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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JPMorgan Admits to Widespread Record-Keeping Failures and Agrees to Pay $125 Million Penalty to Resolve SEC Charges
The SEC announced charges against J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (JPMS), a broker-dealer subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase & Co., for widespread and longstanding failures by the firm and its employees to maintain and preserve written communications. JPMS admitted the facts set forth in the SEC’s order and acknowledged that its conduct […]
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
Sec Charges Three Canadian Citizens in Fraudulent Penny Stock Scheme
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced it charged three Canadian citizens with carrying out a fraudulent scheme involving penny stocks which generated tens of millions of dollars in proceeds but left investors with nearly worthless shares… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call New York […]
Report From SEC Small Business Advocate Details Capital Raising During Past Year
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation today issued its 2021 Annual Report that details how entrepreneurs and investors are building companies together from startups to small public companies… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call New York Securities […]
SEC Issues Whistleblower Nearly $5 Million Award
The SEC has announced an award of nearly $5 million to a whistleblower who provided critical information and assistance that led to the success of a covered action. The whistleblower’s information helped the SEC to more quickly and efficiently bring an action that returned millions of dollars to harmed investors. […]
SEC Charges Dialysis Provider and Three Former Senior Executives with Revenue Manipulation Scheme
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged American Renal Associates Holdings, Inc. (ARA), a provider of dialysis services through clinics across the country, with engaging in a revenue manipulation scheme that resulted in the restatement of… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call New York Securities […]
Tipping Inside Information Leads to Civil and Criminal Charges
When you are in possession of insider information, not only can you not trade on it, you cannot tell others about the information. If you do, and they trade on it, you can be liable for their trades. The CFO of Immunomedics is learning that lesson the hard way. According […]
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 […]
SEC Charges Oilfield Services Company and Former CEO With Failing to Disclose Executive Perks and Stock Pledges
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Texas-based oilfield services company ProPetro Holding Corp. and its founder and former CEO Dale Redman have agreed to settle charges that they failed to properly disclose some of Redman’s… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call Sallah Astarita […]








