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Join the Securities Litigation and Enforcement Group on LinkedInThe Top Ten D&O Stories of 2019 | The D&O Diary
The liability environment for directors and officers is always in a state of change, but 2019 was a particularly eventful year in the D&O liability arena, with important consequences for the D&O insurance marketplace. The past year’s many developments have significant implications for what may lie ahead in 2020 – and possibly for years to […]
‘Bitcoin will go to zero’: Davos talks up the future of blockchain
“I do believe it will go to zero. I think it’s a great technology but I don’t believe it’s a currency. It’s not based on anything,” Jeff Schumacher, founder of BCG Digital Ventures, said during a CNBC-hosted panel in Davos, Switzerland. Schumacher is a big investor in blockchain-focused companies. During the debate, Glenn Hutchins, co-founder […]
Keeping Tesla Public Won’t Save Elon Musk From the SEC—or Angry Investors | WIRED
Don’t expect the feds to get less interested in Tesla just because it has decided to stay public. “I think the SEC’s interest in Tesla has been heightened, so they’ll be kept under close watch,” says Stephen Diamond, who studies securities law and corporate governance at the Santa Clara University School of Law. In fact, […]
SEC Said to Scrutinize Hedge Funds’ Handling of Hot IPO Shares – Bloomberg
U.S. regulators are scrutinizing how hedge funds and other money managers divvy up the stock they get from hot initial public offerings due to concerns that highly lucrative trades are inappropriately enriching a select few, said three people familiar with the matter. Investment firms typically oversee multiple funds, and the Securities and Exchange Commission is asking how […]
SEC official says agency on the lookout for public-pension pay-to-play – PE Hub
SEC Director Andrew Ceresney has pay-to-play in mind — and has put public pensions on notice that the agency is watching. The SEC is stepping up its coordination with the FBI and U.S. Attorney’s Office as it looks into pay-to-play schemes involving public pensions, Ceresney said at the Securities Enforcement Forum in Washington last week. via […]
May 25 Webcast: Using Law and Accounting to Determine Separateness or Piercing of the Corporate Veil
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Just 20 Days Until the West Coast SEC Directors Roundtable — Register Now!
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Insider Trading On The Dark Web — Forbes Opinion
The Dark Web is only accessible via the Tor browser. A Tor (The Onion Router) browser is special because it uses multiple layers of security, like the layers of an onion, to hide the internet protocol (IP) address of those accessing the sites it hosts. Without an IP address, it is nearly impossible to trace […]
Should insider trading really be considered a crime? — CNBC
In other words, our ban on insider trading isn’t really about protecting investors or making markets function better. It’s about expressing a moral view, much like we do with Blue Laws that ban the sale of alcohol on Sundays. There’s nothing necessarily wrong with encoding morality into securities laws. But should Steinberg really be facing […]
Jan. 8 Webcast: SEC Enforcement – Key Developments in 2013
Please join Bill McLucas, Doug Davison, Marty Wilczynski and Jason Flemmons for this free webcast.