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Dell settling Intel claims

Dick Taffe — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 21:03:14 +0000

Dell is in settlement talks with the Securities and Exchange Commission to resolve allegations that its founder/CEO Michael Dell engaged in financial irregularities related to Dell’s dealings with chip-maker Intel — with no admission of guilt or bar of Dell from service as an officer or a public company. Visiting law Professor Elizabeth Nowicki, a former SEC and Wall Street attorney, says it indicates the SEC is focused on bigger issues and might be willing to defer in the Dell matter to a similar lawsuit filed by New York’s attorney general.

“The SEC can only vigorously fight so many battles at a given time.”

Contact Elizabeth Nowicki, 518-867-5355, enowicki@bu.edu

U.S. Attorney General to address BU Class of 2010

Kira Jastive — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:50:54 +0000

Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General of the United States, will deliver the commencement address at Boston University’s 137 th graduation ceremonies at BU’s Nickerson Field at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 16.

Holder, the nation’s 82^ndAttorney General, will speak before more than 5,000 graduates and 20,000 guests at New England’s largest graduation ceremony and will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree.

BU President Robert A. Brown announced the commencement, baccalaureate speakers and honorary degree recipients to the members of the Class of 2010 this morning at the annual Senior Breakfast, held at the George Sherman Union.

The prestigious list of honorary degree recipients includes Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Edward Albee (Doctor of Letters); Presidential Medal of Freedom winner and civil rights defender William T. Coleman, Jr., and Osamu Shimomura, Ph.D., Nobel Prize-winning chemist (Doctor of Science).

Friends Speaker Series Features Richard North Patterson

Jennifer McDonald — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 11:00:05 +0000

The Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center presents Richard North Patterson, bestselling author in the realm of the legal-political thriller, today at 5:30 PM at Metcalf Hall (Second Floor of the George Shurman Union). Patterson embarked on his writing career after first establishing himself as a successful lawyer, serving as a liaison for the United States Securities and Exchange Commission to the Watergate Special Prosecutor. He also served as an Assistant Attorney General for the state of Ohio and has been a partner in several prestigious United States law firms. This event is open to the public. For tickets/more information call 617-353-1218 or email archives@bu.edu.