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Sovereign Debt and Securities Fraud – A Wave Ahead ?
The Conglomerate includes this recent post picking up from from the SEC accusing New Jersey of securities fraud. Among other things, the...

Kirk Hartley
Aug 27, 20101 min read
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Japanese Securities Law Damages for 2009 Exceeded the Damages Awarded in Japan for Securities Litiga
Are you still wondering whether there is more litigation around the globe? Either way, consider this post from D & O Diary regarding the...

Kirk Hartley
Aug 10, 20101 min read
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Point – CounterPoint on Jurisdiction and Global Securities Litigation
Kevin LaCroix’s blog, D & O Diary, includes informative recent posts that provide a point-counterpoint on plaintiff and defense views on...

Kirk Hartley
Aug 7, 20101 min read
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Ratings Agencies Lose Motion to Dismiss in Subprime Litigation
Some argue the CDO financial fiasco years is the biggest mass tort in history. Towards that view, the ratings agencies suffered a major...

Kirk Hartley
Apr 28, 20101 min read
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Would a Reasonable Gambler Want to Know Who Picked the Cards in the Deck ? The Goldman Sachs and Pau
The provocative question in the title of this post is a question posed by Erik Gerding in an insightful post at the Conglomerate. It’s...

Kirk Hartley
Apr 18, 20101 min read
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Detailed Review of 2009 US Securities Class Actions
Here is a detailed review of 2009 securities class action, courtesy of Kevin LaCroix at the D & O Diary. Amazing, but not suprising, to...

Kirk Hartley
Jan 4, 20101 min read
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Non-Obvious Issues Arising from Corporate Problems and Subsequent Statements About the Scope/Impact
Risk managers and lawyes have to think even more about divergent types of fallout from a corporate problems. The point is illustrated by...

Kirk Hartley
Dec 9, 20091 min read
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Ratings Agencies Sued By Ohio Attorney General
It was just a matter of time. Seeking a civil remedy for the oft-criticized credit ratings issued by the various ratings agencies, The...

Kirk Hartley
Nov 22, 20092 min read
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The Value of E-discovery and Tort Law – Trial Judge Says Internal Emails Probably Hang UBS on
The WSJ Law blog includes this post yesterday that illustrates the virtues of e-discovery and the ever-expanding use of tort law in...

Kirk Hartley
Sep 12, 20092 min read
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