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February 3, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Effecting Effective Disclosure: A Look at the SEC's Initiative

It is generally accepted that, year after year, public company disclosure grows in length and complexity. Companies tend to expand their existing disclosure by incorporating new information while retaining disclosure that may no longer be relevant or material. Likewise, few companies can claim to have maintained disclosure free of immaterial or boilerplate information. As a result, investors, regulators and other market participants have routinely expressed concerns regarding the difficulty in deciphering and navigating public company disclosure documents.

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February 2, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Legal's Top Lateral Hires of 2014

Each year, we at The Legal take a look back at all the l moves in Pennsylvania in an effort to determine the 10 most important l hires of the previous year. Profiles of the top l

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February 2, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Legal's Top Lateral Hires of 2014

Each year, we at The Legal take a look back at all the lateral moves in Pennsylvania in an effort to determine the 10 most important lateral hires of the previous year. Profiles of the top laterals and details about each move will be included in our Top Lateral Hires of 2014 supplement, scheduled to be published in The Legal on Feb. 24.

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January 29, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Recognitions

• John Mendez has been nominated by President Barack Obama to serve as the newest chairman of the board of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC),

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January 28, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Recognitions

John Mendez, a partner at Latham & Watkins, has been nominated by President Barack Obama to serve as the newest chairman of the board of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation, among other announcements and honors.

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In re Hokulani Square, Inc.

Publication Date: 2015-01-26
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Date Filed: 2015-01-26
Court: 9th Cir.
Judge: Pappas, Dunn, and Jury, Bankruptcy Judges, Presiding Before: Alex Kozinski, Raymond C. Fisher, and Paul J. Watford, Circuit Judges.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bradley R. Tamm (argued); Lissa D. Shults and Melissa A. Miyashiro, Shults & Tamm, ALC, Honolulu, Hawaii, for Appellant.
for defendant: Noah M. Schottenstein (argued), Trial Attorney, Ramona Elliot, Deputy Director/General Counsel, P. Matthew Sutko, Associate General Counsel, Executive Office for the United States Trustees, Washington, D.C.; Tiffany Carroll, Acting United States Trustee for Region 15, Curtis B. Ching, Assistant United States Trustee, United States Department of Justice, Office of the United States Trustee, Honolulu, Hawaii, for Appellee.
Case Number: No. 11-60072

Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 833 IN RE: HOKULANI SQUARE, INC., a Hawaii corporation, Debtor, BRADLEY R TAMM, Chapter 7 Trustee,

January 26, 2015 | National Law Journal

Movers

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January 26, 2015 | National Law Journal

Movers

New arrivals and lateral moves in this week's column.

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January 26, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Hearing Highlights 'Newman' Effect on Insider Trading Cases

Southern District Judge Andrew Carter (See Pro

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January 25, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Hearing Highlights 'Newman' Effect on Insider Trading Cases

Southern District Judge Andrew Carter asked the government for more information before he dismisses an indictment against insider trading defendants based on the Second Circuit's imposing a heightened standard for proof that a tipper received a personal benefit.

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