The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced awards totaling approximately $10.4 million to several whistleblowers who provided information and assistance in three separate covered actions. In the first order, the SEC issued awards totaling approximately $7.5 million to two whistleblowers. Both whistleblowers provided new and significant information during an existing […]
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SEC Announces Enforcement Results for FY 2021
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it filed 434 new enforcement actions in fiscal year 2021, representing a 7 percent increase over the prior year. Seventy percent of these new or “stand-alone” actions involved at least one… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call […]
SEC Proposes Rule to Provide Transparency in the Securities Lending Market
The Securities and Exchange Commission today published proposed Exchange Act Rule 10c-1, which would require lenders of securities to provide the material terms of securities lending transactions to a registered national securities association, such as… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call Sallah Astarita & Cox […]
SEC Slams Almost All Robo-Advisors With Deficiency Letters
SEC Slams Almost All Robo-Advisors With Deficiency Letters: Examiners gave particular attention to whether or not robo-advisors were upholding their fiduciary duty. Originally posted at The Securities Law Blog Visit the Web’s top securities law site – SEClaw.com. Online since 1995, updated daily.
SEC Charges Partner at Global Consulting Firm With Insider Trading
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Puneet Dikshit, a partner at a global management consulting firm, with illegally trading in advance of a corporate acquisition by one of the firm’s clients in September. The SEC’s complaint, filed in… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call […]
Awards Totaling More Than $15 Million to Two Whistleblowers
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced awards of more than $12.5 million and $2.5 million to two whistleblowers whose information and assistance led to a successful SEC enforcement action. The first whistleblower alerted Commission staff to a fraudulent scheme and prompted the opening of an investigation. The second whistleblower’s […]
Entrepreneurship in Rural and Under-Resourced Areas on Agenda for Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee Meeting
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee today released the agenda for its virtual meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 16, when it plans to explore ways to foster entrepreneurship and capital access in… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call Sallah Astarita & Cox at […]
SEC Charges Exchange-Traded Product and Its General Partner With Disclosure Failures
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged United States Oil Fund LP, an exchange-traded product (ETP), and its general partner United States Commodity Funds LLC for misleading statements about limitations imposed by its sole futures commission… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call Sallah Astarita & […]
SEC Wins Jury Trial Against Hedge Fund Adviser Who Ran Manipulative Short Scheme
Jurors in Boston federal court today returned a verdict in the Securities Exchange Commission’s favor against a hedge fund adviser and his investment advisory firm. Gregory Lemelson and Massachusetts-based Lemelson Capital Management LLC were… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call Sallah Astarita & Cox at […]
SEC Awards More Than $2 Million to Whistleblower for Successful Related Action
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced an award of more than $2 million to a whistleblower who provided information that led to a successful related action by the U.S. Department of Justice. The whistleblower previously received an award for contributions to an SEC enforcement action based on the same […]



