The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a former finance manager at Amazon.com Inc. and two family members with insider trading in advance of Amazon earnings announcements between January 2016 and July 2018. According to the SEC‘s… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call Sallah Astarita & […]
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SEC Charges Companies, Former Executives as Part of Risk-Based Initiative
The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed settled actions against two public companies for violations that resulted in the improper reporting of quarterly earnings per share (EPS) that met or exceeded analyst consensus estimates. The… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call Sallah Astarita & Cox […]
SEC Issues Two Whistleblower Awards for High-Quality Information Regarding Overseas Conduct
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced two separate whistleblower awards for total payments of over $2.5 million. In the first order, a whistleblower was awarded over $1.8 million for taking both personal and professional risks in… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call Sallah Astarita […]
SEC Charges Top Executive of California Microcap Company for Misleading Claims Concerning COVID-19 Test and Financial Statements
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Mark Schena, the President and Chief Science Officer of Arrayit Corporation, for making allegedly false and misleading statements concerning Arrayit’s development of a COVID-19 blood test and its… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call Sallah Astarita & Cox […]
Engine Manufacturing Company to Pay Penalty, Take Remedial Measures to Settle Charges of Accounting Fraud
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Chicago-area engine manufacturing company Power Solutions International Inc., has agreed to settle accounting fraud charges related to the company’s overstatement of revenues by almost $25… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call Sallah Astarita & Cox at 212-509-6544. […]
SEC Charges BMW for Disclosing Inaccurate and Misleading Retail Sales Information to Bond Investors
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled charges against Germany-based automaker BMW AG and two of its U.S. subsidiaries for disclosing inaccurate and misleading information about BMW’s retail sales volume in the U.S. while raising… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call Sallah Astarita & […]
SEC Charges Lighting Products Company and Four Executives With Accounting Violations
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Connecticut-based Revolution Lighting Technologies Inc. for an accounting fraud that falsely inflated its reported revenues over a four-year period. Four Revolution Lighting executives—CEO Robert… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call Sallah Astarita & Cox at 212-509-6544. from SECLaw.com
SEC Adopts Amendments to Modernize Shareholder Proposal Rule
The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted to adopt amendments to modernize its shareholder proposal rule, which governs the process for a shareholder to have its proposal included in a company’s proxy statement for consideration by all of the… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call […]
SEC Adds Clarity, Efficiency and Transparency to Its Successful Whistleblower Award Program
The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted to adopt amendments to the rules governing its whistleblower program that are designed to provide greater clarity to whistleblowers and increase the program’s efficiency and transparency. … Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call Sallah Astarita & Cox at 212-509-6544. […]
SEC Obtains Emergency Asset Freeze, Charges Ring of Microcap Stock Manipulators Targeting Retail Investors
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it has obtained an asset freeze and other emergency relief to halt a series of microcap market manipulation schemes that defrauded retail investors. According to the SEC’s complaint, from… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call Sallah Astarita […]