The Securities and Exchange Commission today adopted amendments to Exchange Act Rule 15c2-11, an important component of the over-the-counter (OTC) market regulatory structure. The amendments are designed to modernize the rule, which was last… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call Sallah Astarita & Cox at […]
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SEC Report and Recommendations on the 39th Annual Small Business Forum
The Securities and Exchange Commission today delivered a report to Congress on the 39th Annual Small Business Forum. The 2020 Forum highlighted challenges and success stories from startups to small cap companies across the country and featured discussions about women-owned, minority-owned, and rural businesses and their investors, as well as […]
SEC Charges Film Producer, Rapper, and Others for Participation in Two Fraudulent ICOs
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against five Atlanta-based individuals, including film producer Ryan Felton, rapper and actor Clifford Harris, Jr., known as T.I. or Tip, and three others who each promoted one of Felton’s… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call Sallah Astarita […]
SEC Issues Agenda for September 16 Meeting of the Asset Management Advisory Committee
The Securities and Exchange Commission today released the agenda for the September 16, 2020, meeting of the Asset Management Advisory Committee (AMAC). AMAC was formed to provide the Commission with diverse perspectives on asset management and… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call Sallah Astarita & […]
SEC Modernizes Disclosures for Banking Registrants
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it has adopted rules to update and expand the statistical disclosures that bank and savings and loan registrants provide to investors, in light of changes in this sector over the past 30 years. The rules also eliminate certain disclosure items that are duplicative […]
SEC Announces Final Distribution in WG Trading Investment Fraud, Totaling Over $1 Billion Returned to Harmed Investors
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that the court-appointed receiver has begun the final distribution to investors in connection with the SEC‘s action against defendants Paul Greenwood, Steven Walsh, and their affiliated WG Trading… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call Sallah Astarita & Cox […]
SEC Charges Fund Manager for Fraud in Securities Offering in Neiman Marcus Bankruptcy
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Daniel Kamensky, co-chair of the unsecured creditors committee in the Neiman Marcus Group Ltd. LLC Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, with abusing his position on the committee to attempt to benefit a… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call Sallah […]
SEC Investor Advisory Committee to Meet Virtually on September 24
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Investor Advisory Committee will hold a virtual public meeting on September 24, 2020. The meeting will begin at 10 a.m. ET, is open to the public via live webcast, and will be archived on the Committee’s… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law […]
Whistleblowers Receive $2.5 Million for Detailed Analysis That Led to Successful Actions
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced an award of over $2.5 million to joint whistleblowers whose tip based largely on highly probative independent analysis of a public company’s filings led to several successful enforcement actions.… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call Sallah Astarita & […]
The Dow Jones Index Changes
The Dow welcomed three new components: Honeywell (HON), Salesforce (CRM) and Amgen (AMGN), and removed ExxonMobil (XOM), Pfizer (PFE) and Raytheon (RTN). Keep in mind that the DOW is a price weighted index, and affected by share price, not the size of the company. https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/31/investing/dow-apple-tesla-stock-market-today/index.html from SECLaw.com
