Archive for the 'Legal woes' Category

Last Tuesday, we footnoted about an interesting disclosure in Wachovia’s (WB) 8K announcing first quarter earnings. There was new language about a potential restitution involving a former Wachovia customer called Payment Processing Center that had bilked lots of people — many of them elderly — and that at least some Wachovia executives seemed to know [...]

Judging by the news this morning about new subpoenas going out over auction rate securities, this is one more headache for Wall Street that’s likely to get worse. So I decided to take a look at how companies are talking about this mess in their recent filings. The short answer is a lot more than [...]

Of all the news that came out about Wachovia (WB) yesterday — the unexpected loss, the $7 billion in new capital, and the dramatic cut in the dividend — there were several new disclosures, primarily related to legal troubles — in the 8-K they filed yesterday that went largely unnoticed. We’ll take them in order:

Wachovia [...]

Being an aspiring actress is no doubt hard work and sometimes you wind up doing stuff you’re less than proud of for the paycheck. Or the clip. Yesterday, the SEC announced that it was suspending trading in three companies: NeoTactix (NCTX), Graystone Park Enterprises (GPKE), and Younger America (YNGR). The suspensions were not for securities [...]

Retailer American Apparel (APP), which is usually described as being edgy and which since going public via a special purpose acquisition company in mid-December has fallen sharply, had more than a few sharp edges in the 10K it filed on Monday.
Controversial CEO Dov Charney is currently dealing with one lawsuit alleging sexual harassment and wrongful [...]