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2014 Year in Review: SEC Municipal Market Enforcement

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Ballard Spahr by John C. Grugan and Tesia N. Stanl The most significant enforcement strategy the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) employed in 2014 followed a well-worn path: through its Municipalities Continuing Disclosure Cooperation Initiative (MCDC Initiative), the SEC sought to regulate issuers by leveraging its authority over underwriters. Announced on March 10, 2014, […]

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Legal Issues for Cloud Computing

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Quinn Emanuel – In the May 2014 issue of the Business Litigation Report, we discussed a hot topic in law and technology: cloud computing. That topic did not cool down over the summer. Businesses and courts—including the Supreme Court—have continued to grapple with issues presented by computing in the cloud, including who owns the rights

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RockTenn’s $16 Billion Combination Agreement with MWV

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Cravath – On January 26, 2015, Rock-Tenn Company (“RockTenn”) and MeadWestvaco Corporation (“MWV”) announced that they have entered into a definitive combination agreement to create a leading global provider of consumer and corrugated packaging in a transaction with a combined equity value of $16 billion. Cravath represented RockTenn in connection with this transaction, which is

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“Greed Overpowering Judgment” Says US Attorney Over Commodities Fraud

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Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that ALEX V. EKDESHMAN, the Chief Executive Officer of Paramount Management, LLC, pleaded guilty today to commodities fraud. EKDESHMAN ran a fraudulent scheme in which he solicited over $1.5 million dollars from over 100 investors for the purpose of investing

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A List Of Four Of The Most Common Types Of Crimes People Are Accused Of Committing

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There are criminals all over the world. Some people are convicted of crimes that they did actually commit, while others who are victims of being falsely accused of crimes that they had absolutely nothing to do with. No matter what, though, there are a few crimes that are considered the most common types of crimes

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US Attorney Statement on Conviction of Silk Road’s Ross Ulbricht

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LawFuel.com –  “As a unanimous jury has found, Ross William Ulbricht operated Silk Road – a clandestine global marketplace that offered buyers and sellers of illegal goods and services a promise of anonymity. Ulbricht built this black market bazaar to exploit the dark web and the digital currency Bitcoin to allow users to conduct illegal

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