At one point in the 1999 movie "The Insider," 60 Minutes producer Lowell Bergman (portrayed by Al Pacino) tells distraught Big Tobacco whistleblower Jeffrey Wigand, "Guys like you are in short supply." Bergmann's right. Whistleblowers...
Like the Wild West , hedge funds are a largely unregulated investment vehicle marketed as a tool for reaping large returns for investors willing to accept higher risk. In the current climate of market volatility, it appears that a sheriff is riding into...
NERA Economic Consulting has just published a report on SEC Civil Enforcement Settlements over the past few years. The study, SEC Settlements: A New Era Post-SOX , provides an overview of trends NERA has identified in the number of settlements and settlement...