(CN) – Shareholders scored a partial victory on appeal of a previously dismissed securities fraud complaint against medical service provider Hanger Inc. and its former CFO George McHe
Read moreThe Securities and Exchange Commission claims the former head of a New Jersey payment processing firm gave his girlfriend $1 million to buy company stock ahead of a merger announcement, netting the pair more than $250,000 in profits.
Read moreThe U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday held that administrative law judges at the Securities and Exchange Commission are “inferior officers” subject to the Appointments Clause of the U.S. Constitution.
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OSI Systems Inc. faces a federal class action over a contract with the Albanian government that spurred investigations by the Securities Exchange Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice.
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Investors claim they were misled when Iovance Biotherapeutics covertly paid a promoter to write articles and send emails pushing its stock until the Securities Exchange Commission stepped in with a cease-and-desist order.
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(CN) – Shareholders sued Canadian pharmaceutical giant Valeant after the company’s value plummeted on news it was manipulating drug-distribution channels
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Shareholders claim in a class action that life sciences company OvaScience Inc.’s stock went on a free-fall when the company revealed that one of its fertility treatments was not as successful as originally touted.
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A shareholder class action in Maryland demands revisions to the proxy statement for Cisco’s pending $1.9 billion buyout of business-communication firm BroadSoft because the document allegedly lacks key financial projections and an explanation of its discounted cash-flow analyses.
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Investors are challenging private-equity firm Elliott Management Corp.’s bid for network software company Gigamon Inc. for $1.6 billion over allegedly misleading statements filed with the Securities Exchange Commission.
Read moreAn investment broker who sent emails to potential investors written by his boss is liable for making false statements, but cannot be banned from the financial industry as the “maker” of those statements, the D.C. Circuit ruled in a 2-1 decision.
Read moreThe federal agency responsible for ensuring that markets function properly and for protecting investors is under fire after disclosing its computer system was hacked despite repeated warnings about deficiencies in its cybersecurity measures.
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Multiple state Republican parties do not have standing to challenge the Securities and Exchange Commission’s revised rules on campaign contributions made by municipal security advisers and dealers, according to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.
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Barclays Capital has agreed to refund $97 million in overbilled fees and mutual fund sales charges to about 25,000 advisory clients.
Read moreCharging dozens with fraud, the Securities and Exchange Commission traced more than 400 articles puffing up biotech stocks to a company run by an aspiring film actress moonlighting in the fake-news business.
Read moreA federal judge on Thursday dismissed the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s lawsuit against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for the second and final time as he awaits trial on similar state criminal charges.
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