Feb. 2 Webcast: Navigating the Minefield of Dodd-Frank's Whistleblower Provisions (2020 Update)

Feb. 2 Webcast: Navigating the Minefield of Dodd-Frank’s Whistleblower Provisions (2020 Update)

By on January 22, 2021, 9:59 am

Please join panelists from Gibson Dunn, Phillips & Cohen and AlixPartners for this free webcast.

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SEC Enforcement: A Look Back at 2020, and What to Expect in 2021

SEC Enforcement: A Look Back at 2020, and What to Expect in 2021

By on December 29, 2020, 6:41 pm

Please join panelists Bill McLucas, Doug Davison, Marty Wilczynski and Jason Flemmons for this free webcast.

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Securities Docket Announces 'Enforcement 40' for 2020

Securities Docket Announces ‘Enforcement 40’ for 2020

By on October 29, 2020, 10:23 am

Securities Docket announces its list of the 40 best securities enforcement defense lawyers.

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Wirecard: Bafin Faces Criminal Probe Over Wirecard Supervision, Trading – Bloomberg

By on April 12, 2021, 11:54 am

The scandal over the collapse of Wirecard AG expanded as German financial regulator BaFin faces a criminal probe into how it oversaw the payment processor and whether some of the agency’s staff illegally traded the stock. Frankfurt prosecutors said Monday they opened the probe after reviewing information collected from BaFin in February when they visited […]

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SEC’s Coates tells investors to ignore billionaire SPAC investor’s legal advice – MarketWatch

By on April 10, 2021, 8:02 am

In a recent YouTube interview, Palihapitiya asserted that in the case of a traditional IPO “you can’t show a [financial] forecast and you can’t talk about the future of how you want to do things — you’re just not allowed.” While public companies are protected from lawsuits involving forward-looking statements through a safe-harbor law passed […]

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SEC Disagreement Emerges on Whether Ethereum Is a Security | Crypto Briefing

By on April 9, 2021, 4:56 pm

Dugan Bliss, senior trial counsel at the SEC, said that the agency had not taken an official position on Ether. The attorney disregarded previous claims made by Bill Hinman, former director of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance, who suggested that offers and sales of ETH are not securities transactions. “Now, there was a speech by a high-ranking […]

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Cyber Cases May Offer Clues to SEC ESG Enforcement

By on April 9, 2021, 4:53 pm

As the SEC has become more vocal in its expectations for environmental, social, and government (ESG) disclosure, serious questions remain about how ESG matters will be investigated and what enforcement measures might look like. Indicators suggest that the SEC will establish formal regulations regarding ESG disclosure, and the SEC has simultaneously suggested that it plans to ramp up enforcement across […]

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Chief of SEC Whistleblower Office, Jane Norberg, Leaving Agency This Month – WSJ

By on April 9, 2021, 7:58 am

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s whistleblower office is changing leadership amid a record-setting year for the regulator’s cash-for-tips program. Jane Norberg, chief of the SEC’s whistleblower office who helped lead the unit from its infancy, will leave the agency this month after nine years with the unit, the SEC said Thursday. Emily Pasquinelli, the whistleblower […]

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SPAC Transactions: Enforcement and Litigation Risks |  Arnold & Porter

By on April 7, 2021, 3:10 pm

In the first three months of 2021, there have been approximately 300 initial public offerings (IPOs) of special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) that have raised $100 billion, which are significant increases over the record number of transactions and amounts raised in all of 2020. Inevitably, the growth in SPAC deal activity has attracted scrutiny from […]

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Robert Hur, Former U.S. Attorney for District of Maryland, Joins Gibson Dunn’s D.C. Office

By on April 7, 2021, 10:12 am

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased to announce that Robert Hur has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office.  Hur most recently served as the United States Attorney for the District of Maryland.  At Gibson Dunn, he will focus on crisis management and white collar defense and investigations. Hur, who also served in the Justice […]

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Fidelity, Square, Coinbase Launch Bitcoin Trade Group – WSJ

By on April 6, 2021, 9:24 am

Fidelity Investments, Square Inc. and several other financial firms are forming a new trade group that aims to shape the way bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are regulated. The Crypto Council for Innovation will lobby policy makers, take up research projects and serve as the burgeoning industry’s voice in championing the economic benefits of digital currencies […]

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Credit Suisse Takes $4.7 Billion Hit on Archegos Meltdown – WSJ

By on April 6, 2021, 8:03 am

Credit Suisse Group AG reported a $4.7 billion hit from the meltdown of Archegos Capital Management, slashed its dividend and said its investment banking and risk chiefs would leave the bank. The Swiss lender has been the hardest hit by the collapse late last month of Archegos, a U.S. family investment firm, suffering a major […]

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China Creates its Own Digital Currency, a First for Major Economy – WSJ

By on April 5, 2021, 2:40 pm

A thousand years ago, when money meant coins, China invented paper currency. Now the Chinese government is minting cash digitally, in a re-imagination of money that could shake a pillar of American power. It might seem money is already virtual, as credit cards and payment apps such as Apple Pay in the U.S. and WeChat […]

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