Securities Law

SEC Charges Four Underwriters in First Actions Enforcing Municipal Bond Disclosure Law

September 13, 2022

The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed a litigated action against Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. and separately announced settlements with BNY Mellon Capital Markets LLC, TD Securities (USA) LLC, and Jefferies LLC, charging each of the four firms… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Charges VMware with Misleading Investors by Obscuring Financial Performance

September 12, 2022

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged VMware Inc. for misleading investors about its order backlog management practices, which enabled the Palo Alto, California-based technology company to push revenue into future quarters by delaying… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Charges Hudson Advisors and Lone Star Global for Failing to Disclose that Fund Fees Included More Than $50 Million of Owner’s Income Tax Liability

September 12, 2022

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced charges today against registered investment advisers Hudson Advisors L.P. and Lone Star Global Acquisitions Ltd. for including Hudson’s owner’s anticipated income tax liability as a component of certain… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Division of Corporation Finance to Add Industry Offices Focused on Crypto Assets and Industrial Applications and Services

September 9, 2022

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced plans to add an Office of Crypto Assets and an Office of Industrial Applications and Services to the Division of Corporation Finance’s Disclosure Review Program (DRP). The DRP has long had offices to… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Adopts JOBS Act Inflation Adjustments

September 9, 2022

The Securities and Exchange Commission today adopted amendments to its rules to implement inflation adjustments mandated by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act. The SEC is required to make inflation adjustments to certain JOBS Act rules at… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Charges Two Advisory Firms for Custody Rule Violations, One for Form ADV Violations, and Six for Both

September 9, 2022

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against a number of investment advisers that failed to comply with requirements relating to safekeeping client assets and/or to timely update their SEC disclosures to reflect the status of… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Charges Perceptive Advisors for Failing to Disclose SPAC-Related Conflicts of Interest

September 6, 2022

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged New York-based investment adviser Perceptive Advisors LLC with failing to disclose conflicts of interest regarding its personnel’s ownership of sponsors of special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Charges Venture Capital Adviser Energy Innovation Capital Management for Overcharging Fees

September 2, 2022

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Energy Innovation Capital Management, LLC (EIC), a California-based exempt reporting adviser, with charging excess management fees from two venture capital funds. EIC has returned $678,681 plus… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Charges Advisory Firm and Executives with Devising an Elaborate Scheme to Defraud Clients out of More Than $75 Million

August 30, 2022

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged two North Carolina-based executives, Gregory E. Lindberg and Christopher Herwig, and their Malta-based registered investment adviser, Standard Advisory Services Limited, for defrauding clients out of… Full report at: Read More

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SEC Issues First Fee Rate Advisory for Fiscal Year 2023

August 26, 2022

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that the fees that public companies and other issuers pay to register their securities with the Commission will increase from $92.70 per million dollars to $110.20 per million dollars, effective Oct. 1.… Full report at: Read More

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