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December 21, 2007

Selected Staff Accounting Bulletins

• Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 109: This staff accounting bulletin ("SAB") expresses the views of the staff regarding the use of a "simplified" method, as discussed in SAB No. 107 ("SAB 107"), in developing an estimate of expected term of "plain vanilla" share options in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (revised 2004), Share-Based Payment. (Release No. SAB 110)
   

Administrative Proceedings

• Donald Sorrentino (Release No. 34-57040)
   
• George J. Sandhu (Release No. IA-2685)
  See also Order
   
• James Casmay (Release No. 34-57025)
   
• Founding Partners Capital Management Company and William Gunlicks (Release No. 34-57024)
   

Litigation Releases

• Jarrod W. McMillin, Innovative Projects, Inc., Laurence G. Young, Anne B. Liebermann, and Jason A. Kolakowski (Release No. LR-20415)
   
• (Release Nos. LR-20414, AAER-2760)
  See also Complaint
   
• Justin Ficken and Martin J. Druffner, et. al. (Release No. LR-20413)
   

Commission Opinions and Adjudicatory Orders

• Richard L. Sacks (Order Denying Stay) (Release No.: 34-57028,)
   
• David Henry Disraeli and Lifeplan Associates, Inc. (Release Nos.: 34-57027, IA-2686)
   

Recent Press Releases

• Fee Rate Advisory #5 for Fiscal Year 2008 (Release No. 2007-269)
   
• Chairman Cox Unveils New Internet Tool With Instant Comparisons Of Executive Pay (Release No. 2007-268)
   
• SEC Staff Issues Year-End Help For Expensing Employee Stock Options (Release No. 2007-267)
  See also Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 110
   

Other Commission, Orders and Information

• JPMorgan Securities Inc. (Order Regarding Alternative Net Capital Computation for JPMorgan Securities Inc.) (Release No. 34-57039)
   
• Egan-Jones Rating Company (Order Granting Registration of Egan-Jones Rating Company as a Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization) (Release No. 34-57031)
   

SEC Final Rules

• Acceptance From Foreign Private Issuers of Financial Statements Prepared in Accordance With International Financial Reporting Standards Without Reconciliation to U.S. GAAP (Release No. 33-8879, File No. S7-13-07)
   
• Revisions to the Eligibility Requirements for Primary Securities Offerings on Forms S-3 and F-3 (Release No. 33-8878, File No. S7-10-07)
   

Petitions for Rulemaking Submitted to the SEC

• Request for rulemaking under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to exempt issuers of certain types of fixed insurance contracts from the reporting requirements of Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Act, submitted by Stephen E. Roth, Esq., Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP on behalf of Jackson National Life Insurance Company (File No. 4-533)
   

Self-Regulatory Organization (SRO) Rulemaking

• NYSE: Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Change to Exchange Rule 325 Relating to Financial Responsibility Requirements of Member Organizations (Release No. 34-57009, File No. SR-NYSE-2007-108)
   
• NYSE: Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change by the New York Stock Exchange LLC Relating to NYSE Rule 300 (Trading Licenses) (Release No. 34-57006, File No. SR-NYSE-2007-116)
   
• NYSE: Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change Relating to Rule 15 (ITS and Pre-Opening Applications) (Release No. 34-57003, File No. SR-NYSE-2007-112)
   
• NYSE: Notice of Filing of a Proposed Rule Amendment to NYSE Rule 104.21 ("Specialist Organizations – Additional Capital Requirements") (Release No. 34-57000, File No. SR-NYSE-2007-101)