By Donald S. Davidson -- On May 1, the California Department of Corporations announced that it is abandoning—for the time being—a proposal to require certain California investment advisers to register with the Department. 

By John Taylor -- The masters of the universe in New York and London, who paid themselves many hundreds of millions, or even billions, each, for their efforts in 2007, have managed to create quite a financial mess over the past year.

By Lawrence Cohen -- It seems that Philip Goldstein wants his Bulldog Investors’ bark to be heard around the world.

By Damien Park -- For the past year, people have speculated activist-style investing would go the way of the Internet boom and bust witnessed earlier this decade. 

By Benjamin D. Feder and Lauren M. McEvoy

Disputes over a debtor’s cash are common in Chapter 11 cases.

By Jacob Zamansky -- Following the subprime mortgage market collapse, there has been an unprecedented wave of related litigation.

By Nouriel Roubini, Chairman, RGE Monitor

This author spent last weekend in New Orleans at the Annual Meetings of the American Economic Association (AEA).

By Mesh Tandon, President, Simran Capital

There were a lot of reasons to dislike riskier credit in the second half of last year.

By Jacob Zamansky, Partner at Zamansky & Associates

When I first disclosed in August that I had filed claims on behalf of investors in the failed Bear Stearns structured credit hedge funds, some media pundits were incredibly skeptical.

By R. Mark Keenan and Craig M. Hirsch

Will losses from securities backed by subprime mortgages lead to litigation against my hedge fund and its managers?