Securities Law

SEC Charges Mattel with Financial Misstatements and Former PwC Audit Partner with Improper Professional Conduct

October 21, 2022

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that California-based Mattel Inc. has agreed to pay $3.5 million to settle charges relating to misstatements in its third and fourth quarter 2017 financial statements. Separately, the SEC is… Full report at: Read More

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New Jersey Real Estate Development Firm and Four Executives Charged With $600 Million Ponzi-like Fraud

October 13, 2022

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged New Jersey-based National Realty Investment Advisors LLC (NRIA) and four of its former executives with running a Ponzi-like scheme that raised approximately $600 million from about 2,000 investors.… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Adopts Rule Amendments to Modernize How Broker-Dealers Preserve Electronic Records and Enhance the Electronic Recordkeeping Requirements for Security-Based Swap Entities

October 12, 2022

The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted to adopt amendments to the electronic recordkeeping, prompt production of records, and third-party recordkeeping service requirements applicable to broker-dealers, security-based swap dealers (SBSDs),… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Reopens Comment Periods for Several Rulemaking Releases Due to Technological Error in Receiving Certain Comments

October 7, 2022

The Securities and Exchange Commission today reopened the public comment periods for 11 Commission rulemaking releases and one request for comment due to a technological error that resulted in a number of public comments submitted through the Commission’… Full report at: Read More

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Small Business Advisory Committee to Host Meeting to Discuss Entrepreneurship Hubs and the IPO Market

October 6, 2022

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee today released the agenda for its meeting on Thursday, Oct. 13, which will address entrepreneurship hubs and recent trends in taking a company public.… Full report at: Read More

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SEC to Spotlight Financial Planning and Resilience during World Investor Week 2022

October 3, 2022

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it will highlight the importance of long-term planning and investor resilience during World Investor Week (WIW) 2022, which takes place October 3-9. Planning for life’s unexpected… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Charges Kim Kardashian for Unlawfully Touting Crypto Security

October 3, 2022

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against Kim Kardashian for touting on social media a crypto asset security offered and sold by EthereumMax without disclosing the payment she received for the promotion. Kardashian agreed to… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Charges Eight in Scheme to Fraudulently Promote Securities Offerings

September 30, 2022

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against six individuals and two companies for their involvement in a fraudulent scheme to promote the securities of issuers that were conducting (or purporting to conduct) offerings pursuant… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Charges Two Canadian Software Engineers with Insider Trading

September 30, 2022

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced insider trading charges against two Canadian software engineers who made $1.6 million by trading ahead of non-public, market-moving financial information. According to the SEC’s complaint, from at… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Charges Audit Firm RSM and Three Senior-Level Employees with Failure to Properly Conduct Client Audits

September 30, 2022

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged audit firm RSM US LLP and three senior-level employees with improper professional conduct for failing to properly audit Revolution Lighting Technologies Inc.’s (“Revolution”) financial statements over… Full report at: Read More

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