Prepared for distribution at a program of the same name held September 2006. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
staying out of trouble: sec enforcement & the current litigation landscape / Barry Goldsmith Securities class actions since the 1995 Reform Act: a plaintiff's perspective / Sherrie R. Savett -- The disgorgement mandates of Sarbanes-Oxley section 304: Do they reach innocent CEOs and CFO's? / Paul H. Dawes, Michele D. Johnson -- Shareholder derivative actions: from cradle to grave / Seth Aronson, Sharon L. Tomkins, Ted Hassi, Tristan Sorah-Reyes -- Current issues under the Securities Litigation Uniform Standard Act / Seth Aronson, Amy J. Longo, Kristina Hersey -- Wolf Pack Attacks and Williams Act Protections: what every company should know about shareholder activist hedge funds / Laurie B. Smilan, David A. Becker, Dane A. Holbrook -- Investigative reports / Michael R. Young -- Loss causation in the post-dura world / Paul J. Geller -- Loss causation in the post-dura world / Lyle Roberts, Evan M. Rosen -- Dura-Bull: myths of loss causation / Alan Schulman, Niki Mendoza -- Is dura durable? are the lower courts reducing loss causation to its lowest common denominator / Laurie B. Smilan -- Settlement issues in securities class actions: the defense perspective in 2006 / Bruce D. Angiolillo -- Emerging trends and considerations in settling private securities litigation and government investigations / Jerome F. Birn Jr. -- Comparing apples to screwdrivers: the inherent limitations of using statistical comparisons to predict the settlement amount of a securities class action / Alan Schulman, David Stickney -- Recent developments in sec enforcement / colleen P. Mahoney, Charles F. Walker, Erich T. Scwartz, Louis D. Greenstein, Andrew M. Lawrence -- Back- dating stock options: an overview / Bruce G. Vanyo, Michael S. Weisman -- Tools for the imperfect instrument: practical advice for investigating stock options awards / Paul H. Dawes, Kory Sorrell -- Recent sec enforcement cases / Joan McKown, Zehra Naqvi -- Shartsis Friese llp letter to Linda C. Thomsen, esq. director, division of enforcement of securities laws project, January 12, 2006 -- Press release: statement of the securities and exchange commission concerning financial penalties; 2006-4 -- Report on the current enforcement program of the securities and exchange commission, U.S. chamber of commerce, March 2006 -- U.S. v. Jefferson stein, 1 05 crim. 0888 (LAK), (U.S. dist. lexis 42915 (s. d.n.y. June 26, 2006 -- United States v. Stein and the advancement of attorney's fees: the Thomson memorandum under a microscope / Lawrence J. Zweifach, Zachary S. Taylor -- Recent developments in criminal enforcement of securities laws / Jan Nielsen Little, Katherine Florey -- Recent developments in securities cases and investigations / Robert J. Jossen, Phillip M. Meyer -- staying out of trouble: sec enforcement & the current litigation landscape / Barry Goldsmith
Series:
Corporate law and practice course handbook series ; no. B-1557
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