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Get caught up with the Securities Docket News Wire for November 25, 2015.
The SEC announced an insider trading case today against a former Goldman Sachs compliance employee who allegedly used his access to investment bankers’ emails to glean, and profit from, inside information. via SEC Sues Former Goldman Compliance Employee for Insider Trading | Compliance Week
Get caught up with the Securities Docket News Wire for November 24, 2015.
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After a surge in FY 2014, the number of trials that the SEC is completing in federal court appears to be drying up — with just six such trials in FY 2015 and zero to date in FY 2016. via Where are the SEC Federal Court Trials? | Compliance Week.
Get caught up with the Securities Docket News Wire for November 23, 2015.
U.S. prosecutors dropped their bid to boost the prison terms for five of Bernard Madoff’s ex-employees, who received “merciful” sentences after being convicted of aiding his $17.5 billion fraud. The sentences for the group, Madoff’s top aides, ranged from 2 1/2 years to 10 years, less than half the time sought by the U.S. In a notice […]
Half of the executives Kroll polled for its 2015 Global Fraud Report said their companies are at risk of vendor, supplier, or procurement fraud tied to overseas expansion.Forty percent of the respondents felt highly or moderately vulnerable to corruption and bribery. via Kroll fraud report: Executives feel vulnerable to overseas corruption linked to intermediaries — The […]
Get caught up with the Securities Docket News Wire for November 20, 2015.
The issue of whether federal district courts have subject matter jurisdiction over challenges to the constitutionality of SEC administrative proceedings remains unsettled. Although the Seventh Circuit found in favor of the SEC on this issue in August 2015, the controversial issue will soon be considered by both the Eleventh Circuit and the Second Circuit. via […]