June 28 Webcast: The Bribery Act, Chapter 7 — The Americanisation of UK Corporate Crime

June 28 Webcast: The Bribery Act, Chapter 7 — The Americanisation of UK Corporate Crime

By Securities Docket on June 19, 2018, 1:53 pm

Please join Vivian Robinson QC, Barry Vitou, Richard Kovalevsky QC and Julian Glass for this free webcast.

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June 29 Webcast: Financial Statements 101 — Emerging Trends and Accounting Principles for Lawyers

June 29 Webcast: Financial Statements 101 — Emerging Trends and Accounting Principles for Lawyers

By Securities Docket on June 7, 2018, 7:44 am

Please join Jeff Litvak and Jason Tolmaire for this free webcast.

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Highlights from Securities Enforcement Forum 2017

Highlights from Securities Enforcement Forum 2017

By Securities Docket on November 16, 2017, 6:26 pm

Photos and highlights from Securities Enforcement Forum 2017.

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Securities Docket Announces ‘Enforcement 40′ for 2017

Securities Docket Announces ‘Enforcement 40′ for 2017

By Securities Docket on October 30, 2017, 7:46 am

Securities Docket announces its “Enforcement 40”— our list of the 40 best and brightest securities enforcement defense lawyers.

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Tesla, Theranos, Yahoo!: SEC’s San Francisco Office Keeps Busy – Bloomberg

By Securities Docket on August 14, 2018, 10:27 am

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s San Francisco office is no stranger to high-profile tech cases — with the firestorm swirling around Tesla Inc. just the latest to involve the regional unit. The office, whose attorneys are said to have made inquiries about the electric-carmaker’s public statements, is at the epicenter of efforts by Wall […]

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PwC thrashed in leaked BHS audit report – Retail Gazette

By Securities Docket on August 14, 2018, 10:24 am

According to a leaked report on the audit of BHS, as seen by The Times, the FRC said PwC  “should have concluded that a material uncertainty existed” about the retailer’s chances of survival after Sir Philip Green sold it to former bankrupt Dominic Chappell in 2015. The leaked report reportedly includes eight allegations against PwC, […]

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Tesla Investors File Securities Suits Over Elon Musk’s Take-Private Tweets | The D&O Diary

By Securities Docket on August 13, 2018, 10:06 am

I have long thought that it was only a matter of time before somebody filed a securities class action lawsuit based on disclosures made through social media. I knew we were going to see that lawsuit someday or other. Well, the day has arrived. On Friday, August 10, 2018, two Tesla investors each filed separate […]

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Tesla stocks slide as Wall Street asks, ‘Show me the money’

By Securities Docket on August 13, 2018, 10:06 am

And the big question is where the money to take Tesla private would come from. Despite Musk’s apparent confidence he has a deal lined up, the statement by those half-dozen board members appeared to suggest they weren’t yet in the know. That’s backed up by a Reuters report that noted Thursday, “While Tesla’s board has […]

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Joan Loughnane, Former Acting Deputy U.S. Attorney in the SDNY, Joins Sidley as Partner in New York | News | Sidley Austin LLP

By Securities Docket on August 13, 2018, 10:04 am

Sidley Austin LLP is pleased to announce that Joan Loughnane, former Acting Deputy United States Attorney at the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, will join the firm’s Litigation Group in New York as a partner in its White Collar: Government Litigation & Investigations practice. Ms. Loughnane will focus her […]

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Collins Halts Campaign After Insider Trading Charges – Bloomberg

By Securities Docket on August 13, 2018, 10:03 am

Republican Christopher Collins, an early backer of Donald Trump’s presidential bid, has suspended his re-election campaign for the U.S. House to fight charges he engaged in insider trading in the shares of an Australian biotechnology firm. via Collins Halts Campaign After Insider Trading Charges – Bloomberg.

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Guest Post: Merger Objection Lawsuits Getting Tougher for Plaintiffs’ Attorneys | The D&O Diary

By Securities Docket on August 10, 2018, 11:09 am

In the nearly three years since the Delaware Court of Chancery first signaled its hostility to the proliferation of so-called disclosure-only merger lawsuits (culminating in the landmark In re Trulia, Inc. Stockholder Litigation decision), the sector has undergone considerable turmoil. (See my previous blog post.) In 2015, the first year impacted by the Delaware court’s change […]

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The SEC, Cybersecurity, and Registered Investment Advisers: All in the Same Boat Fighting Cybercrime | Insights | Greenberg Traurig LLP

By Securities Docket on August 10, 2018, 11:08 am

The Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has recently started to examine the capabilities of domestic organizations to fend off attempted cyberattacks and respond quickly to successful ones to ensure the confidence of investors, limited partners, and public markets in general. Since these attacks can be […]

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Elon Musk Should Apologize Before Facing Class Action Suits and SEC Enforcement – TheStreet

By Securities Docket on August 10, 2018, 11:06 am

That’s the advice of John Coffee, a securities law professor at Columbia University Law School in New York City, who along with the rest of the investing world remains clueless about what Musk meant when he said he had “funding secured” for a buyout that would take the electric car company private. Tesla’s market value […]

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The Congressional Guide to Insider Trading – Bloomberg

By Securities Docket on August 10, 2018, 11:05 am

Collins didn’t gather the inside information in Congress — that would violate the 2012 Stock Act, which made it illegal for members and their staff to trade on privileged knowledge having to do with ongoing legislation. Rather, if prosecutors are correct, he exploited his position as a director of Innate Immunotherapeutics Ltd. In that role, in June […]

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