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Senate Sends Letter to the SEC on Data Security
June 21, 2011
In a letter to SEC Chair Mary Schapiro, five Democratic members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation asked the SEC to issue interpretive guidance regarding disclosure of information security risk, including material network breaches. The Commission, with its authority to protect… read more
Federal District Court Hands Fund Prospectus Liability Win
June 16, 2011
The US District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed a class action suit brought by plaintiffs alleging that risks associated with the fund's investments in mortgage backed securities were not adequately disclosed in the fund's prospectus. Arising out of the decline in… read more
Addleman: A Look at SEC Enforcement Trends
June 07, 2011
In a paper prepared for the State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting later this month, Kit Addleman, a partner at the Haynes & Boone law firm has published a paper surveying the trends in SEC enforcement for the first half of 2011. In summary, Addleman… read more
PWC Webinar: Trends in Risk Management and the Role of Mutual Fund Directors
April 18, 2011
On April 26 from 12:30PM to 2:00PM EDT, PWC will present the latest in its Mutual Fund Directors Webinar Series. This installment will feature a discussion of current trends in risk management and the role of mutual fund directors in risk oversight. PWC risk experts… read more
PWC Publishes Its 2010 Securities Litigation Study
April 13, 2011
PWC has released its annual Securities Litigation Study. The 2010 report summarizes the major securities litigation trends, which PWC characterizes succinctly as "both literally and figuratively putt[ing] a cap on the sloppy financial landscape of the last decade, with its mega-frauds, corruption, and near financial… read more