In this issue of CFWD we discuss:
- SEC Issues Emergency Order to Temporarily Amend Rule 10b-18
of the Exchange Act - SEC Publishes Final Rules Regarding Foreign Private Issuers and
Cross-Border Tender Offers - NASD’s Rejection of Advice of Counsel Defense Upheld
- Damages Award Reversed for Failure to Reference Date of Breach
- SEC Approves FINRA Amended Minimum Price-Improvement Standards
- Treasury Proposes Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) and Congress
Responds with Alternate Proposals - Katten Forms TARP Task Force
- New York Governor Paterson Announces Plan to Regulate CDS Market
- CFTC Issues Guidance on nvestments in Reserve Primary Fund
- CFTC Monitors Crude Oil Trading
- CFTC Amends Exemption for Foreign Firms Executing U.S. Customer Orders
- OTS Seizes WAMU and Appoints FDIC as Receiver; Deposits and Loans
Sold to JPMorgan Chase - Federal Reserve Issues Policy Statement on Equity Investments in Banks
and Bank Holding Companies - Court Rules that FSA may Proceed with Insider Trading Cases
- European Parliament Calls for Regulation of Hedge Funds and Private Equity