The Law of the Financial Markets from Top Securities Lawyers
Saturday, December 3, 2022
In addition to paying $810 million settlement to resolve a shareholder class action against Twitter Inc., it will have to pay an additional $182 million in attorneys fees, according to Reuters. The lawsuit, filed in 2016, well before Musk brough up the issue, accused the social media company of deceiving […]
Nov. 17, 2022 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Jeffrey K. Galvani, Stuart A. Jeffery, and two New York-based entities they controlled with operating as unregistered broker-dealers that facilitated more than $1.2 billion of securities trading, primarily in penny stocks. The SEC’s complaint alleges that Galvani and Jeffery […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced insider trading charges against Ramkumar Rayapureddy, Chief Information Officer of pharmaceutical company Viatris Inc., which was formerly known as Mylan N.V. The SEC’s complaint, filed in the… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call New York Securities Lawyers at […]
Oct. 26, 2022 —The Securities and Exchange Commission voted today to adopt rule and form amendments to require mutual funds and exchange-traded funds to transmit concise and visually engaging shareholder reports and to promote transparent and balanced presentations of fees and expenses in investment company advertisements. “Shareholder reports are amongst […]
Oct. 13, 2022 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged New Jersey-based National Realty Investment Advisors LLC (NRIA) and four of its former executives with running a Ponzi-like scheme that raised approximately $600 million from about 2,000 investors. The Complaint’s Allegations The SEC’s complaint alleges that beginning in 2018, […]
From Kathy Bazoian Phelps’ Ponzi Scheme Blo. The reported stories reflect at least 5 new Ponzi schemes worldwide, 3 guilty pleas, more than 48 years of prison sentences, and an average age of approximately 47 for the alleged Ponzi schemers. https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6895247004092514304
SEC enforcement investigations cover a wide range of targets and witnesses, from the big investment banks and their employees, to public companies to private companies who are soliciting investments, small companies. The SEC conducts its investigations privately, and does so by requesting voluntary cooperation or issuing subpoenas for documents and […]
A robo-adviser is an automated investment tool that uses mathematical algorithms to evaluate the prospects of various investment options and, in theory, choose the best one. Robo-advisors are digital platforms that provide automated, algorithm-driven financial planning services with little to no human supervision. A typical robo-advisor collects information from clients […]
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced three awards totaling more than $40 million to four whistleblowers who provided information and assistance in three separate covered actions. In the first order, the SEC issued an award of… Read the Full Press Release Have a securities law question? Call New York […]
While securities law is itself a specialized field of law, there is also more than one type of securities lawyer. There are transactional securities lawyers, who help companies raise capital, obtain and maintain listings on a stock exchanges, assist in mergers and acquisitions and perform the varied reporting requirements for […]
