Securities Law

SEC Charges Lyft with Failure to Disclose Board Member’s Financial Interest in Private Shareholder’s Pre-IPO Stock Transaction

September 18, 2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Lyft Inc. for failing to disclose a company board director’s role in a shareholder’s sale of approximately $424 million worth of private shares of Lyft’s stock prior to the company’s initial public… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Updates List of Firms Using Inaccurate Information to Solicit Investors

September 15, 2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it updated its list of unregistered entities that use misleading information to solicit primarily non-U.S. investors, adding 29 soliciting entities, three impersonators of genuine firms, and one… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Charges Connecticut Advisory Firm GlennCap and its Owner with Cherry-Picking

September 14, 2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled fraud charges against GlennCap LLC, a Connecticut-based investment advisory firm, and its owner, Jonathan Vincent Glenn, for allocating profitable securities trades to favored accounts,… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Proposes Improvements to EDGAR Filer Access and Account Management

September 13, 2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission today proposed rule and form amendments to improve filer access to and management of accounts on the SEC’s EDGAR system. The proposed amendments would require EDGAR filers to authorize identified individuals who… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Charges Creator of Stoner Cats Web Series for Unregistered Offering of NFTs

September 13, 2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Stoner Cats 2 LLC (SC2) with conducting an unregistered offering of crypto asset securities in the form of purported non-fungible tokens (NFTs) that raised approximately $8 million from investors to… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Small Business Advisory Committee to Discuss Funding for Early-Stage Companies and Alternative Funding for Small Businesses

September 13, 2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee today released the agenda for its meeting on Tuesday, September 19. The meeting will include a discussion of ways to invest in early-stage companies, as well as… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Charges Virtu for False and Misleading Disclosures Relating to Information Barriers

September 12, 2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed charges against broker-dealer Virtu Americas LLC and its parent company, Virtu Financial Inc. (collectively, Virtu), for making materially false and misleading statements and omissions regarding… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Charges Alternative Investment Platform YieldStreet for Misleading Investors

September 12, 2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced a settled action against New York-based YieldStreet Inc. and its registered investment adviser subsidiary, YieldStreet Management LLC (together, YieldStreet), for failing to disclose critical… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Charges National Office Partner at Marcum for Causing Widespread Quality Control Deficiencies

September 12, 2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Alfonse Gregory Giugliano, CPA, the former National Assurance Services Leader at Marcum LLP, a public accounting firm, with failing to sufficiently address and remediate numerous deficiencies in Marcum… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Sweep into Marketing Rule Violations Results in Charges Against Nine Investment Advisers

September 11, 2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against nine registered investment advisers for advertising hypothetical performance to the general public on their websites without adopting and/or implementing policies and procedures… Full report at: Read More

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