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Pensions and the People (April 2009)

So with public sentiment so united on this issue, pension schemes should really be actively seeking executive compensation reforms Shareholders have ...

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

by Thomas A. Dubbs
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In Debt Crisis, an Abritration Alternative

Investors have a stronger claim under rules established by a financial industry regulator. As the collapse of the nonprime mortgage markets has ...

Monday, March 16, 2009

by Thomas A. Dubbs
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Analyzing Proper Pleading Standard for Commodity Manipulation Claims

The case-specific approach, as articulated and developed in 'Natural Gas II,' appears to be taking hold. Commodity manipulation litigation is on the ...

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

by Gregory Asciolla
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The Impact of the Laperriere Decision: Parent Companies Face Liability

The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently issued a decision that would make directors of parent companies liable for securities law violations ...

Sunday, February 1, 2009

by Thomas A. Dubbs, James W. Johnson
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Pensions and the People (February 2009)

Every year pension funds based outside the US with holdings in American securities forego hundreds of millions of dollars owed to them. By not ...

Sunday, February 1, 2009

by Thomas A. Dubbs
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Balancing the Scales

The Use of Confidential Witnesses in Securities Class Actions In enacting the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA), Congress ...

Monday, January 19, 2009

by Christopher Keller