The Law of the Financial Markets from Top Securities Lawyers
Saturday, November 29, 2025
Introduction The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has recently put forth a set of proposed amendments to the rule governing the registration of investment advisers who provide their services through the Internet. These amendments aim to modernize the existing Internet adviser registration rule and ensure that investment advisers can efficiently […]
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that EDDY ALEXANDRE was sentenced by U.S. District Judge John P. Cronan to nine years in prison for engaging in commodities fraud. ALEXANDRE was the leader of a purported cryptocurrency and foreign exchange (“forex”) trading […]
The SEC charged Brent Seaman of Naples, Florida, with fraudulently raising approximately $35 million from at least 60 investors through an unregistered securities offering. According to the SEC, Seaman told investors he would use their money to invest in technology companies and to trade currencies and commodities, but instead, he […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission today proposed amendments to the rule permitting certain investment advisers that provide investment advisory services through the internet to register with the Commission. The proposed amendments generally would… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call New York Securities Lawyers at 212-509-6544. […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission today proposed new rules that would require broker-dealers and investment advisers (collectively, “firms”) to take certain steps to address conflicts of interest associated with their use of predictive data… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call New York Securities Lawyers at […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission today adopted rules requiring registrants to disclose material cybersecurity incidents they experience and to disclose on an annual basis material information regarding their cybersecurity risk management, strategy… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call New York Securities Lawyers at 212-509-6544. Sallah […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged investor Joseph C. Lewis for illegally tipping material nonpublic information to his then-girlfriend, Carolyn W. Carter, as well as his two private pilots, Patrick J. O’Connor and Bryan L. Waugh, so… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call New […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Natasha Vij Greiner and Keith E. Cassidy have been named interim Acting Co-Directors of the Division of Examinations, effective immediately, while Division Director Richard Best is on extended… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call New York Securities […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it will join the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) and Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) for a Joint Public Roundtable at the DFI headquarters on… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call New York Securities Lawyers […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled fraud charges against Digital World Acquisition Corporation (DWAC), a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), for making material misrepresentations in forms filed with the SEC as part of… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call New York Securities Lawyers […]
