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ARTICLE · 12 NOVEMBER 2008

Financial Services Alert - Issues During The Most Recent Quarter

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Seventh Circuit Denies Petition for Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc of Decision Rejecting Gartenberg Analysis in Excessive Fee Suit Against Mutual Fund Adviser.

United StatesFinance and Banking

August 19, 2008

  • Seventh Circuit Denies Petition for Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc of Decision Rejecting Gartenberg Analysis in Excessive Fee Suit Against Mutual Fund Adviser
  • SEC Issues Interpretive Release Regarding Use of Company Websites under Federal Securities Laws
  • FRB Proposes Changes to Regulation S
  • SEC Staff Posts On-Line Mutual Fund AML Reference and Launches SAR Phone Line
  • IOSCO Issues Final Report on Funds of Hedge Funds

August 26, 2008

  • New York State Trial Court Dismisses Suit by Hedge Fund Limited Partners Against Hedge Fund's Prime Broker
  • SEC Settles Enforcement Proceeding over Adviser's Failure to Follow Mutual Funds' Investment Restrictions

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