acquired
By: Staff Writer. Securities Regulation & Law Report, August 22, 2005
Others Foot Bill For Corporate America's Sins
By: Rachel Beck. Times Leader (Wilkes-Barre, PA), August 21, 2005
Wall Street Waits With Interest
By: Tom Petruno Los Angeles Times. Securities Mosaic, August 21, 2005
Fining The Directors Misses The Mark
By: Staff Writer New York Times. Securities Mosaic, August 21, 2005
Companies' Tax Breaks Inflate Deficit
By: Rachel Beck. Contra Costa Times, August 17, 2005
Wall Street Seeks Stakes In New Sites For Trading
By: Jenny Anderson. The New York Times, August 16, 2005
The Impact Restated Financials Can Have On Coverage (Directors' And Officers' Liability Insurance's Usage)
By: David M. Halbreich and Jennifer L. Shoda. Los Angeles Business Journal, August 15, 2005
Run With All Of Donaldson's Rules, Mr. Cox
By: Staff Writer Money Management Executive. Securities Mosaic, August 15, 2005
Tech Shareholder Activism On The Rise
By: Staff Writer Deal.com . Securities Mosaic, August 15, 2005
Appeals Court Stays Requirements Of SEC Mutual Fund Governance Rule
By: Rachel McTague. Securities Regulation & Law Report, August 15, 2005
SEC's Small Company Panel Recommends Relief From Section 404 Filing Requirements
By: Michael Bologna. Securities Regulation & Law Report, August 15, 2005
Executives May Have Liability Risk Even When Using Securities Trading Plan
By: Rachel McTague. Securities Regulation & Law Report, August 15, 2005
NASD Issues Guidelines For Selling Index-Based Annuities, Expresses Concern
By: Staff Writer. Securities Regulation & Law Report, August 15, 2005
Cox May Relieve Sarbanes-Oxley Pain
By: Staff Writer Orange County Register. Securities Mosaic, August 14, 2005
SEC Committee Begins To Shape Its Vision Of Enforcement And Market Caps
By: Staff Writer Investrend. Securities Mosaic, August 11, 2005
Securities Class Action Trials On The Rise
By: Pamela A. MacLean The National Law Journal. Law.com, August 9, 2005
A Nasdaq Trading Change
By: Staff Writer New York Times . Securities Mosaic, August 9, 2005
Automated Trading Picks Up Steam On Wall Street
By: Staff Writer Dallas Morning News. Securities Mosaic, August 9, 2005
Financial Statements Study Finds Problems
By: Staff Writer. AccountingWeb.com, August 3, 2005
Still On The Hook: The Run-Up In Fiduciary Liability Insurance Premiums Has Slowed, But That Doesn't Mean That 401(k) Litigation Has Cooled Off
By: Staff Writer. Institutional Investor Americas, August 1, 2005
Business First
By: Lily Henning. Corporate Counsel, August 1, 2005
The Cost Of Not Doing The Right Thing: The Effects Of Social And Environmental Factors On Investing
By: Staff Writer -- Financial Times. Securities Mosaic, August 1, 2005
Mr. McDonough, You Have The Floor The Accounting Watchdog On Sarbanes-Oxley, Excessive Auditing, And Investor Trust
By: Staff Writer Business Week . Securities Mosaic, August 1, 2005
Some Argue Sarbanes-Oxley Onerous
By: Staff Writer UPI Business News . Securities Mosaic, July 30, 2005
Higher Audit Fees, More Accountability Sarbanes-Oxley, Three Years Later
By: Carrie Johnson. WashingtonPost.com, July 30, 2005
Possible Conflict Seen In Big Board Merger
By: Staff Writer Bloomberg News. The New York Times, July 29, 2005
SOX No Cure-All For Accounting's Ills
By: Staff Writer. AccountingWeb.com, July 28, 2005
Senate Panel Approves 3 SEC Nominations
By: Staff Writer General Financial/ Business News . Securities Mosaic, July 28, 2005
SEC Mandates Disclosure Of 'Broker-Dealer' Status
By: Staff Writer Marketwatch . Securities Mosaic, July 27, 2005
Cox Firm On US Securities Laws
By: Staff Writer Financial Times. Securities Mosaic, July 27, 2005
NYSE Criticized Over Governance Policies
By: Staff Writer General Financial/ Business News. Securities Mosaic, July 27, 2005
Regulators Agree On Auditor Rule
By: Staff Writer New York Times . Securities Mosaic, July 27, 2005
SEC Advances NYSE E-Bond Trading Plan
By: Securities Industries News. Securities Mosaic, July 25, 2005
Mutual Funds By 2-2 Vote, SEC Refuses To Stay Fund Governance Rules Pending Decision
By: Staff Writer. Securities Regulation & Law Report, July 25, 2005
NYSE Workers To Get Stock In Merged Firm
By: Ben White. WashingtonPost.com, July 22, 2005
Costs Of Trading On NYSE Set To Soar After Merger
By: Staff Writer Times . Securities Mosaic, July 22, 2005
Crackdown On 'Soft Dollars'? SEC May Ask For Increased Disclosure From Mutual Funds
By: Staff Writer. Marketwatch, July 19, 2005
Not The Usual Suspects; As Scrutiny Of Accounting Irregularities Continues, A Wider Net Is Being Cast To Catch Collaterally Liable Parties
By: George A. Stamboulidis and Lauren J. Resnick. New York Law Journal, July 18, 2005
Analysts Ignoring Cost Of Stock Options
By: Staff Writer. AccountingWeb.com, July 18, 2005
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Urged To Soften Line Accountancy Regulation
By: Staff Writer Financial Times. Securities Mosaic, July 18, 2005
How To Be A Better Bean Counter
By: Staff Writer New York Times. Securities Mosaic, July 16, 2005
Even Co-Author Considers SEC Reform Bill 'Excessive'
By: Staff Writer. The Monitor (McAllen, TX), July 14, 2005
Loss Causation Pleadings Standard In 2nd Circuit Defined
By: Michael Bobelian New York Law Journal. Law.com, July 11, 2005
NYSE, NASD Join SEC On Wall Street Gift Rules
By: Staff Writer Money Management Executive . Securities Mosaic, July 11, 2005
How Accounting Became Cool
By: Beth Fitzgerald Star-Ledger (Newark, NJ) . Securities Mosaic, July 10, 2005
Sarbanes-Oxley Reforms 'Go Too Far'
By: Staff Writer Financial Times. Securities Mosaic, July 8, 2005
Class Action Web Sites Untested
By: Leigh Jones The National Law Journal. Law.com, July 8, 2005
Class Action Web Sites Continue To Raise Legal Issues
By: Leigh Jones. The Recorder, July 7, 2005
NASDAQ, FTSE To Launch New Indexes: Joint Benchmarks Could Usher In Future ETFs
By: Staff Writer Marketwatch . Securities Mosaic, July 7, 2005
Rights Of Investors Under Spotlight In US
By: Staff Writer Financial Times . Securities Mosaic, July 6, 2005
Sarbanes-Oxley's Creeping Intrusion
By: Staff Writer Financial Times. Securities Mosaic, July 6, 2005
United States: SEC Votes In Favor Of Groundbreaking Changes To U.S. Public Offerings
By: Leslie McCallum. Mondaq.com, July 6, 2005
Corporate Governance: Rationale Of Audit Committees
By: Staff Writer Business Recorder . Securities Mosaic, July 5, 2005
Brokerage Houses Urged To Record Trading Orders
By: Staff Writer Fnweb.com. Securities Mosaic, July 5, 2005
Private Companies Feeling Effects Of SOX
By: Staff Writer. AccountingWeb.com, July 5, 2005
New Rules Make It Easier To Charge Executives, But Not To Send Them To Prison
By: Jonathan D. Glater. NYTimes.com, July 2, 2005
Under Donaldson, SEC Passed Rules, Brought Cases And Fought
By: Carrie Johnson. WashingtonPost.com, June 30, 2005
Bush Names Glassman Acting SEC Chair
By: Staff Writer. Securities Mosaic, June 30, 2005
SEC Puts Its House In Order
By: Staff Writer Securities Industries News. Securities Mosaic, June 27, 2005
Sarbanes-Oxley: Frying The Small Fry As Third Anniversary Looms
By: Staff Writer Investment Dealers' Digest . Securities Mosaic, June 27, 2005
NYSE, Nasdaq Tech Execs Outline Post-Merger Plans
By: Staff Writer Securities Industries News . Securities Mosaic, June 27, 2005
Variety Of Threats Force Boards To Take Action
By: Staff Writer Financial Times . Securities Mosaic, June 27, 2005
Calling Off The Dogs
By: Staff Writer Fortune . Securities Mosaic, June 27, 2005
The Shareholder View Of Sarbanes-Oxley
By: Staff Writer. AccountingWeb.com, June 27, 2005
SEC Set To Ease 'Quiet-Period' Regs
By: Staff Writer Deal.com. Securities Mosaic, June 23, 2005
Court Orders SEC To Review Reform Corporate Governance
By: Staff Writer Financial Times . Securities Mosaic, June 22, 2005
Nasdaq Worries About Uneven Regulatory Burdens For Smaller Public Companies
By: Staff Writer Investrend . Securities Mosaic, June 21, 2005
Sarbanes-Oxley Act: The Level Of Scrutiny Has Never Been Greater
By: Staff Writer Times. Securities Mosaic, June 21, 2005
Ease Burden On Plaintiffs
By: Kathy D. Patrick. The National Law Journal, June 20, 2005
Paper Chase: Caught Napping In The Mutual Fund Scandals
By: Staff Writer Forbes . Securities Mosaic, June 20, 2005
How Enron Awards Do, Or Don't, Trickle Down
By: Kris Axtman. Christian Science Monitor, June 20, 2005
Lynch Mob
By: David Marcus. The Daily Deal, June 20, 2005
SEC Recommends Revising Pension, Lease Accounting Rules
By: taff Writer San Jose Mercury News. Securities Mosaic, June 19, 2005
Compliance Hits Auditor Relations
By: Staff Writer Financial Times. Securities Mosaic, June 17, 2005
Investors Seek To Block Offer Of Protection For Accountants
By: Staff Writer Financial Times . Securities Mosaic, June 17, 2005
Despite Enron, SEC Find Off-The-Books Partnerships Continue
By: Staff Writer Washington Post. Securities Mosaic, June 16, 2005
Guilty When Charged Corporate America
By: Joseph A. Grundfest. International Herald Tribune, June 16, 2005
Securities And Exchange Commission Goldschmid: SEC To Tackle '33 Act Reforms By Month's End
By: Phyllis Diamond . Securities Regulation & Law Report, June 13, 2005
Internal Controls - Nicolaisen Says Reporting On Controls Next Year May Have To Be Fine Tuned
By: Rachel McTague. Securities Regulation & Law Report, June 13, 2005
SEC Retools Recordkeeping, Ethics Guidelines: Key Regulator Counters Lawmakers' Criticisms
By: Staff Writer Money Management Executive. Securities Mosaic, June 13, 2005
Emergency Public Company Meeting Wednesday Precedes SEC Hearings
By: Staff Writer Investrend . Securities Mosaic, June 13, 2005
Corporate Attitude Change On Governance Is Hard Part
By: Loren Steffy. The Houston Chronicle, June 10, 2005
Fear And Loathing On Wall Street
By: Liz Moyer. Forbes.com, June 8, 2005
N.Y. High Court Imposes Fiduciary Duty On IPO Underwriter Goldman Sachs
By: John Caher New York Law Journal. Law.com, June 8, 2005
SEC Faulted On Criminal Referral Procedures
By: Staff Writer Marketwatch. Securities Mosaic, June 7, 2005
Complying With Sarbanes-Oxley Act Leads To Unexpected Effects For Some Firms
By: Staff Writer Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Securities Mosaic, June 7, 2005
Lawyers And Their Insurers Brace For Hard Knocks From SOX
By: Lisa Brennan. New Jersey Law Journal, June 6, 2005
Time To Check Your Director And Officer Insurance Coverage Environmental Compliance & Litigation Strategist
By: William L. Floyd. Environmental Compliance & Litigation Strategist, June 6, 2005
Cox To Make A Biz-Friendly SEC
By: Staff Writer -- Oxford Analytica. Forbes.com, June 6, 2005
Securities And Exchange Commission GAO Gives SEC Clean Audit Opinion For FY 2004, Finds Control Weaknesses
By: Rachel McTague. Securities Regulation & Law Report, June 6, 2005
Softening The Hard Close
By: Staff Writer Securities Industries News. Securities Mosaic, June 6, 2005
First Major Public Demonstration Against Illegal Manipulation Set Today In Washington, DC
By: Staff Writer. FinancialWire, June 6, 2005
US Businesses View Tossed-Out Andersen Conviction As Vindication
By: Joe Lauria. Sunday Business (London), June 5, 2005
EDGAR Online, Business Objects Provide XBRL-Enabled Solutions
By: Staff Writer. AccountingWeb.com, June 3, 2005
A Free Market SEC--But Seriously
By: Dan Ackman. Forbes.com, June 3, 2005
Donaldson Got Tough On Regulating Business: SEC Chairman To Step Down
By: Staff Writer Charlotte Observer (NC). Securities Mosaic, June 2, 2005
Bill Could Mean Jail For Innocent Auditors
By: Staff Writer -- Accountancy Age . Securities Mosaic, June 2, 2005
At The SEC: Backlash Without The Lash
By: Dan Ackman. Forbes.com, June 2, 2005
Bid To Crack Nasdaq's Immunity Shield Fails
By: Mark Hamblett -- New York Law Journal. Law.com, June 1, 2005
SEC Shows Flexibility On Sarbanes-Oxley Internal Controls Rules
By: Richard Baumann and Sarah Cebik . Mondaq Newsletter, June 1, 2005
Concern Grows Over Exposure To US Lawsuits
By: Staff Writer Financial Times . Securities Mosaic, May 30, 2005
SEC Expects $48m Budget Shortfall Through '07 Due To Inaccurate Budgeting
By: Rachel McTague. Securities Regulation & Law Report, May 30, 2005
State Arbitration Standards Preempted By Federal Rules, Calif. High Court Holds
By: Phyllis Diamond (Washington) and Joyce E. Cutler (San Francisco) State News. Securities Regulation & Law Report, May 30, 2005
Investment Advisers - SEC Argues To Court It Had Power To Adopt Hedge Fund Adviser Rule
By: Staff Writer Federal News . Securities Regulation & Law Report, May 30, 2005
After SOX, Some CFOs Are Saying, 'I Never Signed Up For This'
By: Staff Writer. AccountingWeb.com, May 25, 2005
Fund Managers Weigh Corp. Governance In Picking Stocks
By: Mohammed Hadi Dow Jones . Securities Mosaic, May 25, 2005
SEC Tightens Spending Amid Cost Overruns
By: Staff Writer General Financial/ Business News. Securities Mosaic, May 24, 2005
Organizations Which Make A Difference: A Philosophical Argument For The People Focused Organization
By: Staff Writer Corporate Governance. Securities Mosaic, May 24, 2005
Regulators Step Up Hedge Fund Scrutiny Amid Concerns Over The Risk Of Collapse
By: Staff Writer -- Financial Times. Securities Mosaic, May 23, 2005
NYSE, Nasdaq Heads Tell Senate Panel Mergers Boost Effort To Compete Globally
By: Rachel McTague. Securities Regulation & Law Report, May 23, 2005
SEC Unveils Consulting Industry Faux Pas
By: Staff Writer Investment Management Weekly. Securities Mosaic, May 23, 2005
SOX Survey: Focus On Attacking Key Risk
By: Staff Writer Securities Industries News. Securities Mosaic, May 23, 2005
Gunslingers No More: The Cautious Cash In
By: Nina Munk. NYTimes.com, May 22, 2005
Positions Of Power Demand A Fine Balance
By: Staff Writer Financial Times. Securities Mosaic, May 20, 2005
After Scandals, New Legal Stars Rise On Wall St.
By: Jennifer Steinhauer. NYTimes.com, May 20, 2005
SEC Chairman Says Exchange Mergers Will Help Competition
By: Staff Writer San Jose Mercury News. Securities Mosaic, May 19, 2005
National Stock Exchange Settles With SEC
By: Staff Writer Marketwatch. Securities Mosaic, May 19, 2005
Firms Delay Filings Amid Sarbanes-Oxley
By: Staff Writer General Financial/ Business News. Securities Mosaic, May 17, 2005
Regulators Issue Accounting Guidelines
By: Staff Writer General Financial/ Business News. Securities Mosaic, May 16, 2005
SEC Targets Pensions
By: Neil Weinberg. Forbes.com, May 16, 2005
FASB'S Herz Urges Companies To Look Beyond Rule Compliance
By: Steve Burkholder. Securities Regulation and Law Report, May 16, 2005
Corporations Find Alternatives To Stock Options For Executives
By: Staff Writer Baltimore Sun. Securities Mosaic, May 15, 2005
Drop That Ledger! This Is The Compliance Officer
By: Harry Hurt III. NYTimes.com, May 15, 2005
Auditors To Be Told To Focus On Biggest Risks
By: Carrie Johnson. WashingtonPost.com, May 13, 2005
SEC Mulls Securities-Offering Reforms
By: Staff Writer MarketWatch. Securities Mosaic, May 12, 2005
Deputy Enforcer To Get Top Job In SEC Division
By: Staff Writer Washington Post . Securities Mosaic, May 12, 2005
NYSE Merger Challenged Directors Violated Duty To Members, Suit Says
By: Ben White. WashingtonPost.com, May 10, 2005
FASB May Re-Open Talks On Derivatives And Hedging Activities
By: Staff Writer. AccountingWeb.com, May 10, 2005
DOJ: Exchange Size Doesn't Matter
By: Staff Writer The Deal.com. Securities Mosaic, May 9, 2005
SEC Likely To Issue §404 Guidance Close To 5/16 Date Promised By PCAOB
By: Tom Gilroy. Securities Regulation & Law Report, May 9, 2005
SEC To Make Public Staff Letters To Firms
By: Staff Writer General Financial/Business News. Securities Mosaic, May 9, 2005
Glassman, Atkins Dissent On SEC Study Of Independent Chair Rule For Mutual Funds
By: Rachel McTague. Securities Regulation & Law Report, May 9, 2005
Nicolaisen Says Restatement Needed When Deal Lacks Business Purpose
By: Rachel McTague. Securities Regulation & Law Reporter, May 9, 2005
Regulators Tell Companies To Drop Jargon In Financial Reports
By: Staff Writer Investrend. Securities Mosaic, May 6, 2005
Keeping It Secure And Complying With SOX
By: Staff Writer. AccountingWeb.com, May 4, 2005
Institutional Shareholder Services Ranks Top 50 Plaintiffs' Law Firms; Securities Class Action Services Puts Settlements At Almost $6 Billion
By: Staff Writer. PR Newswire US, May 4, 2005
FASB Issues GAAP Hierarchy Exposure Draft
By: Staff Writer. AccountingWeb.com, May 3, 2005
How Ethical A Company Is Often Correlates With How It Performs
By: Staff Writer Miami Herald . Securities Mosaic, May 2, 2005
Risk Management, Controls Key To SOX
By: Staff Writer Network World. Securities Mosaic, May 2, 2005
Study: 2004 Class Actions Up 16 Percent
By: Staff Writer. Accounting Today, May 2, 2005
Buyers Want Better Cover For Directors; Settlements Spur Search For Personal Asset Protection
By: Dave Lenckus. Business Insurance, May 2, 2005
SOX Accounting Expensive For Fortune 1000 Companies
By: Staff Writer. AccountingWeb.com, May 2, 2005
How Much Is That NYSE In The Window?
By: Liz Moyer. Forbes.com, April 29, 2005
NYSE Clients Demand Independent Units Stock Market Governance
By: Staff Writer Financial Times. Securities Mosaic, April 28, 2005
Baker Ponders 'Slowing Down' SEC's Trade-Through Rule
By: Staff Writer Congress Daily . Securities Mosaic, April 27, 2005
European Companies Applaud Move Toward Global Standards The Securities And Exchange Commission Has Released A So-Called Road Map, That Would Allow European Companies To Sell Securities In The U.S. Without Having To Rework Their Financial Statements
By: Staff Writer. AccountingWeb.com, April 26, 2005
WorldCom Case Opens Up Can Of Worms For Fund Directors Will A Company Face Personal Liability If It Loses A Lawsuit?
By: David Hoffman. Investment News, April 25, 2005
SEC OKs Rules Regarding Road Shows
By: Staff Writer General Financial/ Business News. Securities Mosaic, April 25, 2005
SEC Boss Defends SOX
By: Staff Writer Deal.com. Securities Mosaic, April 25, 2005
SEC Processes First Forays Into XBRL Filing
By: Staff Writer Securities Industries News . Securities Mosaic, April 25, 2005
Safety-Kleen Suit Ends With $200m Judgment
By: Staff Writer. General Financial/ Business News , April 25, 2005
NYSE's Electronic Future Worries Traders
By: Staff Writer Washington Post. Securities Mosaic, April 22, 2005
Audit Firms Urged To Cut Fees US Regulator
By: Staff Writer Financial Times . Securities Mosaic, April 22, 2005
Distracted SEC Failed To Find Abuses
By: Staff Writer AP Online. Securities Mosaic, April 22, 2005
SEC Chairman Says Agency Weighing Revisions To SOX Requirements
By: Marcy Gordon The Associated Press. Law.com, April 22, 2005
Nasdaq To Buy Instinet Network For $934.5m
By: Michael J. Martinez. Associated Press, April 22, 2005
Securities Fraud Standards Upheld By Supreme Court
By: Linda Greenhouse. NYTimes.com, April 20, 2005
Thain Taking NYSE Public
By: Elizabeth Moyer. Forbes.com, April 20, 2005
Bond Market Needs Checks: SEC Chief
By: Staff Writer -- Marketwatch. Securities Mosaic, April 20, 2005
SEC Delay Of Change In Rules Is Welcome New Expense Formulas Must Be Well-Crafted
By: Staff Writer -- San Jose Mercury News. Securities Mosaic, April 19, 2005
The SEC Turns The Screws On 'Gatekeepers'
By: Carol J. Loomis. The FORTUNE 500, April 18, 2005
Who Gets Paid In Securities Cases? Look To The Lead Plaintiffs; Third Circuit Watch
By: Shannon P. Duffy. New Jersey Law Journal, April 18, 2005
PCAOB Cautions Against Over Auditing
By: Staff Writer. AccountingWeb.com, April 15, 2005
Can Wall Street Police Itself? NYSE's Trading Turmoil Heightens Regulatory Scrutiny
By: Staff Writer MarketWatch. Securities Mosaic, April 15, 2005
United States: Style Matters!
By: Levy Rivers and Marcello Bondurant -- Phronesis. Mondaq Weekly News, April 14, 2005
SEC Enforcement Chief Cutler Resigning Agency Got $6 Billion In Penalties During Term
By: Staff Writer -- CBS Marketwatch. Securities Mosaic, April 14, 2005
SEC Delays Options Expensing Rule
By: Staff Writer -- Marketwatch . Securities Mosaic, April 14, 2005
Trading Scandal May Strengthen Stock Exchange
By: Staff Writer -- New York Times . Securities Mosaic, April 14, 2005
Regulators Must Not Abandon Corporate Penalties
By: Staff Writer -- Financial Times. Securities Mosaic, April 13, 2005
Rules Make Accountants Newly Hot Commodity
By: Staff Writer Oregonian Portland, Ore. . Securities Mosaic, April 13, 2005
GASB Issues Concept Statement On Communication
By: Staff Writer. AccountingWeb.com, April 12, 2005
Internal Investigation Privileged, Judge Says
By: Jeff Chorney. The Recorder, April 11, 2005
Securities Lawyers Spar Over Use Of Confidential Witnesses
By: Justin Scheck . The Recorder, April 11, 2005
Wretched Excess -- Payback Delayed
By: Mara Der Hovanesian, Amy Borrus, and Karen Donovan, edited by Ira Sager. BusinessWeek, April 11, 2005
Companies 'Go Dark' To Cut Compliance Costs
By: Staff Writer -- Orange County Register . Securities Mosaic, April 10, 2005
Public Companies Complain To SEC About Audit Costs
By: Carrie Johnson. WashingtonPost.com, April 9, 2005
New York Stock Exchange Chooses A Chairman
By: Steve Lohr. The New York Times, April 8, 2005
S.E.C. Expands Best-Price Rule On Stock Trading
By: FLOYD NORRIS. The New York Times, April 7, 2005
Corporate Governance Whose Job Is It Anyway?
By: Staff Writer Management. Securities Mosaic, April 7, 2005
Scared Straight: Wall Street May Do More 'Due Diligence'
By: Robin Sidel The Wall Street Journal. AP DataStream, April 7, 2005
Small Banks Seek Waiver From New SEC Rule
By: Staff Writer. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 6, 2005
SEC Adopts Broker-Dealer Exemptions
By: John Churchill. InsuranceNewsNet, April 6, 2005
Sarbanes-Oxley Throws Wrench
By: Staff Writer. Deal.com, April 5, 2005
US Securities Class Actions - Don't Leave Your Money On The Table
By: Staff Writer. Pensions Week, April 4, 2005
My Big Fat C.E.O. Paycheck
By: Staff Writer. New York Times, April 3, 2005
Lethal Combination; ERISA Claims Pair Up With Securities Class Actions
By: John D. Hughes. D and O Advisor, April 1, 2005
Sarbanes-Oxley; Rolling Out The Red Tape
By: Mairi Mallon Reinsurance Magazine. Insurance News Net, April 1, 2005
CEO Pay Packages Business As Usual
By: Gary Strauss and Barbara Hansen. USA Today , March 31, 2005
Board Proposes Audit Check Option
By: Staff Writer. CBS Marketwatch, March 31, 2005
Tech Groups Say SEC Gives "Fatally Flawed" Guidance On Stock Options
By: Staff Writer. San Jose Mercury News, March 30, 2005
SEC Must Pass Broker Rule, Lawmakers Say
By: Staff Writer. CBS Marketwatch, March 30, 2005
Securities Class Action Recovery Pool Tops $15 Billion
By: Staff Writer. PR Newswire US, March 29, 2005
On Wall Street, A Rise In Dismissals Over Ethics
By: Landon Thomas Jr.; Micheline Maynard. The New York Times, March 29, 2005
Debate Rages Over Benefits And Costs Of New Accounting Rules
By: Rachel Beck Associated Press. The Star-ledger, March 28, 2005
Someone Else Loses; Points Of View; Securities Fraud Cases Like The Dispute Before The Supreme Court Pick Pockets Of Rational Investors
By: Richard A. Booth. Legal Times, March 28, 2005
Justice Deferred: DOJ Gets Companies To Turn Snitch
By: Vanessa Blum Legal Times. Law.com, March 25, 2005
Majority Election Of Directors
By: David A. Katz and Laura A. McIntosh. New York Law Journal, March 24, 2005
9th Circuit Defines 'Extraordinary' Executive Pay
By: Pam Smith The Recorder. Law.com, March 24, 2005
Fraud's Many Helpers
By: Staff Writer. Washington Post , March 24, 2005
Hundreds Of Reports Delayed Firms Say New Law Complicates Filings
By: Carrie Johnson. WashingtonPost.com, March 24, 2005
Sarbanes-Oxley Seen As Obstacle In Using Public Data To Monitor Competitive Intelligence
By: Fran Matso Lysiak -- Bestwire Services. Securities Mosaic , March 21, 2005
Lost Causation
By: Marshal H. Fishman and Dana Post. The Daily Deal, March 21, 2005
Sarbanes-Oxley Pushes Up Costs Auditing
By: Staff Writer - Financial Times. Securities Mosaic, March 21, 2005
Offsite Security Complicates Compliance
By: Staff Writer -- Network World. Securities Mosaic, March 21, 2005
SEC Pledges Support For CCO Post: Outreach Effort Abates Fear Of A Rat Squad
By: Staff Writer. Securities Mosaic, March 21, 2005
SEC Official Fires Back At Critics Of Accounting Reform Efforts
By: Staff Writer. AccountingWeb.com, March 21, 2005
Regulatory Pressures Take A Bite Out Of Company Profits In-House Counsel Take Aim At External Auditors
By: Robert Vosper. Corporate Legal Times, March 18, 2005
SEC Chief: Firms Must Detail CEO Pay
By: Staff Writer. CBS Marketwatch, March 17, 2005
Executives Must Be More Active In Companies' Finances, SEC Official Says
By: Staff Writer - News & Observer. Securities Mosaic, March 17, 2005
SEC Keeps 'Watchful Eye' As Hedge Funds Concerns Grow
By: Staff Writer. Financial Times, March 17, 2005
U.S. Insurers Resume Battle Against Sarbanes-Oxley Provisions
By: Eleanor Barrett. Bestwire Services , March 16, 2005
Small Accounting Firms Shop For 'Safe' Companies
By: Staff Writer. AccountingWeb.com, March 15, 2005
SEC Chief Defends Stock Trading Proposal
By: Staff Writer. CBS Marketwatch, March 15, 2005
Corporate Boards Flexing Muscles Scandal-Related Rules Spur Added Activity
By: Staff Writer The Star-ledger. Securities Mosaic, March 13, 2005
President Bush Signs Into Law Legislation That Will Reform Class Action Lawsuits
By: Powell Goldstein LLP. Mondaq Business Briefing, March 11, 2005
CFOs Must Still File Internal-Control Certifications, Despite SOX Extension
By: Staff Writer. AccountingWeb.com, March 9, 2005
Time To Reassess 404 Compliance
By: Staff Writer - Accountancy Age. Securities Mosaic, March 10, 2005
SEC Delay Worries Sarbanes
By: Staff Writer -- Deal.com. Securities Mosaic, March 10, 2005
SEC Chair Scolds Hedge Fund Lawyers
By: Ron Orol and Donna Block The Deal. Law.com, March 8, 2005
New IPO Rules Could Come In Summer
By: Staff Writer -- Deal.com. Securities Mosaic, March 8, 2005
Hidden Fraud Risk In Sarbanes-Oxley?
By: Staff Writer Cnet Networks (Will Sturgeon of Silicon.com reported from London). Securities Mosaic, March 7, 2005
Institutional Shareholder Services Identifies Largest Securities Class Action Settlements Top 100 Settlements Of All-Time Tally $18.3 Billion
By: Staff Writer. PR Newswire, March 7, 2005
How Clean Are The Books? As Companies Begin To Release New Report Cards On Their Financial Controls, Here's How To Tell If There Are Problems In Your Portfolio
By: Staff Writer -- Business Week . Securities Mosaic, March 7, 2005
Companies Behaving Badly
By: Staff Writer -- New York Times . Securities Mosaic, March 6, 2005
SEC Chairman Faults Corporate Advisers Lawyers, Auditors Reminded Of Duty
By: Carrie Johnson. WashingtonPost.com, March 5, 2005
CEO Pay, Perks Get Crackdownirs, SEC Reviewing Execs' Records, With Penalties In The Works
By: Staff Writer -- Charlotte Observer. Securities Mosaic, March 5, 2005
9th Circuit KO's Arbitration Rules
By: Mike McKee The Recorder. Law.com, March 3, 2005
Fee Wary Of Sarbanes-Oxley-Style Legislation
By: Staff Writer -- Accountancy Age . Securities Mosaic, March 3, 2005
Donohue Takes Shots At 'Overzealous' Financial Regulators
By: Staff Writer Congress Daily. Securities Mosaic, March 3, 2005
SEC Gives Foreign Firms More Time To File Reports
By: Staff Writer -- CBS Marketwatch. Securities Mosaic, March 2, 2005
SEC Circles Back To Take Another Look: Wants More Comment On Fund Disclosure Proposals
By: Staff Writer CBS Marketwatch. Securities Mosaic, March 2, 2005
International Board Created To Set Auditing Standards
By: Staff Writer. AccountingWeb.com, March 2, 2005
Extended Class Periods And Increased Market Capitalization Losses Contribute To Record Class Action Securities Fraud Settlements Of $5.5 Billion In 2004 Finds Cornerstone Research
By: Staff Writer. Business Wire, March 2, 2005
You've Got Mail : A New Compliance Rule Raises A Host Of Questions About Recordkeeping And E-Mail Retention
By: Andrew Miller -- Financial Planning . Securities Mosaic, March 1, 2005
Judge Slashes Fees, Dresses Down Lawyers
By: Anthony Lin. The Recorder, February 28, 2005
Congress Approves Moving Class Action Suits To Federal Court
By: Jesse J. Holland. The Associated Press, February 18, 2005
SEC Eyes More Fund Reform
By: Staff Writer. CBS Marketwatch , February 17, 2005
Sarbanes Oxley Group Announces Professional Sox Certifications
By: Staff Writer. AccountingWeb.com, February 17, 2005
Time To Spend $52 Million; Three Ideas For SEC's Overdue Investor-Education Entity
By: Staff Writer -- CBS Marketwatch. Securities Mosaic, February 16, 2005
SEC Guidance Affects Form 8-K Disclosure Of Executive And Director Compensation
By: Mr Ralph Barry and Michael Frank Mondaq. Securities Mosaic, February 15, 2005
House Panel To Vet SEC Trade Plan
By: Staff Writer -- CBS Marketwatch. Securities Mosaic, February 14, 2005
D&O Insurers Pressured By Securities Class Actions; Plus 2005 D&O Liability & Insurance Issues Symposium
By: Rupal Parekh. Business Insurance, February 14, 2005
Securities Settlements Hit Record Level In 2004
By: Jenny Anderson New York Times . Deseret Morning News, February 14, 2005
New Gamble In Predicting Returns
By: Kathy M. Kristof. Los Angeles Times, February 13, 2005
Insurers Keep Pressure On Regulators To Take It Slow With Sarbanes-Oxley Rules
By: Brendan Noonan -- Bestwire Services . Securities Mosaic, February 11, 2005
SEC Chief Says Proxy Rule Needs Rewriting Donaldson Holds Hope For Changes During His Tenure
By: Ben White. WashingtonPost.com, February 10, 2005
SEC Examining Possible Revisions To Law
By: Staff Writer Associated Press. Forbes.com, February 10, 2005
Institutional Shareholder Services To Hold Governance Forum On Director Elections Majority Threshold Proposals Could Reshape Boards
By: Staff Writer. PR Newswire , February 10, 2005
S.E.C. Chief, Under Cross-Pressure, Sees Some Modest Changes
By: Staff Writer -- New York Times. Securities Mosaic, February 10, 2005
SEC'S Recent Enforcement Raises Concerns
By: Staff Writer Associated Press. Forbes.com, February 9, 2005
SEC Moves Raise Questions It's Going Soft
By: Staff Writer Associated Press. AccountingWeb.com, February 9, 2005
Chairman Sets His Departure From Exchange
By: Staff Writer The Associated Press. The New York Times, February 8, 2005
SEC To Seek Feedback Over Sarbanes Problems Consultation
By: Staff Writer. Financial Times , February 8, 2005
Chamber Fights A Rule That Stops Insider Tips
By: Staff Writer. San Jose Mercury News , February 7, 2005
SEC Drafts Rule To Reveal Fund Transaction Costs
By: Staff Writer. Money Management Executive , February 7, 2005
NYSE To Study For-Profit Model
By: Staff Writer. General Financial/ Business News , February 4, 2005
SEC OKs Use Of Data-Tagged Corporate Reports
By: Staff Writer. San Jose Mercury News , February 3, 2005
Feds Cast Corporate Dragnet Abroad
By: Staff Writer. CBS Marketwatch , February 2, 2005
RD Legal Funding Has Record Year In 2004; $6mm+ Legal Fee Purchase Is New High For Law Firm Bridge Financing
By: Staff Writer. PR Newswire US, February 1, 2005
New Rules Cover Ethics At Investment Advisory Firms
By: Staff Writer -- Omaha World-Herald . Securities Mosaic, February 1, 2005
SEC Staffs Up To Tackle Ambitious Agenda In 2005
By: Staff Writer. Securities Industries News , January 31, 2005
Market Braces For Reporting Compliance
By: Staff Writer -- Asset Securitization Report. Securities Mosaic, January 31, 2005
Concern At SEC Internet Roadshow Plans IPOs
By: Staff Writer. Financial Times , January 31, 2005
Federal Judge Limits The Content Of Notice Of Shareholders' Litigation
By: Shannon P. Duffy The Legal Intelligencer. Law.com, January 31, 2005
Rein In The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board: Guest Article
By: Peter J. Wallison, resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. AccountingWEB.com, January 31, 2005
CFOs Feeling The Heat Of Legal Responsibilities
By: Staff Writer. San Jose Mercury News , January 30, 2005
Big Board Is Considering Trading More Than Stocks
Floyd Norris, The New York Times, January 27, 2005
SEC Urged To Drop Reform Of Trading Rules
Staff Writer, Financial Times , January 27, 2005
Firms 'Ready To Delist From Us' Over Governance Rules
Staff Writer, Times , January 27, 2005
AICPA Addresses Fraud In Audit Committee Guidance
Staff Writer, AccountingWeb.com, January 26, 2005
SEC Gives Foreign Firms Some Hope On New Rules
Staff Writer, New York Times , January 26, 2005
Auditors Hesitant To Use Judgment, Fear Challenges
Staff Writer, AccountingWeb.com, January 25, 2005
Class Action Over Analysts' Statements Goes Forward
Michael Bobelian New York Law Journal, Law.com, January 24, 2005
SEC Checklist Gives Ccos First Job Roadmap
Staff Writer -- Money Management Executive , Securities Mosaic, January 24, 2005
So Far, Sarbanes-Oxley Is Proven Cause Of More Shareholder Sorrow Than Happiness
Staff Writer -- Investrend, Securities Mosaic, January 24, 2005
SEC Blasts Lawsuit Over Fund Chair Rule: Demands Proof Of Harm To Advisors
Staff Writer -- Money Management Executive , Securities Mosaic, January 24, 2005
Death, Taxes & Sarbanes Oxley? Corporate Reform Is Here To Stay
By: Staff Writer. Business Week, January 17, 2005
States Flex Prosecutorial Muscle; Attorneys General Move Into What Was Once Federal Territory
By: Brooke A. Masters. The Washington Post, January 12, 2005
The Fraud Squad
By: Tamara Loomis. Corporate Counsel, January 12, 2005
A Revived Battle For Stock Listings As An Electronic Start-Up Takes On Two Giant Exchanges
By: Jenny Anderson. The New York Times, January 12, 2005
Calpers Loses Bid To Sue Worldcom For Alleged Securities Fraud
By: Gilbert Chan. Sacramento Bee, January 11, 2005
Getting Personal: How To Recover Money Lost To Fraud
By: Colleen DeBaise. Dow Jones News Service, January 10, 2005
SEC Chair Takes Aim At Sarbanes-Oxley Toll On Small Companies But Who Speaks For Them?
By: Staff Writer FinancialWire. Securities Mosaic, January 10, 2005
New Byword For Funds Is Disclosure
By: Brooke A. Masters. WashingtonPost.com, January 9, 2005
Worldcom Settlement Makes Directors Fret Some Fear Payouts May Set Precedent
By: Jonathan D. Glater The New York Times. International Herald Tribune, January 7, 2005
Study Finds Securities Filings Up In 2004 After A Decline For One Year
By: Michael Bobelian. New York Law Journal, January 6, 2005
Blame For Scandals Entering The Boardroom
By: Ben White. The Washington Post, January 7, 2005
Best Practices To Minimize Whistleblower Risks
By: David W. Garland. Law.com, January 7, 2005
Increased Demands Give Corporate Directors Pause
By: Staff Writer. Los Angeles Times - Washington Post, January 7, 2005
SEC Probes Rebates To Paid To Funds
By: Staff Writer. CBS Marketwatch, January 6, 2005
Ex-Fischer Execs Still Under SEC Probe
By: John Accola, Rocky Mountain News. Forbes.com, January 5, 2005
Comment: Don't Tell Investors How Much To Pay For Equities
By: Staff Writer. Financial Times , January 5, 2005
Class Action Securities Fraud Lawsuits Up A Modest 17%; While Dollar Disclosure Losses Nearly Triple Finds New Study By Stanford Law School And Cornerstone Research
By: Staff Writer. BusinessWire, January 4, 2005
Supreme Court To Hear Landmark Securities Litigation Case On January 12th; Outcome To Set Standard For Plaintiff Lawsuits
By: Staff Writer. Business Wire, January 4, 2005
Stockbrokers Fail The Duck Test
By: Staff Writer. New York Times
, January 4, 2005
SEC Pushes For Greater Online Role In Ipos
By: Staff Writer San Jose Mercury News. Securities Mosaic, January 3, 2005
The Compliance Officer Rises To The C-Suite
By: Staff Writer US Banker. Securities Mosaic, January 3, 2005
After The Fall: Measured Moves
By: Riva D. Atlas. NYTimes.com, January 3, 2005
The Envelopes, Please
By: Staff Writer. New York Times, January 2, 2005
Sharpening The Knife; The SEC's Harsher Penalties For Directors And Officers
By: Ralph C. Ferrara, Debevoise & Plimpton. associate Ada Fernandez also contributed to this article. D and O Advisor, January 1, 2005
SETTLEMENTS AND DISMISSALS ARCHIVED 2005
The Law Firms Of Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP And Lowenstein Sandler P.C. Disseminate Notice Of Proposed Settlement Of Action Against Electronic Data Systems Corporation
By: Staff Writer. Business Wire, December 29, 2005
Status Of High-Profile Corporate Scandals
By: Staff Writer Associated Press. Forbes.com, December 28, 2005
Insurers, Banks Clash Over Enron, WorldCom
By: Charles Fleming and Carrick Mollenkamp, The Wall Street Journal. Charleston Gazette (West Virginia), December 27, 2005
Auditors Of Met Mortgage Lose Bid: Judge Rules Firm's Arguments For Lawsuit Dismissal Falls Short
By: Staff Writer The Spokesman-review. Securities Mosaic, December 22, 2005
SEC Charging Decision May Augur Change
By: Marie-Anne Hogarth The Recorder. Law.com, December 22, 2005
Dismissal Of $4.6 Billion Merck Securities Case Affirmed
By: Shannon P. Duffy. The Legal Intelligencer, December 20, 2005
Bear Stearns Settles SEC Probe, Posts Record Profits
By: Liz Moyer Market Scan. Forbes.com, December 15, 2005
SEC Decision To Kill NASD Sanction Upheld
By: Staff Writer Deal.com. Securities Mosaic, December 15, 2005
SinoFresh Awarded Settlement In Federal Lawsuit
By: Staff Writer. Market Wire, December 15, 2005
NYSE Dismissed As Defendant In Major Pension Funds' Fraud Suit
By: Larry Neumeister The Associated Press. Law.com, December 14, 2005
Former Baltimore-Based Allfirst Bank Officers, Directors Keep Win On Appeal
By: Ann W. Parks. The Daily Record (Baltimore, MD), December 14, 2005
Lawsuit Slows McKesson Settlement
By: Christopher Elser Bloomberg News. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, December 14, 2005
United States: Court Rejects SECs Imposition Of Civil Penalties Against Directors In Early Test Of Sarbanes-Oxley
By: Nicholas Morgan DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Car. Mondaq.com, December 12, 2005
Citigroup Wins Ruling On Investor Complaint
By: Staff Writer Newsday. Securities Mosaic, December 9, 2005
SEC Accounting Probe Provokes RenRe Staff Resignations
By: Staff Writer Reinsurance. Securities Mosaic, December 6, 2005
Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP Announces Summary Notice For Publication In Re Bennett Environmental Inc. Securities Litigation
By: Staff Writer. Business Wire, December 5, 2005
Of Internet Advertising Firm Sentenced To Prison For Role In Financial Fraud Scheme
By: Staff Writer. States News Service, December 5, 2005
Scott+Scott, LLC Prevents Former CEO Phillip R. Bennett From Use Of Refco IPO Sales Firm Reaches Agreement With Former Refco CEO To Indefinitely Enjoin Defendant Bennett From Dissipating Assets During Case
By: Staff Writer. PR Newswire, December 2, 2005
Former Gemstar CFO Reaches Plea Deal
By: Stephen Taub. CFO.com, November 30, 2005
Notice Is Sufficient Where It Adequately Elicits Objections To Fairness Of Settlement; Dejulius v. Sprint Corp., No. 04-3091 (10th Cir. Oct. 28, 2005) - DEX 103470
By: Staff Writer. Class Action Law Monitor, November 30, 2005
Shareholder's Breach Of Fiduciary Duty Claims Not Preempted By Federal Law; Strigliabotti v. Franklin Resources Inc., No. 04-00883 (N.D. Cal. Nov. 8, 2005) - DEX 103857
By: Staff Writer. Securities Class Action Reporter, November 30, 2005
Wet Seal To File Motion To Dismiss Class Action Complaint
By: Staff Writer. MarketWatch.com, November 30, 2005
Federated, Spitzer Settle Mutual Fund Probe For $100 Million
By: Michael Gormley The Associated Press. Law.com, November 29, 2005
Securities And Exchange Commission Drops Investigation Of Spectrum Sciences & Software Holdings Corp.; Additionally, Two Unrelated Lawsuits Reach Settlement
By: Staff Writer. Business Wire, November 29, 2005
Summary Notice Of Proposed Class Action Settlement In Re Initial Public Offerings Securities Litigation
By: Staff Writer. PR Newswire US, November 29, 2005
Hole Set To Be Blown In Enron Case As Leading Witness Seeks A Way Out
By: Staff Writer Independent On Sunday. Securities Mosaic, November 27, 2005
Ahold Settles Securities Class Action in the United States and Litigation with the Vereniging van Effectenbezitters (VEB); Ahold Takes Q3 2005 Charge After-tax of EUR 585 Million (Excluding Insurance Proceeds)
By: Staff Writer. PrimeZone, November 27, 2005
United States: Life After DuraCourts Begin To Define Loss Causation In Securities Fraud Cases
By: Bruce Ericson, John M. Grenfell and C.J. Martin Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw & Pittman. Mondaq.com, November 24, 2005
Government Drops Case Against Andersen
By: Staff Writer Washington Post. Securities Mosaic, November 23, 2005
St. Paul Travelers Settles Shareholder Lawsuits
By: Staff Writer. St. Paul Pioneer Press (MN), November 23, 2005
Executive Pay At Delphi Is Challenged
By: Gretchen Morgenson. New York Times, November 23, 2005
In Brief: $ 17 Million Settlement In Fifth Third Suit; Fifth Third Bancorp Class Action Lawsuit Related To Acquisition Of Old Kent Financial Corp.
By: Matthias Rieker. American Banker, November 22, 2005
US Court Dismisses Lawsuit Against Royal Group Technologies
By: Staff Writer. Canada NewsWire, November 22, 2005
In Rarity, Spitzer Drops Case
By: Jenny Anderson. NewYorkTimes.com, November 22, 2005
Unpublished Opinions
By: Staff Writer. New Jersey Law Journal, November 21, 2005
Milberg Weiss, Bernstein Liebhard, And Schiffrin & Barroway Announce The Proposed $1 Million Settlement Of A Class Action Lawsuit Against Aquila, Inc., Utilicorp United, Inc., And Certain Officers And Directors
By: Staff Writer. Business Wire, November 17, 2005
401(k) Lawsuit Accord Is Final
By: David Harper. Tulsa World (Oklahoma), November 17, 2005
Big Board Settles With Dissidents Opposed To Planned Merger
By: Jenny Anderson. The New York Times, November 16, 2005
Allegedly Incomplete Annual Report Supports Fraud Claim; Bridgestone/Firestone N. Am. Tire L.L.C. v. City Of Monroe Employee Retirement Sys., 399 F.3D 651 (6th Cir. 2004), Cert. Denied, No. 05-168 (U.S. Oct. 11, 2005)
By: Staff Writer. Securities Class Action Reporter, November 15, 2005
Alleged Failure To Disclose Imputed Interest Supports Denial Of Summary Judgment; In Re The Loewen Group Inc., No. 98-6741 (E.D. Pa. OCT. 18, 2005) - DEX 103461
By: Staff Writer. Securities Class Action Reporter, November 15, 2005
Investors' Suit Dismissed For Failure To Plead Fraud; Johnson v. NYFIX Inc., No. 04-0802 (D. Conn. Oct. 26, 2005) - DEX 103467
By: Staff Writer. Securities Class Action Reporter, November 15, 2005
Notice To Holders Of Beneficial Shares Of Sprint Fraud Settlement Is Sufficient; Dejulius v. Sprint Corp., No. 04-3091 (10th Cir. Oct. 28, 2005) - DEX 103470
By: Staff Writer. Securities Class Action Reporter, November 15, 2005
Judge Dismisses Class Action Complaint Against Commerce
By: Adam L. Cataldo. The Bond Buyer, November 9, 2005
In Cases Where A Plaintiff Alleges That A Mutual Fund Charged Excessive Fees, A Complaint Must State More Than A Legal Conclusion That A Fee Is Excessive In Order To Survive A Motion To Dismiss
By: P. Michaels. Securities Litigation Alert, November 7, 2005
CryoLife Reports Third Quarter 2005 Financial Results Company Settles Class Action And Derivative Shareholder Litigation Strong Growth In Orthopaedic Tissue Processing Revenues Amends And Restates Stockholder Rights Agreement
By: Staff Writer. PR Newswire, November 3, 2005
Rival Plaintiffs Firms To Appeal $225M KPMG Ruling
By: Charles Toutant New Jersey Law Journal. Law.com, November 3, 2005
Qwest Sees Smaller Loss; Reaches Settlement
By: Staff Writer. Associated Press, November 1, 2005
Judge Grants Preliminary Approval To $225 Million KPMG Settlement
By: Jeffrey Gold The Associated Press. Law.com, November 1, 2005
Stonepath Announces Class Action Lawsuit Dismissed; Derivative Class Action Appealed
By: Staff Writer. Business Wire, November 1, 2005
Class Plaintiff Granted Leave To Amend Fraud Complaint; Higginbotham v. Baxter International Inc., No. 04-4909 (N.D. Ill. Sept. 23, 2005) - DEX 102631
By: Staff Writer (Judge: William T. Hart). Class Action Law Monitor, October 31, 2005
Family Denied Leave To Pursue Individual Actions Against WorldCom; In Re WorldCom Inc. Sec. Litig. (Haik), No. 02-3288 (S.D.N.Y. Oct. 11, 2005) - DEX 102632
By: Staff Writer. Securities Class Action Reporter, October 31, 2005
Dismissal Affirmed Where Plaintiffs Failed To Plead Detrimental Loss Of Business; In Re Cerner Corp. Sec. Litig., No. 04-2662 (8th Cir. Oct. 6, 2005)
By: Staff Writer (Judge: Roger L. Wollman). Securities Class Action Reporter, October 31, 2005
Supreme Court To Review Securities Law Preemption Case; Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. v. Dabit, No. 04-1371 (U.S. Cert. Granted Sept. 27, 2005)
By: Staff Writer. Class Action Law Monitor, October 31, 2005
8th U.S. Circuit Court Of Appeals Summaries Of Opinions
By: Staff Writer. St. Louis Daily Record/St. Louis Countian, October 30, 2005
Pricewaterhouse Will Pay $28 Million
By: Henry J. Gomez. Plain Dealer (Cleveland), October 29, 2005
$1 Million In Cash Offered: Aquila Settlement Gets Early Approval
By: Dan Margolies. Kansas City Star (MO), October 29, 2005
Investors OK $651M WorldCom Deal; Pension Funds Among Those Taking Settlement
By: Edward Iwata. USA TODAY, October 28, 2005
Zwerling, Schachter & Zwerling, LLP And Kohrman Jackson & Krantz, P.L.L. Announce Settlement Of Securities Class Action Against PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP On Behalf Of Purchasers Of Telxon Securities
By: Staff Writer. PR Newswire US, October 27, 2005
Chamber Study Finds Securities Suits Offer Little For Small Investors
By: R.J. Lehmann Bestwire Services. Securities Mosaic, October 27, 2005
Deal Would Free Millions In Met Funds; Former Summit Board Members; Would Be Released From Lawsuits
By: John Stucke. Spokesman Review (Spokane, WA), October 25, 2005
$3.5M In Shareholders' Suit
By: Mary P. Gallagher. New Jersey Law Journal, October 24, 2005
Big Apple Funds Claim WorldCom Settlement
By: Marc Sorondo. Investment Management Weekly, October 24, 2005
ALTH: Announces Dismissal Of Securities Class Action Lawsuit
By: Staff Writer. Knobias.com, October 21, 2005
Pension Funds In WorldCom Settlement
By: Staff Writer. New York Times, October 19, 2005
Royal Bank's US$500M Enron Lawsuit Provision Not Seen As Material To Future
By: Romina Maurino. Canadian Press, October 19, 2005
Scienter Governs Partial Dismissal Of Investors' Fraud Claims Against Jeweler; In Re Friedman's Inc. Sec. Litig., No. 03-3475 (N.D. Ga. Sept. 7, 2005) - DEX 102157
By: Staff Writer (Judge : William Duffey Jr.). Class Action Law Monitor, October 15, 2005
Parent Corporation Dismissed From Fraud Action; Teamsters Local 445 Freight Div. Pension Fund v. Bombardier Inc., No. 05-1898 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 6, 2005) - DEX 102160
By: Staff Writer (Judge : Shira Scheindlin). Class Action Law Monitor, October 15, 2005
Second Circuit Supports Investor's Participation In Fraud Settlement Agreement; Waldman v. Riedinger, No. 04-2988 (2D Cir. Sept. 12, 2005) - DEX 102162
By: Staff Writer. Class Action Law Monitor, October 15, 2005
Class Action Settlement Reached In Titan Corporation Securities Case
By: Staff Writer. Securities Class Action Reporter, October 15, 2005
PSS World Medical Settles Suit Over Merger; Hirsch v. PSS World Medical Inc., No. 98-502 (M.D. Fla. Settlement Approved Sept. 9, 2005)
By: Staff Writer. Securities Class Action Reporter, October 15, 2005
Portion Of Investors' Suit Against Sears Survives Latest Dismissal Motions; Ong v. Sears Roebuck & Co., No. 03-4142 (N.D. Ill. Sept. 14, 2005)
By: Staff Writer (Judge : Rebecca Pallmeyer). Securities Class Action Reporter, October 15, 2005
Executives Face Control Person Liability In Securities Fraud Suit; Brody v. Stone & Webster Inc., No. 03-2429 (1st Cir. Sept. 13, 2005)
By: Staff Writer (Judges : Michael Boudin, Edward Harrington). Securities Class Action Reporter, October 15, 2005
Fraud Allegations Against Foreign Healthcare Corporation Dismissed; In Re Bayer A.G. Sec. Litig., No. 03-1546 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 14, 2005)
By: Staff Writer (Judge : William Pauley III). Securities Class Action Reporter, October 15, 2005
Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman LLP And Goodkind Labaton Rudoff & Sucharow LLP Announce The Proposed $8.75 Million Settlement Of A Class Action Lawsuit Against Metromedia Fiber Network, Inc. And Certain Of Its Officers
By: Staff Writer. Business Wire, October 13, 2005
PNC Settles Last Riggs Shareholder Suit; Ex-Officers, Directors Accused Of Failing To Safeguard Against Money Laundering
By: Terence O'Hara. The Washington Post, October 13, 2005
Court Passes On Investor Suit, Backs SEC Power
By: Staff Writer. Chicago Tribune, October 12, 2005
Trial Still Possible As iMergent Haggles Over Restitution, Penalties
By: Bob Mims. The Salt Lake Tribune, October 12, 2005
Citigroup Memo Is Key In Award
By: Helen Huntley. St. Petersburg Times, October 11, 2005
Berger & Montague Announces Pendency And Settlement Of Class Action Lawsuit In Re Pixelon, Inc.
By: Staff Writer. PR Newswire, October 10, 2005
In Re Exxon Mobil Corp. Securities Litigation
By: Steven P. Bann. New Jersey Law Journal, October 10, 2005
Blue Coat Announces Dismissal Of Securities Class Action Lawsuit
By: Staff Writer. PR Newswire, October 10, 2005
TriQuint Says Fed Class Action Suit Dismissed - Light-Volume Evening Match At 3.74
By: Staff Writer. Midnight Trader, October 10, 2005
Unpublished Opinions; Sept. 29 To Oct. 5, 2005
By: Staff Writer. New Jersey Law Journal, October 10, 2005
New Hope For Victims Of Enron's Stock Fall; It's Possible That $ 10 Billion Will Be Ready To Be Doled Out In Two Years, Lawyers Say
By: Mary Flood. The Houston Chronicle, October 9, 2005
Fraud Fund To Pay Out Investors
By: Staff Writer Standard. Securities Mosaic, October 7, 2005
Geopharma Announces Dismissal Of Class Action Litigation Relating To Mucotrol (TM)
By: Staff Writer. PR Newswire, October 4, 2005
MedQuist Shareholder Derivative Suit Dismissed
By: Staff Writer. Business Wire, October 4, 2005
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