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Join the Securities Litigation and Enforcement Group on LinkedInRenowned Trial Lawyer Mark Kirsch Joins King & Spalding’s Trial and Global Disputes Practice in New York – King & Spalding
King & Spalding announced today that leading trial lawyer and litigator Mark Kirsch has joined the firm as a partner in the Trial and Global Disputes practice group in New York. Source: Renowned Trial Lawyer Mark Kirsch Joins King & Spalding’s Trial and Global Disputes Practice in New York – King & Spalding
Pelosi Ripped by Fellow Democrat for Delaying Stock-Trade Bill
Spanberger, who introduced a bill with Republican Representative Chip Roy to require that lawmakers place investment assets into a blind trust while in office, questioned Pelosi’s commitment to a stock-trading ban and called the delay in acting on any reform bill before the House leaves for a break “a failure of House leadership.” “After first […]
The Supreme Court’s Business Docket – The New York Times
On Nov. 7, the court will hear a pair of arguments that could make it easier to challenge the constitutionality of two other agencies, the Federal Trade Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission. The cases are both about timing, asking the justices to decide how long people and businesses must litigate with agencies that […]
SEC Charges Two Canadian Software Engineers with Insider Trading
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced insider trading charges against two Canadian software engineers who made $1.6 million by trading ahead of non-public, market-moving financial information. According to the SEC’s complaint, from at least May 2018 to July 2021, Harpreet Saini and John Lester Mandac Natividad, both of Ontario, were employed by a newswire […]
SEC Charges Former Controller of Network Infrastructure Company with Accounting Fraud
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Daniel Moser, the former controller of FTE Networks, Inc., a network infrastructure company formerly based in Naples, Florida, for his role in a multi-year accounting fraud. This alleged scheme conducted by Moser, along with three senior executives previously charged by the Commission in July 2021 and June 2022, […]
Will SEC Defense Work Now Ramp Up? White-Collar Litigators on Alert | Law.com
Kornblau, at Dentons, noted that when markets are down, it often leads to more investigations, private shareholder actions and SEC enforcement. *** Kornblau said until now, enforcement had not gone up in the “blockbuster way” that many were expecting since the beginning of the Biden administration. He added there was a lot of work to […]
Latham Adds Two Acclaimed White Collar Partners In New York
Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Christopher L. Garcia and Raquel Kellert have joined the firm’s New York office as partners in the White Collar Defense & Investigations Practice and members of the Litigation & Trial Department. Garcia and Kellert represent companies and individuals in connection with a wide range of white […]
Crypto and the ‘Law of the Horse’
Chris Odinet, a professor of law at University of Iowa, also had his doubts about “crypto law” as a legal profession or topic of study. “Transactions involving crypto companies and crypto assets intersect with and are involved and impacted by lots of different areas of the law – but there’s no ‘crypto law’ per se,” […]
Senior SEC Enforcement Official Jonathan Hecht Joins Goodwin in Washington, D.C. | Goodwin
Global law firm Goodwin announced today that Jonathan Hecht, former assistant chief counsel and acting co-chief counsel in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Enforcement, joined the firm’s Complex Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice as a partner, resident in the Washington, D.C. office. Source: Senior SEC Enforcement Official Jonathan Hecht Joins Goodwin in Washington, D.C. […]
SEC Charges Kim Kardashian for Unlawfully Touting Crypto Security
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against Kim Kardashian for touting on social media a crypto asset security offered and sold by EthereumMax without disclosing the payment she received for the promotion. Kardashian agreed to settle the charges, pay $1.26 million in penalties, disgorgement, and interest, and cooperate with the Commission’s ongoing investigation. […]