The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled insider trading charges against Bay Area finance employee Mounir N. Gad and his friend Nathan E. Guido. According to the SEC’s orders against Gad and Guido, Gad worked for a Northern… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call […]
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SEC Engages with Students for Their Perspectives on Emerging Issues
Yesterday, Chair Gary Gensler and Investor Advocate Rick Fleming hosted a roundtable discussion with the students and faculty of the University of Texas at Arlington’s Department of Finance and Real Estate. Students presented on diversity and disclosure… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call Sallah Astarita […]
SEC Charges Self-Proclaimed Real Estate “Dealmaker” With Multiple Offering Frauds and Misappropriation of Investor Funds
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against Matthew J. Skinner of Santa Clarita, California, and five entities he owns and controls – Empire West Equity Inc., Bayside Equity LP, Longacre Estates LP, Freedom Equity Fund LLC, and… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call […]
SEC Appoints New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal as Director of Enforcement
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Gurbir S. Grewal has been appointed Director of the Division of Enforcement, effective July 26, 2021. Grewal currently serves as Attorney General for the State of New Jersey, a role he has held… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law […]
Joint Readout of Principals Meeting of U.S. and UK Authorities Regarding Central Counterparty Resolution
Senior officials from the Securities and Exchange Commission, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Federal Reserve Board, and the Bank of England convened a virtual meeting today to discuss certain issues… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call Sallah Astarita & Cox at 212-509-6544. The […]
FINRA Reverses Hearing Panel Decision and Dismisses Complaint against Sallah Astarita & Cox client.
In an unusual reversal and dismissal, Mark Astarita of Sallah Astarita & Cox, LLC obtained a full reversal of a Hearing Panel decision in an enforcement proceeding that barred his client for life and ordered him to pay $250,000 in restitution, plus 6 years of interest. The case, which was […]
Sallah Astarita & Cox Announces Jeffrey Cox Teaching Appointment
Sallah Astarita & Cox, LLC is pleased to announce that founding partner, Jeffrey L. Cox, will be co-teaching a course entitled “White Collar Crime” as an Adjunct Professor at Florida International University’s (FIU) College of Law this upcoming Fall semester. Mr. Cox’s teaching will be based on his more than […]
Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee Jan. 29 Meeting to Focus on Smaller Public Company Markets
The Securities and Exchange Commission today released the agenda for the Friday, Jan. 29 meeting of its Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee, which will focus on the experiences of smaller public companies and the Commission’s recent… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call Sallah Astarita & […]
SEC Requests Comment on Potential Money Market Fund Reform Options Highlighted in President’s Working Group Report
The Securities and Exchange Commission today published a request for public comment on potential reform measures to improve the resilience of money market funds as highlighted in a report of the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets issued in… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call […]
SEC Adopts Rules to Modernize Key Market Infrastructure Responsible for Collecting, Consolidating, and Disseminating Equity Market Data
The Securities and Exchange Commission today adopted rules to modernize the infrastructure for the collection, consolidation, and dissemination of market data for exchange-listed national market system stocks (“NMS market data”). This… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call Sallah Astarita & Cox at 212-509-6544.
