VIDEOS
July 2010
30 Jul 2010
Corporate bond offerings are hot these days, despite Dodd-Frank’s confusing impact on bond activity. Issuers from Agilent to Target, lured by low long term rates, have recently...
29 Jul 2010
The legal side effects of financial reform legislation are already creeping into the market. While many of the changes envisioned under Dodd-Frank will take place years into the future, one of its immediate effects is…
28 Jul 2010
Subprime chickens are still coming home to roost for hedge funds like Highland Capital Management and one-time fund operator Carlyle Group, which have been the targets of recent lawsuits…
22 Jul 2010
The oil and gas exploration and drilling industry faces a legal landscape being rapidly transformed by a yet-to-be determined number of lawsuits and several legislative proposals on the congressional fast track…
15 Jul 2010
The SEC and Goldman Sachs have reached a record $500 million settlement of charges related to insufficient and misleading disclosure. In the case of SEC v. Goldman Sachs and Fabrice Tourre, the Commission charged Goldman with...
6 Jul 2010
Clawbacks’ talons are sharpened by Dodd-Frank’s reforms, though in truth they were already ripping into executive wallets…
2 Jul 2010
“Environmental outs” are a rising concern, thanks to BP. No unified response has yet emerged, however, to judge from the PE acquisition of Omni Energy and the just-completed Exxon/XTO Energy deal…