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FBI charges 14 more in Galleon Group insider trading scandal
November 7, 2009
[JURIST] Federal authorities have filed charges [press release] against 14 people in connection with insider trading at the hedge fund company Galleon Group [corporate website], weeks after the arrest [JURIST report] of the company's founder. An investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (....... [more] 
House finance committee approves investor protections bill
November 5, 2009
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives Financial Services Committee [official website] on Wednesday voted 41-28 [press release; record vote, PDF] for passage of the Investor Protection Act [HR 3817 materials]. Among the regulations included in the bill are an enhancement of powers for the Securiti....... [more]
Russia president signs stock market manipulation bill into law
November 2, 2009
[JURIST] Russian President Dmitry Medvedev [official profile] on Sunday signed into law [press release, in Russian] a bill that introduces stricter punishments for those convicted of manipulating the stock market. Traders and journalists convicted of market manipulation involving more than 1,000,000....... [more]
House committee approves new investment rating regulations
October 28, 2009
[JURIST] The US House Financial Services Committee [official website] voted 49-14 Wednesday to approve new regulations governing investment rating agencies. The Investor Protection Act [HR 3817 text, PDF], sponsored by Paul Kanjorski (D-PA) [official website], modifies the Securities Exchange Act of....... [more]
US Treasury issues rulings restricting executive compensation
October 23, 2009
[JURIST] The US Treasury Department [official website] on Thursday released a series of rulings that would restrict executive compensation [press release] at institutions that received special assistance from the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) [text]. Among the changes are a cash cap on compen....... [more]
US hedge fund founder denies insider trading allegations
October 20, 2009
[JURIST] Galleon Group [partnership website] hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam [Financial Times profile] denied any wrongdoing Sunday, promising to fight charges brought against him in one of the US government's largest insider trading cases to date. Rajaratnam was arrested Friday and charged [compl....... [more]
Madoff victims file $2.4 million negligence suit against SEC
October 15, 2009
[JURIST] Two of the victims of Ponzi scheme perpetrated by Bernard Madoff [JURIST news archive] sued the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) [official website] in federal court on Wednesday, seeking $2.4 million in damages. The complaint [text, PDF], filed in the US District Court for the So....... [more]
Accused 'Toronto 18' leader pleads guilty
October 9, 2009
[JURIST] The accused leader of the so-called "Toronto 18" [Toronto Star backgrounder; JURIST news archive] Zakaria Amara pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of planning to bomb three targets within the province of Ontario in 2006. Those targets included the Toronto Stock Exchange and the Canadian Sec....... [more]
Supreme Court declines to review ex-Qwest CEO insider trading conviction
October 5, 2009
[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Monday declined to review [order list, PDF] the conviction of former Qwest Communications [corporate website] CEO Joseph Nacchio [JURIST news archive] on charges of insider trading. The Court denied Nacchio's petition for certi....... [more]
Federal judge rejects SEC-Bank of America settlement, orders trial
September 14, 2009
[JURIST] A judge in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York [official website] on Monday rejected [order, PDF] a $33 million settlement agreement [press release] between the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) [official website] and Bank of America (BOA) [corporate website]........ [more]
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