I recall reading that the SEC does not divulge information on pending
investigations and the following site confirms that - Investigations by the
SEC, http://www.sec.gov/answers/investg.htm. The site also says: "An
investigation becomes public when the SEC files an action in court or in its
internal administrative process." You can find information about public
enforcement actions <http://www.sec.gov/litigation.shtml> at
http://www.sec.gov/litigation.shtml. I've used court databases, press
releases and news stories to find information about specific companies that
includes SEC litigation. A quick Google search using the terms: sec
investigations press release uncovers some examples on the Web. I also
recommend checking other news and press release databases available from
various aggregators. I use Dialog, Factiva, and LexisNexis for this type of
research and there are others.
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From: owner-law-lib@ucdavis.edu [mailto:owner-law-lib@ucdavis.edu] On Behalf
Of Hill, Byron C.
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 9:56 AM
To: law-lib@ucdavis.edu
Subject: [LAW-LIB:56171] Competitive intelligence question
Colleagues --
This is one of those "there must be a database out there" questions.
The quest is to identify the history of legal difficulties faced by a
company. Searching for litigation, both resolved and pending, is
reasonably straightforward, but I'm also interested in uncovering
investigations from government entities such as the EEOC, the SEC, etc. Any
assistance appreciated.
Byron
Byron Hill, Librarian
Bowditch & Dewey, LLP
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