SEC Sues Penthouse, Officials
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Penthouse International Inc., the former publisher of the men's magazine, was sued by the Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday for improperly booking $1 million in revenue in the first quarter of 2003.
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THE government agency that owns the World Trade Center site has joined a US$7 billion (S$11.9 billion) suit against Saudi Arabia and Al-Qaeda for the Sept 11 terrorist attacks.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission, cracking down on scams targeting retirees, sued 26 people and companies for their roles in a $428 million fraud involving Mexican timeshare rentals, the agency said.
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The US Chamber of Commerce filed suit Thursday against the Securities and Exchange Commission over the independent-chair rule for mutual fund boards.
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U.S. regulators filed fraud charges on Monday against former Hollinger International Inc.  Chairman Conrad Black and his deputy, David Radler, moving to bar the two from serving as officers of a public company.
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Freddie Mac (FRE.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the No. 2 US mortgage finance company, on Wednesday said it may face civil action from the US Securities and Exchange Commission for possible violations of securities laws.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission said yesterday that it had filed a civil suit in Chicago against Conrad M. Black and F. David Radler, the two former top executives of Hollinger
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Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton is being stalked by paparazzi &#151; in court, at least. X17 Inc., a Los Angeles photo agency known for its images of stars in personal or embarrassing moments, has filed a $7.6 million federal copyright infringement lawsuit against Hilton.
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NEW YORK -- Gabelli Asset Management Inc., run by star money manager Mario Gabelli, received a subpoena from the Securities and Exchange Commission related to its investigation of improper fund-share trading, the firm said in a regulatory filing.
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Fannie Mae's top regulator yesterday said it is "more than likely" the federal government will sue former chief executive Franklin D. Raines and other former company officers, seeking to recover bonuses and salary and perhaps impose fines for the mortgage finance company's accounting debacle.
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U.S. regulators sued an overseas  company and its owner on Monday, alleging they hacked into  computer systems to get corporate news releases early and  traded on that information, making a profit of $2.7 million.
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A broker-dealer firm sued brokerages  watchdog NASD and the New York Stock Exchange on Friday to  block a deal to merge oversight functions, saying the  arrangement would be unfair to NASD members.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission filed a lawsuit accusing the newspaper tycoon Conrad Black and his former top deputy of defrauding shareholders of Hollinger International Inc.
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has taken steps on two fronts to protect corporations, executives and accounting firms from investor lawsuits that accuse them of fraud, the New York Times reported in a story published on Tuesday.
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday charged brokerage firm Raymond James Financial Inc. (RJF.N: Quote, Profile, Research) with fraud over the misconduct of a former broker in 1999 and 2000.
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Cantor Fitzgerald, the bond brokerage that suffered more deaths in the Sept. 11 attacks than any other company, on Friday sued al Qaeda, Saudi Arabia and dozens of foreign companies seeking damages related to the attacks on the World Trade Center.
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Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro said on Friday he filed a securities fraud, class-action lawsuit against Fannie Mae (FNM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) and its executive officers, charging that the mortgage buyer manipulated its