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3 Jan 2010, 4:55 am by Sam E. Antar
Open Letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission: After carefully examining certain conflicting and contradictory disclosures by Overstock.com (NASDAQ: OSTK), I recommend that you should also investigate whether the company engaged in improper audit "opinion shopping" in hiring both Grant Thornton, who replaced PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) as the company's auditors and KMPG, who replaced Grant Thornton after they were fired by the… [read post]
21 Nov 2009, 4:14 pm
To the Securities and Exchange Commission: On November 18, 2009, Overstock.com (NASDAQ: OSTK) held conference call where CEO Patrick M. [read post]
2 Feb 2011, 10:11 am
 In 2005, the Securities & Exchange Commission (“SEC”) commenced an inquiry into iMergent’s revenue recognition practices regarding its Extended Payment Term Arrangements (“EPTAs”). [read post]
23 Feb 2016, 7:36 am by Ken Herzinger
The leaders of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) addressed the public on February 19-20 at the annual SEC Speaks conference in Washington, D.C. [read post]
7 Mar 2011, 5:26 pm by James Hamilton
The comments were submitted at the SEC’s invitation as the Commission prepares a report mandated by Section 929Y of Dodd-Frank to address whether the rule announced by the Supreme Court in Morrison v. [read post]
3 Jan 2010, 8:25 am by Tracy Coenen
Overstock.com didn't want to do that, and promptly fired Grant Thornton and filed an unreviewed 10-Q with the Securities and Exchange Commission. [read post]
6 Mar 2023, 1:41 am by INFORRM
On 27 February 2023, judgment was handed down in FGX v Gaunt [2023] EWHC 419 (KB) by Thornton J, thought to be the first civil case on intimate-image abuse (commonly referred to as “revenge porn”) of its kind. [read post]
28 Nov 2011, 8:57 pm
On October 26, 2011, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange ("CME") performed a spot audit on MF Global. [read post]
6 Aug 2009, 6:51 am
SEC Plans The Securities and Exchange Commission plans to weigh in this week on an investor lawsuit against Joseph Collins, Refco Inc.'s former outside lawyer, and his law firm, Mayer Brown LLP, said Salvatore Graziano, a lawyer at Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP in New York representing the plaintiffs. [read post]
15 Mar 2011, 12:04 pm by Kara OBrien
Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) announced enforcement actions against four independent directors at two publicly traded companies. [read post]
4 May 2023, 9:31 pm by Zoe Stern
Securities and Exchange Commission to reassess existing exemptions and to collect more data on private markets before exempting additional companies from public disclosure requirements. [read post]
3 Apr 2009, 5:08 pm
Updated:According to Overstock.com's (NASDAQ: OSTK) proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday, April 2, the company's $1,250,000 payment to terminate a management consulting agreement with Icent LLC, a company headed by departing Board Member James V. [read post]
17 Jun 2021, 9:45 pm by Katelynn Catalano
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) can require companies to disclose information about their climate, environmental, social, and governance risks and practices. [read post]
13 Feb 2023, 7:28 am by Unknown
”Panelist David Olivencia, CEO of Angeles Investors, recalled an exchange with a prospective angel investor who did not qualify as an accredited investor. [read post]
18 Feb 2013, 8:40 am by TJ McIntyre
  Section 18 of the 2011 Act allows for certain reasonable presumptions to be made in the context of the Criminal Evidence Act 1992 in relation to the authorship or exchange of documents by virtue of the circumstances in which the document is found or purports to be exchanged. [read post]
1 Mar 2017, 9:30 am by Legal Beagle
  As summarised in an Isle of Man judgment, the scheme resembled a “Ponzi” scheme in that apparent repayments to HC were in fact funded in a circular way by HC itself:  see paragraph 30 of the judgment of His Honour Deemster Corlett, Heather Capital Limited v KPMG Audit LLC, 17 November 2015. [9]        A third party, Nicholas Levene, was a participant in the scheme. [read post]
23 Jun 2010, 8:30 am by Lucas A. Ferrara, Esq.
  Prior to Johns Hopkins, Harley consulted for the Nuffield Trust on health and security issues, was a program associate with the California Endowment, and worked as an interviewer and analyst on the Baltimore City needle exchange vans. [read post]
31 Dec 2020, 6:29 pm by James Romoser
Thornton, in which the court agreed with him that states cannot impose term limits on members of Congress. [read post]