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• Mayer Brown, Latham advise E&Y on $8.5m SEC settlement

  Dec 22 2009 Ernst & Young agreed to pay $8.5 million to settle charges against six partners. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) had accused the accounting firm of... more

• Munger Tolles Seeks to Dismiss $4 Million SEC 'Clawback' Suit Against Ex-CEO

  Nov 10 2009 Last summer, when the Securities and Exchange Commission sued former CSK Auto CEO Maynard Jenkins to recover $4 million he earned between 2002 and 2004, the agency... more

• Law.com - Did Bank of America Mess Up Its Privilege Waiver?

  Oct 20 2009 Did Bank of America and its lawyers at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton make a mistake in the order waiving attorney-client privilege in the bank's case against the... more

• Wachtell and Shearman face SEC action after failed Bank of America settlement

  Sep 16 2009 Two of the most prominent US law firms are facing scrutiny after U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff rejected the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) proposed... more

• SEC blames Wachtell, Shearman for not disclosing bank bonuses

  Aug 26 2009 The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is blaming lawyers from Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and Shearman & Sterling for Bank of America’s failure to... more

• Major firms sign letter to SEC opposing shareholder rights proposal

  Aug 20 2009 Seven major US law firm signed to a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) expressing their opinion on how to best implement a proposal to allow... more

• GE pays $200m to lawyers and accountants to reach SEC settlement

  Aug 05 2009 General Electric Company announced that it had reached a settlement with the United States ecurities and Exchange Commission (SEC), without admitting or denying... more

• Bingham hires former SEC chairman Christopher Cox

  Jul 21 2009 Bingham McCutchen LLP has hired Christopher Cox, former chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under President George W. Bush, to continue the... more

• Greenberg Traurig adds former SEC Counsel Michael Piazza

  Jul 21 2009 Michael Piazza, a former Regional Trial Counsel for the Los Angeles office of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has joined the Orange County office of... more

• Dechert and K&L Gates sued for malpractice

  Jan 20 2009 Money market fund Reserve Management Co. Inc. has launched a malpractice suit against Dechert and K&L Gates, claiming that the firms failed to advise it four years ago... more

• Cleary Gottlieb rehires former partner Edward Greene from Citigroup

  Jan 09 2009 Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP has announced that Edward Greene, General Counsel of Citigroup’s Institutional Clients Group, will return to the firm in February.... more

• NYC law firm founder Dreier accused of hedge fund fraud

  Dec 09 2008 Marc Dreier, a prominent New York lawyer and founder of the 250-attorney law firm Dreier LLP, is charged with perpetrating a $100 million real-estate investment fraud... more

• Former SEC Commissioner Annette Nazareth joins Davis Polk

  Sep 22 2008 Former Securities and Exchange Commissioner Annette Nazareth will be joining Davis Polk & Wardwell as a partner, as the firm tries to bolster its financial regulation... more

• Gibson Dunn snares SEC director Schonfeld

  Sep 12 2008 New York Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regional director Mark Schonfeld will join Gibson Dunn & Crutcher as a litigation partner after a twelve year career... more

• Reed Smith adds SEC trial attorney Amy Greer as a partner

  Aug 12 2008 Reed Smith LLP, one of the 15 largest law firms in the world, today announced the addition of Amy Greer as a partner in the Philadelphia office of its firmwide... more

• Law Firm Wachtell Urges SEC To Be More Aggressive In Attacking Rumors

  Jul 21 2008 Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz has urged the Securities and Exchange Commission to conduct a 45-day study of the extent to which "abusive and manipulative... more