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The SEC is Reading Your Hot Takes: The Pitfalls of Material Misrepresentations Following Negative News | Arent Fox

By Securities Docket on March 28, 2019, 8:17 am

On March 12, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced it charged Lumber Liquidators Holdings Inc. with securities fraud for making fraudulent misstatements to investors.

The charges illustrate the perennial danger of misleading filings and highlight the SEC’s scrutiny over responses to negative press. In light of this enforcement, the consequences of hastily — or fraudulently — countering negative news may often be worse than news itself.

via The SEC is Reading Your Hot Takes: The Pitfalls of Material Misrepresentations Following Negative News | Arent Fox.

Posted in SEC, Top | Tagged Misstatements

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