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Join the Securities Litigation and Enforcement Group on LinkedInSEC Announces Office Focused on Innovation and Financial Technology
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that the SEC’s Strategic Hub for Innovation and Financial Technology, commonly referred to as FinHub, will become a stand-alone office. Valerie A. Szczepanik will continue to lead FinHub as its first director and will report directly to the SEC Chairman. Established within the Division of Corporation Finance in 2018, […]
Elizabeth Holmes Theranos trial to be held in person with masks, social distancing
In what is expected to be one of the most high profile trials in years, Elizabeth Holmes will face jurors wearing clear face masks in a socially distanced courtroom, a judge said Wednesday. The trial, to begin March 9, 2021 at a San Jose federal courthouse is expected to play out over two to four […]
Former SEC Senior Counsel Strengthens McDermott’s Investigation & Litigation Bench – McDermott Will & Emery
International law firm McDermott Will & Emery continues to grow its litigation footprint with the addition of Boston-based partner Caitlyn M. Campbell, former senior counsel to the co-directors of the Division of Enforcement at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), who brings significant experience in SEC investigations, international investigations, anti-corruption matters as well as […]
Nasdaq to Advance Diversity through New Proposed Listing Requirements | Nasdaq, Inc.
Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) today filed a proposal with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to adopt new listing rules related to board diversity and disclosure. If approved by the SEC, the new listing rules would require all companies listed on Nasdaq’s U.S. exchange to publicly disclose consistent, transparent diversity statistics regarding their board of […]
Geoffrey S. Berman Joins Fried Frank to Lead White Collar Practice
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP announced today that Geoffrey S. Berman, former US Attorney for the Southern District of New York (SDNY), has joined as head of the White Collar Defense, Regulatory Enforcement & Investigations Practice and member of the Firm’s Governance Committee. Mr. Berman will be based in New York. Source: Fried […]
CFP Board Appoints Thomas A Sporkin as Managing Director Enforcement | CFP Board
CFP Board announced today the appointment of Thomas A. Sporkin to the newly created position of Managing Director, Enforcement. Sporkin will lead a team of attorneys and legal staff to modernize the detection, investigation and prosecution activities at CFP Board. Sporkin joins CFP Board on January 4, 2021, after decades of experience in enforcement activities […]
Could Injunctions Become the SEC’s Next Headache?
As Will Rogers famously quipped, when you find yourself in a hole, stop digging. The Securities and Exchange Commission recently learned this lesson the hard way in its long-running and ill-fated pursuit of New York-based stock trader Guy Gentile, who – unlike many others similarly situated – apparently had the resources, fortitude, and skilled legal […]
Holmes Prosecutors Say Texts Show Theranos Beset With Problems – Bloomberg
Prosecutors say Holmes’ and Balwani’s messages about the approval process will offer jurors a look back in time, revealing their intent to deceive investors -– an element the government must prove to win convictions. The messages were collected by securities regulators in a related civil case — though many remain sealed in court filings. “The […]
Jay Clayton’s legacy at the SEC: productive or partisan? – InvestmentNews
Kurt Wolfe, a securities compliance attorney at Troutman Pepper, also said Clayton leaves with a reputation for getting things done. “He’s been an effective chairman in many respects,” he said. “He shepherded through a large number of new rules and amendments. Not everyone likes all of them, and that cuts both ways. Nobody got everything […]
Getting Away With Murder | by Jed S. Rakoff | The New York Review of Books
Criminal law and its enforcement are notoriously hypocritical. It is bad enough that, as Anatole France wrote in 1894, “the law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets, and steal loaves of bread.” But now, more than a century later, even the […]