Federal Securities Law Research Guide: News, Analysis, and Blogs

Securities Law Prof Blog - Blog by professors who specialize in securities law

SEC Actions - Blog covering SEC investigations, Civil & Criminal Enforcement Actions, Class Actions and Internal Investigations

Securities Law Exchange -- Bass, Berry & Sims' blog.

Jim Hamilton’s World of Securities Regulation Blog - Covers developments at the federal, state and international levels

Bloomberg Law: Securities Practice Center includes: legal news and analysis, Bloomberg news on securities-related topics, deal news, SEC proposed rule releases, SEC news and public statements, links to case dockets for federal securities law topics and securities class actions, SEC proposed rule releases, chart builders (tip: select topic/jurisdiction(s)), due diligence tools, and other helpful resources.  

Law 360: Securities provides legal news and analysis on securities-related topics.  Content also is available in Lexis > click icon on left of screen: Legal News Hub > tab: Securities.

Law.com: Securities Litigation 

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates, Insights

VitalLaw: The following News and Blogs are available in Wolters Kluwer's VitalLaw (select Securities--All content & scroll down to "News & Blogs" or click on the links below):

• Bankruptcy Law Report Letters
• Commodity Futures Report Letters
• Derivatives Law Watch
• Dodd-Frank News Center
• Federal Securities Report Letters
• Hedge Funds and Private Equity: Risk Management and Regulatory Update
• International Securities and Financial Reporting Update
• Jim Hamilton's World of Securities Regulation Blog
• Mutual Funds Guide Report Letter
• SEC Filings Insight
• SEC No-Action Letter Weekly
• US Financial Services News

Wall Street Journal

You can access the Wall Street Journal in Lexis by typing: The Wall Street Journal in the search box on the main page.  To access today's news, click on the "Actions" menu and then choose "Get all documents for this source" 

Financial Times 

Once you set up an account, you can sign in to www.ft.com to view Financial Times online and sign up for newsletters.  

Legal Blog Aggregators:

LexBlog - Securities

LexBlog has over 22,000 bloggers within its network, including over half of the nearly 1,000 blogs from the United States’ top 200 law firms.  The blogs are categorized into different "channels".  The above link takes you to the Securities channel.

Justia Blawg Search - Securities Law 

Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance - provides updates on activities sponsored by the Harvard Law School Program on Corporate Governance and features communications about corporate governance and financial regulation by individuals associated with the Program

Dealbook - NY Times blog edited by Andrew Ross Sorkin

The 10b-5 Daily - A weblog devoted to tracking news and events relating to securities class actions brought on behalf of investors against companies, with an emphasis on judicial developments