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firm merger creates Dewey & LeBoeuf
Competing
SEC proposals on shareholder access 
SEC concept release
on role of IFRS in US SEC
approves new standards for internal control
KPMG criminal tax shelter charges dismissed SEC
adopts investment adviser antifraud rule
Och-Ziff
Capital (hedge fund manager) files for $2B IPO
BCE
(Bell Canada) in $48.5B buyout Supreme
Court overturns ban on vertical price restraints
Supreme
Court rules on
"strong inference of scienter"
Blackstone Group
prices its $4.13B IPO
Supreme
Court: IPOs are immune from antitrust Important
Delaware ruling on use of go shop provisions
Senate
tax proposal targets Blackstone IPO SEC
approves Regulation SHO changes
RBS
group makes $95.6B unsolicited offer for ABN AMRO
SEC
approves internal control interpretive guidance SEC
proposes small company capital raising changes
SEC
approves final rating agency rules
SEC meeting agenda
for May 23
Chinese
agency to invest $3B in
Blackstone Group
Fed
keeps rates unchanged Fed funds @ 5.25% 
Supreme Court
rules on patent obviousness Former
Reagan official charged in financial fraud Morgan Stanley
wins appeal of $1.5B Perelman judgment Shareholder access proposal
gets 39% support at H-P Spying
charges against H-P director Dunn
are dismissed
Viacom
sues YouTube and Google
for $1B
Activists poised to take control of
Take Two Interactive SEC
brings charges against Nortel Networks executives
13
charged criminally in
Wall Street insider trading ring
Philip
Morris wins Supreme Court
punitive damage case SEC
to substantially cut filing fees Merck
settles IRS transfer pricing dispute
for $2.3B, net
Fortress Investment
completes $634mm IPO  Michael Dell
takes over as CEO of Dell Inc.
SEC
approves rules for Credit Rating Agency Reform Act
Icahn
to seek Motorola board seat
American
Stock Exchange plans to go public
SEC
issues exec comp disclosure FAQs
Hewlett-Packard
gets no relief;
Includes by-law proposal in its proxy statement
Bloomberg
- Schumer report on Wall Street
SEC
issues releases on internet proxy delivery
NASD - NYSE
gain approvals for regulatory consolidation
SEC
amends executive compensation rules Kirkpatrick & Lockhart
to merge with Preston Gates SEC
acts on several matters at its December 13 meeting Federal Reserve
keeps rates unchanged 2nd
Circuit overturns IPO class certification Pfizer
drops anti-cholesterol drug; Stock falls 11% NASD - NYSE
to consolidate regulatory operations
Fortress Investment
files for a $750mm IPO Merck
faces $5.8B in tax liabilities over transfer pricing NYSE
delays changes to broker discretionary voting Richard
Grasso ordered to repay $36mm KLA-Tencor
to take $400mm charge over options UnitedHealth
CEO resigns over options Court
finds
BearingPoint
in bond default over late filings SEC
guidance on accounting for option timing issues SEC
issues SAB 108
re: financial misstatements Dell
delays its 10-Q over SEC investigation Glaxo
settles IRS transfer pricing claim
for $3.1B
2nd
Circuit overturns application of Rule 14a-8 SEC-DOJ
file brief over SOX Act constitutionality
SEC
final release:
executive comp disclosure SEC
proposes Section 404 relief
for some companies
SEC
won't appeal adverse
hedge fund registration ruling FTC:
Rambus engaged in exclusionary conduct
Apple
warns of restatement over option backdating Nasdaq
becomes a national securities exchange
2006
changes to the DGCL
became effective
PCAOB
issues audit alert re: option backdating SEC
will issue guidance on soft dollars safe harbor SEC
proposes changes to Regulation SHO
SEC
hedge fund registration
rules overturned
SEC
charges broker-dealers over auction-rate practices
NYSE
proposes to eliminate its treasury stock exception
Group
challenges constitutionality of Sarbanes-Oxley Act
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