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Join the Securities Litigation and Enforcement Group on LinkedInGreenberg Traurig Continues Salt Lake City Expansion with Former SEC Regional Director Daniel Wadley
Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP continues the strategic expansion of its Salt Lake City office with the addition of Daniel J. Wadley, who previously served as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Regional Director in Utah. Wadley will be a shareholder in the firm’s Securities Litigation and White Collar Defense & Special Investigations […]
Passing of Professor Peter Henning – Wayne State University
Today we are mourning the loss of Professor Peter Henning who passed away on Sunday after a battle with an aggressive form of frontotemporal dementia. Professor Henning joined the Wayne Law family as a faculty member in 1994 and was an inspirational mentor, teacher, and friend. He helped train generations of lawyers, and the entire […]
Jordan Thomas’s Army of Whistle-Blowers | The New Yorker
Thomas thinks he can help upend the notion that, whenever a whistle-blower acts, “the company crushes them and now they live in a motel eating cat food.” He concedes that sometimes “there are bad outcomes,” but says that his work “is about levelling the playing field.” By any measure, his practice has been a success. […]
Elon Musk’s Tesla Asked Law Firm to Fire Associate Hired From SEC – WSJ
A partner at law firm Cooley LLP got an unexpected call late last year from a lawyer for one of the firm’s most famous clients, Elon Musk’s Tesla Inc. with an ultimatum. The world’s richest man wanted Cooley, which was representing Tesla in numerous lawsuits, to fire one of its attorneys or it would lose […]
Feb. 1 Webcast — SEC Enforcement: A Look Back at 2021, and What to Expect in 2022
Please join Bill McLucas, Doug Davison, Marty Wilczynski and Steve Richards for this free webcast.
Regulating via Social Media: Deterrence Effects of the SEC’s Use of Twitter by Jinjie Lin — SSRN
This paper presents the ?rst evidence of the e?ect of ?nancial regulators’ social media use on corporate and individual behavior. Using the staggered launch of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regional o?ces’ Twitter accounts, I ?nd that ?nancial regulators’ presence on social media reduces opportunistic insider trading, customer complaints against investment advisers, and ?nancial […]
WHY U.S. BUSINESSES MAY STOP ACCEPTING CRYPTOCURRENCY BY 2024
It may be time to sound the death knell for U.S. businesses accepting bitcoin and the rest of the 8,000 or so cryptocurrencies that currently circulate. Two startling yet barely noticed recent regulatory developments, one enacted into law last month and the other likely imminent, are on course to dramatically curtail the number of U.S. […]
Ossoff Is Right About Stock Trading Ban for U.S. Lawmakers – Bloomberg
Thanks to ethics legislation that Senator Jon Ossoff is considering, Congress will have to focus more purposefully on one of Washington’s most persistent and egregious financial conflicts: stock trading. The Georgia Democrat will seek to ban trading in individual stocks by federal legislators and family members; he is reportedly looking for a Republican co-sponsor before he […]
SEC Should Follow Congress’ Pragmatic Approach On Crypto
The best way to understand the current state of cryptocurrency regulation is to consider a hypothetical conversation from 100 years ago between Ford Motor Co. and the Horse-and-Buggy Commission. “Sir, may I see your horse-and-buggy license before we let you on the road?” “Um, this is a motor car fueled by a combustion engine, I […]