11/10/2014
TV magnate plunks down $1.5M in dicey deal
The crime-TV magnate invested $1.5 million in an April 9 preferred-stock offering organized by Weiner that raised a total of $6 million for DigiPath, a Las Vegas-based provider of lab-testing and pot-education services, sources said.
11/10/2014
U.S. regulators rejected a proposal from BATS Global Markets that would allow it to list and trade actively managed exchange-traded funds that do not have to disclose their holdings on a daily basis.
11/07/2014
The Securities and Exchange Commission is trying to slash former billionaire Samuel Wyly’s “lavish” spending after his assets were frozen, telling a bankruptcy judge that the investor is planning a spree.
11/07/2014
Bank of America has set aside $400 million to cover litigation costs related to an inquiry into the bank's foreign exchange business.
11/07/2014
The argument in favor of heightened regulation of MetLife is the American International Group, the giant insurer that had to be bailed out by the taxpayers to the tune of $185 billion.
11/05/2014
The decision came after Martoma, 40, hired a prominent lawyer, Paul Clement, to urge the court to consider his bail request after U.S. District Judge Paul Gardephe in Manhattan rejected a similar motion last month.
11/04/2014
Firm accuses Camelot Wealth Management of unlawful practices in hiring of two former Schwab advisers
11/04/2014
Jury acquits ex-UBS exec in IRS probe
11/04/2014
In the clubby world of Wall Street, Jefferies Group LLC is the aggressive upstart that relishes taking on the bigger, more established firms by following its own rules.
11/04/2014
JP Morgan Chase, the largest bank in the US, has revealed it is under investigation over currency trading.
11/04/2014
With the Bank of America settlement, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System said it has now recovered more than $500 million from its investments in bad mortgage securities.
11/04/2014
Ropes & Gray proudly announces that 20 attorneys have been named partners of the firm, effective November 1. In addition, the firm named two attorneys as counsel.
11/03/2014
The acquittal was a setback in the seven-year, U.S. campaign to curtail offshore tax evasion.
11/03/2014
U.S. authorities are investigating London-based Standard Chartered Plc for potential U.S. sanctions violations connected to its banking for Iranian-controlled entities in Dubai, according to people familiar with the probe.
10/31/2014
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen has her work cut out for her if she hopes to change the culture at the world’s most important central bank.
10/31/2014
Joseph B. Galbraith received $1.5 million from Credit Suisse in January
10/31/2014
Our clients are very gratified by the SEC's decision
10/31/2014
Weil's main defense has been that these efforts were done by people below him
10/30/2014
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charged Sands Brothers Asset Management LLC with custody rule violations for the second time in four years.
10/30/2014
After appearing yesterday in federal court in Bridgeport, Herzing was released on a $5.6 million bond, $2.6 million of which is secured by his home, Deirdre Daly, the U.S. attorney for Connecticut, said in a statement.