The Securities and Exchange Commission today adopted new rules and rule amendments to enhance the regulation of private fund advisers and update the existing compliance rule that applies to all investment advisers. The new rules and amendments are… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call New […]
Month: September 2023
SEC Reopens Comment Period for Enhanced Safeguarding Rule for Registered Investment Advisers Proposal
The Securities and Exchange Commission today reopened the comment period on its proposed rule that would redesignate and amend the current custody rule under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to enhance protections of customer assets managed by… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call New […]
SEC Charges Former New Jersey Corrections Officer with Crypto Fraud Scheme Targeting Law Enforcement Personnel
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged former New Jersey State Correctional Police Officer John A. DeSalvo with fraudulently raising funds through the unregistered offering of the Blazar Token, a crypto asset security he created but that… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call New York […]
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 […]
Wells Fargo Settles with SEC for Charging Excessive Advisory Fees
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Wells Fargo Clearing Services LLC and Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network LLC (collectively, Wells Fargo) for overcharging more than 10,900 investment advisory accounts more than $26.8 million in… 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 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 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 […]
SEC Charges LA-Based Media and Entertainment Co. Impact Theory for Unregistered Offering of NFTs
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Impact Theory, LLC, a media and entertainment company headquartered in Los Angeles, with conducting an unregistered offering of crypto asset securities in the form of purported non-fungible tokens (… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call New York Securities […]
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. […]