Tag: Securities Lawyer

Securities and Exchange Commission
Enforcement Law

James E. Grimes Named Chief ALJ at SEC

We are certain that Judge Grimes will be an excellent Chief ALJ, but we found it interesting, given the fact that the SEC ALJs rule in favor of the SEC in almost all of their cases that the SEC thought that including the word “impartial” in the title “SEC impartial Office […]

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News Enforcement

Wells Fargo Gets Fined…Again

What happened to Wells Fargo? Fine after fine. Our colleagues from Wachovia who are still there must be shaking their heads. This fine is for the same violation that Wells Fargo was fined for in 2016. FINRA Fines Wells Fargo $2.25M Over Handling of Client Data

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News Corp Finance

SEC Staff Issues Accounting Guidance on “Spring-Loaded” Compensation Awards to Executives

The SEC staff released guidance for companies about how to properly recognize and disclose compensation cost for “spring-loaded awards” made to executives. Spring-loaded awards are share-based compensation arrangements where a company grants stock options or other awards shortly before it announces market-moving information such as an earnings release with better-than-expected […]