Following the Supreme Court’s decision last June in Tellabs, Inc. v. Makor Issues & Rights, Ltd., 127 S.Ct. 2499 (2007), one key question in pleading a “strong inference” of scienter is whether plaintiffs can rely on facts supplied by confidential …

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2007 was the year of the record settlement. Vetco International and Baker Hughes both paid record fines to resolve FCPA cases. Indeed, Baker Hughes set two records, one for the largest combined DOJ/SEC FCPA settlement and a second for penalty …

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