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The National Futures Association plans to launch its first examinations of swap dealers and major swap participants this summer, and while regulations for these entities are still being hatched, attorneys say the inspections will target how well firms are meeting the rules so far and put pressure on those that have fallen behind.
over 10 years ago
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and a pair of Republican groups dueled Friday over a lawsuit against the agency's pay-to-play rule for investment advisers, with the groups saying their candidates already are seeing a drop in campaign contributions and the agency retorting that their claims are time-barred.
over 10 years ago
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Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara on Friday said that whistleblower bounties and leniency agreements could be useful tools for rooting out public corruption, making him the latest law enforcer to talk up the benefits of rewarding tipsters who come forward with information about wrongdoing.
almost 10 years ago
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By taking up the infamous Halliburton suit again, a reluctant Fifth Circuit can explain how lower courts should apply last year's U.S. Supreme Court decision — although its ruling also may set the stage for the long-running securities class action's third run at the high court.
about 9 years ago
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Preet Bharara long called serving as the U.S. attorney in Manhattan his dream job, and for seven-and-a-half years he lived that dream — all the while haunting the nightmares of lawbreakers on Wall Street, in Albany and elsewhere.
almost 8 years ago
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Justice Sotomayor On Working A Room And The Post-Scalia Void
over 7 years ago
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BigLaw Bias Suits New Wild Card In Fight For Gender Equity
over 7 years ago