Securities Law

Three Investment Adviser Representatives Settle SEC Charges for Acting as Unregistered Brokers

January 14, 2025

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled charges against investment adviser representatives Tamir Shabat, Danny Z. Spiegel, and Joseph J. Orlando, Jr. for acting as unregistered brokers in selling membership interests in LLCs that… Full report at: Read More

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Twelve Firms to Pay More Than $63 Million Combined to Settle SEC’s Charges for Recordkeeping Failures

January 13, 2025

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against nine investment advisers and three broker-dealers for failures by the firms and their personnel to maintain and preserve electronic communications, in violation of recordkeeping… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Charges Former Public Company Officer and His Sister-In-Law with Insider Trading

January 13, 2025

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Alfred V. Tobia, Jr., the former president and chief investment officer (CIO) of one public company and a member of the board of another, and his sister-in-law, Elizabeth Lee, with insider trading that… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Charges BMO Capital Markets with Failing to Supervise Agency Bond Desk

January 13, 2025

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged registered broker-dealer BMO Capital Markets Corp. with failing to supervise employees who, from December 2020 until May 2023, sold mortgage-backed bonds using offering sheets and bond metrics that… Full report at: Read More

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Alternative Trading Systems Operator Liquidnet Charged with Violations of Market Access Rule and for Failing to Protect Confidential Subscriber Trading Information

January 10, 2025

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled charges against broker-dealer Liquidnet Inc., an operator of multiple alternative trading systems (ATSs), for failing to have necessary controls and procedures regarding market access, for… Full report at: Read More

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Vince McMahon, Former CEO of WWE, Charged for Failure to Disclose to WWE Two Settlement Agreements He Executed on Behalf of WWE

January 10, 2025

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled charges against Vince McMahon, the former Executive Chairman and CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment Inc., for signing two settlement agreements, one in 2019 and one in 2022, on behalf of… Full report at: Read More

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Tai Mo Shan to Pay $123 Million for Negligently Misleading Investors About Stability of Terra USD

December 20, 2024
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The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Tai Mo Shan Limited with misleading investors about the stability of Terra USD (UST), a purported “algorithmic stablecoin” issued by Terraform Labs PTE Ltd. (Terraform), when UST dropped from its… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Adopts Rule Amendments to the Broker-Dealer Customer Protection Rule

December 20, 2024
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The Securities and Exchange Commission today adopted amendments to Rule 15c3-3 (the customer protection rule) to require certain broker-dealers to increase the frequency with which they perform computations of the net cash they owe to customers and other… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Files Settled Charges Against Multiple Entities for Failing to Timely File Forms D in Connection With Securities Offerings

December 20, 2024
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The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against two private companies and one registered investment adviser for failing to timely file Forms D for several unregistered securities offerings in violation of Rule 503 of Regulation D.… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Charges Silver Point Capital with Policy Failures Regarding Receipt of Material Nonpublic Information About Bonds Issued by Puerto Rico

December 20, 2024
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The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged registered investment adviser Silver Point Capital L.P. with failing to establish, implement, and enforce written policies and procedures reasonably designed to prevent the misuse of material nonpublic… Full report at: Read More

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