Washington, D.C., June 4, 2008 (Lawfuel) – The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the list of panelists scheduled to participate in the International Roundtable on Interactive Data for Public Financial Reporting scheduled for June 10, 2008, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The Roundtable follows the issuance on May 30, 2008, of a proposed […]

(Lawfuel) – SEC CHARGES BURR B. MCKEEHAN AND JOSEPH A. FONTANETTA WITH INSIDER TRADING IN CONNECTION WITH ANIMAS CORPORATION’S ANNOUNCEMENT OF MERGER WITH JOHNSON & JOHNSON McKeehan Agrees to Pay Disgorgement and Civil Penalties Totaling $384,095 The Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) today announced the filing of a civil action in the United States District

NEW YORK, June 4, 2008 (Lawfuel) — A four-law-firm legal team with nationally recognized securities law experience has filed additional investor claims against two subsidiaries of Bear Stearns Companies, Inc. — Bear Stearns & Co., Inc. and Bear Stearns Securities Corp. — and the portfolio managers for the Bear Stearns High Grade Structured Credit Strategies

Washington, D.C., June 4, 2008 (Lawfuel) – Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox today announced that Steven B. Harris has been appointed to the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). Mr. Harris, a former long-time Senate Banking Committee official who played a key role in the legislation that created the PCAOB, was unanimously selected

ST. LOUIS, June 3, 2008 (Lawfuel) – Bryan Cave LLP has promoted three lawyers to counsel at the firm. With more than 880 lawyers worldwide, new counsel are: Steven Dawson, St. Louis Steven Dawson, formerly an associate at the firm, practices in the areas of estate and business succession planning and post-death estate and trust

HARTFORD, Conn., June 3, 2008 (Lawfuel) — The law firm of Schatz Nobel Izard P.C., which has significant experience representing investors in prosecuting claims of securities fraud, announces that a lawsuit seeking class action status has been filed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin on behalf of all persons

New York, NY – June 3, 2008 – The European American Chamber of Commerce – New York hosted its first event recently, when it presented a conference on “The Consequences of the Current Euro and U.S. Dollar Exchange Rate on the M&A Industry in Europe and the United States.” The New York chapter of the

Hong Kong, 3 June 2008 – Shearman & Sterling LLP is advising China Netcom Group Corporation (Hong Kong) Limited (HKSE: 0906; NYSE: CN), in its consideration of the proposed merger with China Unicom Limited (HKSE: 0762,NYSE: CHU), China’s No. 2 mobile operator, as part of a broader restructuring of China’s telecommunications sector. China Netcom is

Washington, D.C., June 3, 2008 (lawfuel – The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) today announced that each has approved the trading and clearing of two novel derivative products – futures and option contracts based on shares of the SPDR® Gold Trust (Gold Trust), an exchange traded fund (ETF). The

Washington, D.C., June 3, 2008 (Lawfuel) – Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox and Linda Chatman Thomsen, Director of SEC’s Division of Enforcement, announced today that George Curtis and Scott Friestad have been appointed as the new Deputy Directors in the Enforcement Division. Mr. Curtis and Mr. Friestad will be filling positions vacated by