The Law of the Financial Markets from Top Securities Lawyers
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
You cannot trade on material, non-public information, and that includes non-public information concerning the growth in your employer’s subscriber base or information contained in unpublished earnings releases. And if you do, you will undoubtedly be caught, and subjected to some very harsh penalties. Fines, a return of three times the […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled charges against Murchinson Ltd.; its principal, Marc Bistricer; and its trader, Paul Zogala (the respondents), for providing erroneous order-marking information that caused executing brokers… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call Sallah Astarita & Cox at 212-509-6544. The […]
The SEC announced it charged an issuer, its CEO, and six other entities and individuals with participating in a penny stock fraud scheme. The SEC also charged certain of the participants with operating as unregistered dealers, and obtained emergency relief to halt their ongoing conduct. According to the SEC’s complaint, […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the filing of an emergency action against Martin A. Ruiz of New York, and two entities he controls, Carter Bain Wealth Management, LLC (Carter Bain) and RAM Fund, LP (RAM). Shortly after filing the… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced awards totaling more than $3.5 million to three individuals in two separate enforcement proceedings. In the first order, the SEC awarded approximately $2 million to a whistleblower whose information and assistance led to a successful SEC enforcement action. The whistleblower alerted SEC staff […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced awards of more than $4 million to four whistleblowers who provided information and assistance in two separate enforcement proceedings. In the first order, the SEC awarded more than $2 million to a whistleblower who provided valuable information that resulted in SEC staff initiating an […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged accounting firm Ernst & Young LLP (EY), one of its partners, and two of its former partners with improper professional conduct for violating auditor independence rules in connection with EY’s… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call Sallah Astarita […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against Trevor R. Milton, the founder, former CEO and former executive chairman of Nikola Corporation, for repeatedly disseminating false and misleading information – typically by speaking… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call Sallah Astarita & Cox at […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Joshua L. Rupp of Michigan for engaging in securities fraud and for acting as an unregistered broker-dealer. The SEC’s complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call Sallah […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the approval of a substituted compliance determination order with respect to security-based swap dealers and major security-based swap participants (SBS Entities) subject to regulation in the French… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call Sallah Astarita & Cox at […]
