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Join the Securities Litigation and Enforcement Group on LinkedInTom Fox: Three enforcement weeks to remember – The FCPA Blog
Jay Rosen wondered in December if companies would be more inclined to resolve outstanding enforcement actions under the outgoing Obama administration or wait to see what might happen under a Trump administration. The answer is now clear. From December 23rd through this week, DOJ and SEC officials have announced nearly $20 billion in fines and […]
Ineffective Counsel Claims Fail to Upset Insider-Trading Conviction | New York Law Journal
Southern District Judge Richard Sullivan in U.S. vs. Goffer, 10-cr-00056, turned aside the petition of former lawyer Michael Kimelman, who said he suffered from ineffective assistance of counsel on his appeal in the Galleon Group insider-trading scandal. Kimelman argued that defense lawyer Michael Sommer of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati should have raised the same […]
Mary Jo White fears demise of SEC’s independence | BenefitsPRO
Just three days before she’s set to leave the SEC, Chair Mary Jo White suggested that the independence of the agency is threatened. In a wide-ranging speech before the Economic Club of New York Tuesday, White said the SEC “is more susceptible than ever to the erosion of its expertise and authority by the partisan […]
Mary Jo White’s SEC Tenure Ends with Flurry of Enforcement Settlements | Bloomberg BNA
As Mary Jo White’s tenure at the helm of the Securities and Exchange Commission comes to a close, the Commission’s Enforcement Division announced the settlement of a series of actions generating more than $140 million in sanctions over four business days. Companies settled charges ranging from Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations to improperly issued American […]
Securities Docket News Wire for January 18, 2017
Get caught up with the Securities Docket News Wire for January 18, 2017.