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Will new SEC hang whistle-blowers out to dry?
The Securities and Exchange Commission is certainly looking all spiffy and new these days. Mary Jo White, the former federal prosecutor and Debevoise & Plimpton law partner, has taken over as chairman. She tapped her longtime deputy at the Southern...Tags: Barclays PLC, Lawyers, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Justice System, Arbitration
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Madoff investors cannot sue SEC, federal appeals court says
Investors who lost big when Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme unraveled cannot sue federal regulators, despite the government’s “regrettable inaction,” a federal appeals court ruled. Madoff victims had sued, arguing that the...
Tags: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Bernard Madoff
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Regulators follow golden road to Promontory
Mary Schapiro, the former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, must take us for fools. No need to worry about her and the so-called revolving door between government and Wall Street, she told the Wall Street Journal on April 2, after...Tags: Lobbying, General Electric Company, Financial and Business Services, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Federal Reserve
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Senate confirms former prosecutor Mary Jo White as SEC chairwoman
WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Monday confirmed Mary Jo White to chair the Securities and Exchange Commission, placing a tough former prosecutor in the role as Wall Street's top watchdog. White was confirmed by a unanimous voice vote in the Senate, an...
Tags: Lawyers, Jerry Moran, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice
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Senate panel approves Obama nominees to head SEC, consumer bureau
WASHINGTON — A Senate committee on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved Mary Jo White's nomination to head the Securities and Exchange Commission, clearing the way for the former federal prosecutor to be confirmed soon as Wall Street's top watchdog....
Tags: Lawyers, U.S. Senate, Sherrod Brown, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Justice System
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Mary Jo White's spin at SEC's revolving door
One of the oft-repeated justifications for why Wall Street must be regulated by Wall Streeters is that what goes on there is both so complex and so essential that only those who have been part of it can be trusted to oversee it. This argument is bunk, of...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Eric Holder, U.S. Congress
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New concerns raised about lawyers leaving SEC for private firms
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s revolving door is spinning as feverishly as ever. Lawyers who leave the SEC for private law firms often immediately begin lobbying on behalf of their new corporate clients, frequently trying to weaken...
Tags: Lobbying, Lawyers, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Barack Obama
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Mary Jo White won't be intimidated as SEC chief, Obama says
WASHINGTON -- President Obama nominated Mary Jo White to be the new head of the Securities and Exchange Commission, saying her track record as a hard-nosed prosecutor means she won't be easily intimidated as Wall Street's new top watchdog. "You don't...
Tags: Chuck Schumer, Crime, Law and Justice, Elizabeth Warren, Richard Shelby, Consumers
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Obama to nominate former prosecutor to lead SEC
WASHINGTON – President Obama will nominate Mary Jo White, a former prosecutor and one-time director of the Nasdaq stock exchange, to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission, a White House official said Thursday. Obama plans to make the...
Tags: Lawyers, U.S. Senate, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Barack Obama
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The SEC, from lapdog to watchdog
WASHINGTON -- In the early days of the Obama administration, I sat in a Capitol Hill hearing room and listened to Harry Markopolos, the whistle-blower in the Bernie Madoff scandal, bemoan the toothless Securities and Exchange Commission. The SEC,...
Tags: Dow Jones Industrial Average, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Bernard Madoff, Raj Rajaratnam, Freddie Mac
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SEC wins partial victory in case against money-market fund
The Securities and Exchange Commission has won a partial victory in a prominent case arising from the global financial crisis. A federal jury found Monday that Reserve Management Co., the investment firm running the Reserve Primary Fund money-market...Tags: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Financial Planning, Justice System, Finance, Crime, Law and Justice
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Mar 19, 2013
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Feb 11, 2013
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Jan 24, 2013
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Nov 28, 2012
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Nov 12, 2012
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