By the Subcommittee on Annual Review of Federal Securities Regulation, Committee on Federal Regulation of Securities, ABA Business Law Section This review was prepared by the Subcommittee on Annual Review of Federal Securities Regulation of the ABA Business Law Section’s Committee on Federal Regulation of Securities. The Review is a […]
Month: August 2023
Disgorgement Accounting After Liu v. SEC in Securities Enforcement Cases
From the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance – The Supreme Court’s landmark Liu v. SEC ruling curtails the SEC’s discretion in disgorgement remedies, limiting awards to a defendant’s “net profits” from wrongdoing. This shifts billions in settlement negotiations. But how should securities lawyers calculate these “net profits” in […]
SEC Charges Citigroup Global Markets Inc. with Recordkeeping Failures concerning Underwriting Expenses
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled cease-and-desist proceedings against broker-dealer Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (CGMI) for willfully violating recordkeeping requirements concerning expenses that the firm incurred in… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call New York Securities Lawyers at 212-509-6544. Sallah Astarita & Cox, […]
SEC Charges Archipelago Trading Services with Failing to File Suspicious Activity Reports
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against Archipelago Trading Services Inc. (ATSI) for failing to file hundreds of legally required reports of suspicious financial transactions, known as Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs),… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call New York Securities Lawyers at 212-509-6544. […]
Impact Theory Charged by SEC for Unregistered Offering of Crypto Asset Securities
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has taken action against Impact Theory, LLC, a prominent media and entertainment company headquartered in Los Angeles. The SEC has charged the company with engaging in an unregistered offering of crypto asset securities through purported non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Impact Theory managed to accumulate approximately […]
SEC Announces First Fee Rate Advisory for Fiscal Year 2024
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that the fees that public companies and other issuers pay to register their securities with the Commission will increase from $110.20 per million dollars to $147.60 per million dollars, effective Oct… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call New […]
Wells Fargo Settles with SEC for Charging Excessive Advisory Fees
The SEC has taken action against Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC and Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network LLC (collectively referred to as Wells Fargo). The SEC has charged Wells Fargo for the excessive charging of over 10,900 investment advisory accounts, resulting in more than $26.8 million in undue advisory fees. […]
SEC Awards Whistleblower More Than $18 Million
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced an award of more than $18 million to a whistleblower whose information and assistance led to a successful SEC enforcement action. After initially reporting misconduct internally, the whistleblower… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call New York Securities Lawyers […]
SEC Charges 3M with Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Violations Relating to China Subsidiary
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that 3M Company agreed to pay more than $6.5 million to resolve charges that it violated the books and records and internal controls provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). The SEC’s… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? […]
SEC Charges Former Attorney at U.S.-Based Global Law Firm with Insider Trading
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced insider trading charges against Romero Cabral da Costa Neto for trading based on material, nonpublic information concerning a client of the global law firm where he worked as a visiting attorney from… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call […]