The SEC just filed a common-sense fraud case against a tiny, bankrupt body armor maker in Florida. So why can't it do the same against the banks that nearly wrecked our economy?

Peter Tom, J.P. Richard T. Andrias Eugene Nardelli John W. Sweeny, Jr., JJ. 3154 Index 602229/99 Ulico Casualty Company, Plaintiff-Respondent, v Wilson, Else

In a once-sleepy corner of the Treasury Department, regulation of overseas conduct is going strong. That's bad news for European banks, but good news for American foreign policy--and a handful of well-positioned firms that excel at both litigation and bank regulation.

District Judge P. Kevin Castel U.S. DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Teamsters Airline Division represented by Marianne Goldstein Robbins, Previant, Goldberg,

In an unusual move, Barnes & Noble founder Leonard Riggio paid for a $29 million shareholder settlement out of his own funds. Why? His directors and officers policy likely has a "personal profit" exclusion, which denies coverage when the insured loses money he wasn't legally entitled to.

Cite as: People v. Hart, 12220/98, NYLJ 1202470634309, at *1 (Sup., QU, Decided July 22, 2010)Justice Darrell L. GavrinDecided: July 22,

For the first time, China's securities regulator has agreed to turn over audit documents related to an ongoing SEC investigation of a U.S.-listed Chinese company.

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