The Law of the Financial Markets from Top Securities Lawyers
Saturday, February 14, 2026
CNN is reporting that the CEO of Robinhood is not licensed with FINRA and implies that he is required to be licensed and that it is a “big deal” that he is not licensed. CNN is correct that absent an exemption, FINRA requires senior executives of a broker-dealer, including the […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it filed an emergency action and obtained a temporary restraining order and an asset freeze to stop an alleged Ponzi scheme and misappropriation of investor proceeds perpetrated by Melbourne, Florida resident Jonathan P. Maroney through several entities he controls. According to the […]
Make sure your insurance policies explicitly cover a governmental investigation. Hertz was covered for the class action but not the SEC investigation arising from the same events.
The SEC has charged James Roland Jones of Redondo Beach, California, with perpetrating a fraudulent scheme to sell what he called “insider tips” on the dark web. The dark web allows users to access the internet anonymously and, as such, has often been used to host websites and marketplaces that […]
According to a survey conducted by the personal finance website MagnifyMoney, nearly half of U.S. adults think financial advisors are expensive and only for the wealthy, even though almost all who use advisors consider them worth it, according to a new survey. The survey of 1,500 adults found that 30% […]
Three Fallacies Of Wealth Creation, And Three Antidotes If you can see through these misperceptions about assets, you can be a better investor. #seclaw #securitiesattorney #securitieslawyer https://www.forbes.com/sites/baldwin/2021/03/20/three-fallacies-of-wealth-creation-and-three-antidotes/ —– Coast-to-coast representation of investors and financial professionals – Securities Lawyer
Year in Review: The 2020 Exam and Risk Monitoring Program http://feeds.finra.org/~r/FINRACompliancePodcast/~3/ZT_Yl82n0tw/year-in-review-the-2020-exam-and-risk-monitoring-program-JcZ_yyzh # #seclaw —– Coast-to-coast representation of investors and financial professionals – Securities Lawyer
The Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted interim final amendments to implement congressionally mandated submission and disclosure requirements of the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act (HFCA Act). The interim final amendments will apply to registrants that the Commission identifies as having filed an annual report on Forms 10-K, 20-F, 40-F, […]
In a case involving allegations of affinity fraud, the SEC has charged a New Jersey resident with defrauding investors, most of whom were members of the Orthodox Jewish community, who invested millions based on false claims about investments in real estate. Remember, don’t trust someone with your investments simply because […]
As Stimulus Is Deployed, The S&P 500 Is Buzzing With Rotation Questions This week, $400 billion in direct stimulus payments began flowing into the bank accounts of US households, courtesy of the American Rescue Plan. Any investor must wonder: where will this money go next? #securitiesattorney #securitieslawyer #seclaw https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelcannivet/2021/03/19/as-stimulus-is-deployed-the-sp-500-is-buzzing-with-rotation-questions/ —– […]
