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Three Fallacies Of Wealth Creation, And Three Antidotes
Three Fallacies Of Wealth Creation, And Three Antidotes If you can see through these misperceptions about assets, you can be a better investor. #seclaw #securitiesattorney #securitieslawyer https://www.forbes.com/sites/baldwin/2021/03/20/three-fallacies-of-wealth-creation-and-three-antidotes/ —– Coast-to-coast representation of investors and financial professionals – Securities Lawyer
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SEC Charges Seven Individuals for $45 Million Fraudulent Scheme
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged seven individuals and a technology company in connection with a fraudulent scheme to gain control of Airborne Wireless Network, promote its stock, and defraud investors. According to the SEC’s… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call Sallah Astarita & […]
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Global Securities Pricing Service to Pay $8 Million for Compliance Failures
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged ICE Data Pricing & Reference Data LLC, a global securities pricing service and New York-based registered investment adviser, for compliance deficiencies relating to its delivery to clients of prices based on quotes it received from a single market participant, also known as single […]
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SEC Charges The Cheesecake Factory For Misleading COVID-19 Disclosures
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled charges against The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated for making misleading disclosures about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on its business operations and financial condition. The action… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call Sallah Astarita & Cox at […]
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FINRA Proposes Additional Financial Requirements on Small Firms
While FINRA keeps adding rules on member firms to prevent the hiring of brokers with a misconduct history, it also harms brokers and firms who do not have a significant history of misconduct. This time around FINRA is hitting firms that it deems to be hiring disciplined brokers financially, by […]
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Whistleblowers
SEC Awards More Than $300,000 to Whistleblower with Audit Responsibilities
December 14, 2020The SEC announced an award of more than $300,000 to a whistleblower whose high-quality information and continuing assistance [...]SEC Issues $1.8 Million Whistleblower Award to a Company Outsider
September 29, 2020The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced an award of over $1.8 million to a company outsider, who expeditiously [...]SEC Adds Clarity, Efficiency and Transparency to Its Successful Whistleblower Award Program
September 23, 2020The Securities and Exchange Commission today voted to adopt amendments to the rules governing its whistleblower program that are [...]Whistleblowers Receive $2.5 Million for Detailed Analysis That Led to Successful Actions
September 1, 2020The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced an award of over $2.5 million to joint whistleblowers whose tip based [...]Another Whistleblower Award – $18 Million to Whistleblower
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Arbitration
End Mandatory Arbitration?
March 25, 2021Elizabeth Warren has once again taken up the charge to end pre-dispute arbitration agreements, which she calls “forced [...]UBS Arbitration Claims Moving Forward
October 6, 2020UBS customers who have lost money in the UBS Yield Enhancement Strategy (UBS YES), and who have filed arbitration claims against [...]New FINRA Expungement Rules Effective in September
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December 13, 2019Securities arbitration has become the most often used method of resolving disputes in the securities industry. Since the late [...]FINRA Discovery Guide
May 3, 2019Discovery has always been a problem in litigation matters. In broad strokes, plaintiffs want to see every document that might [...]SDNY Defines Customer under FINRA Rule 12200
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Brokers
SEC Charges California-Based Fraudster With Selling “Insider Tips”
March 29, 2021The SEC has charged James Roland Jones of Redondo Beach, California, with perpetrating a fraudulent scheme to sell what he called [...]Review Your WSPs – Subpoenas are Coming
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Compliance
Review Your WSPs – Subpoenas are Coming
February 16, 2021The authority to open SEC investigations, and therefore to issue subpoenas, was expanded under the Obama Administration to the [...]Firm Settles Charges of Defrauding Investors, Refunds Allegedly Ill-Gotten Gains
August 14, 2020The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that SCF Investment Advisors, Inc. (SCF) has agreed to settle charges that [...]Regulation Best Interest (Regulation BI) Compliance Due June 30, 2020
June 11, 2020Compliance with Regulation Best Interest (Regulation BI) and Form CRS is due on June 30, 2020 for all registered broker-dealers [...]
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Corp Finance
General Electric Agrees to Pay $200 Million Penalty for Disclosure Violations
December 9, 2020General Electric Co. (GE) has agreed to pay a $200 million penalty to settle charges for disclosure failures in its power and [...]NASAA Objects to Finder Change
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