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Pfizer wins dismissal of U.S. investor class action ahead of trial
July 9th, 2014
Pfizer Inc (PFE.N) won the dismissal Tuesday of a long-running shareholder class action accusing the company of misleading investors about the safety of its Celebrex and Bextra pain-relieving drugs. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain in ...
Revealed: the banks using ‘pseudo’ solicitor firms to make debtors pay up
July 4th, 2014
Britain’s high-street banks are routinely issuing legal demands from what appear to be independent firms of solicitors designed to make struggling borrowers pay up. Yet the firms are not regulated by the legal profession’s watchdog, and are simply names ...
The Sterner, Stricter SEC
July 1st, 2014
As Mary Jo White sees it, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s job is to patrol Wall Street and Main Street and catch financial fraudsters. Since becoming the agency’s chair in April 2013, White, a former federal prosecutor and defense ...
There Might Be a Lot of Insider Trading
June 18th, 2014
As I may have mentioned over and over and over and over and over again, the first rule of insider trading is just don’t insider trade, but the second rule is: If you have inside information about an upcoming ...
Barclays fined £26m by FCA
May 23rd, 2014
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the Bitish regulatory body, has fined Barclays Bank Plc (Barclays) £26,033,500 for failing to adequately manage conflicts of interest between itself and its customers as well as systems and controls failings, in relation to ...
SEC Warns Investors About Marijuana-Related Investments
May 19th, 2014
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission cautioned investors about the potential for fraud in microcap companies that claim their operations relate to the marijuana industry after the agency suspended trading in the fifth such company within the past two ...
FCA: Martin Brokers (UK) Limited was fined for significant failings in relation to LIBOR
May 15th, 2014
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the British regulatory authority, has fined Martin Brokers (UK) Ltd (Martins) £630,000 for misconduct relating to the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR). Martins would have been fined £3,600,000 but for the fact that the ...
ASIC issues penalty fine
May 15th, 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), issued two infringement notices for misleading statements in Product Disclosure Statements (PDS) for two investor funds the company manages as responsible entity for Australian Mutual Holdings Limited (AMH) which must pay $20,400 in ...
FCA reviews how fund charges are set out
May 13th, 2014
The British Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said today that firms must present their fund charges clearly and consistently, so that retail investors are able to compare charges before making decisions on where to invest. The recommendation follows a review ...
Snapchat settles with US regulators for deceiving users
May 9th, 2014
Ephemeral messaging service Snapchat has settled with US regulators over charges it deceived users when it promised their messages would disappear. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said Snapchat misled users over data collection and failed to inform them that ...
