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SEC Awards More Than $23 Million to Whistleblowers

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced awards of approximately $13 million and $10 million to two whistleblowers whose information and assistance led to successful SEC and related actions. The whistleblowers’ substantial assistance, provided to the SEC and another federal agency, included submitting information and documents, participating in interviews, and […]

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FINRA Reopens Hearing Locations

Beginning July 5, 2021, FINRA will reopen all of its hearing locations for in-person arbitration and mediation proceedings except for the following: Augusta, Boca Raton, Buffalo, Detroit, Philadelphia, Providence and Wilmington. FINRA DRS has postponed all in-person proceedings in these seven locations through July 30, 2021. The Securities Law Blog […]

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JAMS Arbitration Better Than FINRA?

That is not to say that it does not have its flaws. Scheduling hearings is often a mess, too often arbitrators don’t want to make decisions, and the certainty of evidentiary rulings is iffy, at best. I have represented parties in other forums, notably the NYSE when it was conducting […]

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SEC Charges Mutual Fund Executives with Misleading Investors Regarding Investment Risks in Funds that Suffered $1 Billion Trading Loss

The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed a civil action alleging that investment advisers LJM Funds Management Ltd. and LJM Partners Ltd. and their portfolio managers, Anthony Caine and Anish Parvataneni, fraudulently misled investors… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call Sallah Astarita & Cox at 212-509-6544. The […]

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SEC Awards More Than $4 Million to Whistleblower

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced an award of more than $4 million to a whistleblower who alerted SEC staff to certain violations, prompting the opening of an investigation.  The whistleblower then provided substantial… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call Sallah Astarita & Cox […]

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SEC Obtains Emergency Relief, Charges Florida Company and CEO with Misappropriating Investor Money and Operating a Ponzi Scheme

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 […]