The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy (OIEA) today unveiled a public service campaign (PSC) to educate investors on the benefits of investing and encourage them to use the free financial planning tools… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call Sallah Astarita & […]
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SEC Issues Whistleblower Awards Totaling Nearly $5.3 Million
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced awards of nearly $5.3 million to whistleblowers who provided information and assistance in separate enforcement proceedings. In the first order, the SEC awarded a whistleblower nearly $4 million for… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call Sallah Astarita & […]
Morgan Stanley Forcing You Back to the Office?
Maybe it is time to transition or to go independent. Call the broker transition lawyers at Sallah Astarita & Cox for a free consultation. 212-509-6544 The Securities Law Blog is a service of SECLaw.com, and Mark Astarita, a national securities lawyer with the law firm of Sallah Astarita & Cox, […]
Silicon Valley Insider Trading Ring Charged
The SEC has announced insider trading charges against a Silicon Valley trading ring whose members generated nearly $1.7 million in illegal profits and losses avoided by trading on the confidential earnings information of two local technology companies. According to the SEC’s complaint, Nathaniel Brown, who served as the revenue recognition […]
SEC Charges Issuer With Cybersecurity Disclosure Controls Failures
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled charges against real estate settlement services company First American Financial Corporation for disclosure controls and procedures violations related to a cybersecurity vulnerability that… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call Sallah Astarita & Cox at 212-509-6544. The Securities […]
Renee Jones to Join SEC as Director of Corporation Finance; John Coates Named SEC General Counsel
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Renee Jones has been appointed Director of the Division of Corporation Finance. John Coates, the Division’s current Acting Director, has been named SEC General Counsel. Both appointments are… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call Sallah Astarita & […]
SEC Announces Annual Regulatory Agenda
The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs today released the Spring 2021 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. The report, which includes contributions related to the Securities and Exchange Commission, lists short- and long-term… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call Sallah Astarita & Cox […]
Gary Gensler Announces Additions to Executive Staff
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the appointments of Amanda Fischer, Lisa Helvin, Tejal D. Shah, Angelica Annino, Liz Bloom, Basmah Nada, and Jahvonta Mason as members of SEC Chair Gary Gensler’s executive staff. “I had the honor… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call […]
SEC Charges Couple With Insider Trading on Confidential Clinical Trial Data
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a New York-based couple with insider trading in the stock of the pharmaceutical company where one of them worked as a clinical trial project manager. The defendants have agreed to pay more than $… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? […]
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 […]
