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Join the Securities Litigation and Enforcement Group on LinkedInIn Latest SEC Exit, NY Regional Acting Director Heads to Sidley | Legal Mag
Lara Shalov Mehraban, who was the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s New York regional office acting director, has left to join Sidley Austin as a partner in its securities enforcement practice. Source: In Latest SEC Exit, NY Regional Acting Director Heads to Sidley | Legal Mag
Crypto-Destined 401(k) Ditchers Are on Labor Regulators’ Radar
Hemrajani is part of a new generation of retirement investors so committed to the prospect of lavish cryptocurrency returns that they’re willing to venture outside the confines of a workplace plan into the enigmatic and vaguely regulated world of digital IRAs. Federal regulators, though, aren’t giving up without a fight. The US Labor Department has […]
Securities Association Taps Exchange Lawyer as General Counsel
The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association has hired former SEC and NYSE veteran Saima Ahmed as general counsel. Ahmed joins the trade association for the US securities industry from NYSE Regulation Inc., the regulatory arm of the Intercontinental Exchange Inc.-owned New York Stock Exchange. She was a senior director and head of the exchange’s […]
Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes Seeks New Trial, Citing Fresh Evidence – WSJ
Elizabeth Holmes, founder of defunct blood-testing startup Theranos Inc. who was convicted of fraud, has asked a federal judge for a new trial after she said one of the prosecution’s star witnesses visited her house to express regret for his role in her trial, according to a new court filing. Ms. Holmes said in a […]
Starbucks Execs Hit With Suit Alleging the Company’s DEI Policies Violate Civil Rights Laws | The D&O Diary
The new lawsuit against Starbucks shows that the anti-ESG backlash not limited just to legislation. As the lawsuit shows, the backlash can also take the form of litigation as well. The lawsuit also shows that there not only are advocates that will challenge companies for the lack of ESG initiative, there also are advocates that […]
Invisalign Maker’s Ex-Vice President Accused of Insider Trading – Bloomberg
Todd C. Doucette, 50, made nearly $349,000 in illegal profits by buying Align shares ahead of company earnings announcements in April 2018 and October 2020, the SEC said in a suit filed Tuesday in federal court in New Hampshire. *** According to the SEC, Doucette traded on information he received ahead of the April 2018 […]