The Law of the Financial Markets from Top Securities Lawyers
Monday, February 9, 2026
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it filed an emergency action against California-based real estate development company SiliconSage Builders LLC, aka Silicon Sage Builders, and its sole owner, Sanjeev Acharya, in connection with an alleged $119 million fraudulent offering. According to the SEC’s complaint, Silicon Sage Builders and […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged disbarred attorney, Richard J. Rubin, and licensed attorney, Thomas J. Craft, with fraud for their roles in a legal opinion letter scheme to fraudulently facilitate the sale of millions of shares of… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call […]
Broker-dealers are required to store and preserve all communications sent and received by their brokers for a period of three years pursuant to Section 17(a) and Rule 17a4 of the Exchange Act. That requirement includes text messages, as one firm recently learned the hard way. The SEC instituted administrative proceedings […]
Promoting a security without disclosing that you are being paid to do so is unlawful “touting” and violates the federal securities laws. The SEC has charged a Tennessee business mand for promoting investments in initial coin offerings (ICOs) to his Twitter followers without disclosing that he was paid to do […]
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 […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged former Hertz CEO and Chairman Mark Frissora with aiding and abetting the company in its filing of inaccurate financial statements and disclosures. The SEC’s complaint alleges that as Hertz’s financial results fell short of its forecasts throughout 2013, Frissora pressured subordinates to “find […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that SCF Investment Advisors, Inc. (SCF) has agreed to settle charges that it selected mutual funds and cash sweep money market funds for clients that provided undisclosed revenue to the firm’s… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call Sallah […]
Every securities broker is required, by law, to file a report of any suspicious transaction relevant to a possible violation of law or regulation. A transaction requires reporting if it involves or aggregates funds or other assets of at least $5,000, and the broker-dealer knows, suspects, or has reason to suspect that […]
Compliance with Regulation Best Interest (Regulation BI) and Form CRS is due on June 30, 2020 for all registered broker-dealers and investment advisers. See Introduction to Regulation Best Interest Regulation Best Interest at FINRA Regulation Best Interest (BI) information at the SEC website
SEC Regulation Best Interest In June of 2019 the SEC approved Regulation Best Interest, which requires broker-dealers to act in the best interest of their retail customers when making recommendations as to securities or investment strategies. In adopting the regulation, the SEC stated that the regulation “enhances the broker-dealer standard […]
