In this issue of CFWD we discuss:

  • SEC’s Director of the Division of Corporation Finance Looks to International Financial Reporting Standards
    for U.S. Companies
  • Investors Adequately Plead a Claim of Securities Fraud
  • “Obey the Law” Injunction Entered Against Broker
  • CBOE Proposes Rules Related to Sponsored Users
  • ISE Amends PIM Rules
  • CBOE Proposes Rule Changes to Reduce Order Handling and Exposure Periods
    to One Second
  • CFTC to Form Interagency Task Force on Commodity Markets
  • CFTC’s Energy Markets Advisory Committee Holds First Meeting
  • Fed Approves Bank of America to Acquire Countrywide
  • UK Super-Equivalent Market Abuse Clauses to be Retained
  • UK Financial Services Authority Introduces Disclosure Regime for Significant Short Positions
    in Companies Undertaking Rights Issues