By Angela Morris | December 10, 2019
The FDIC alleged that banks made untrue, misleading statements about the quality of the mortgage loans in order to sell billions worth of residential mortgage-backed securities to Guaranty Bank, which failed in 2009.
By Tom McParland | December 10, 2019
The panel turned aside arguments that the courts should not apply the pleading standards of securities law to antitrust factual claims at the heart of the suit.
By Tom McParland | December 5, 2019
When the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Corporate Finance division launched an investigation in late 2015, Cole tried to destroy evidence and delete emails related to the probe, the filing said.
By C. Ryan Barber | December 3, 2019
Welcome to Compliance Hot Spots -- our white-collar and regulatory weekly Law.com briefing on trends and major case developments. We've got a peek at a new Hughes Hubbard report on government enforcement, and early comment on the CFIUS annual report. Scroll down for Who Got the Work, and all the big new moves!
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Robert L. Hickok, Jay A. Dubow and Kaitlin L. O'Donnell | December 2, 2019
Clarifying the scope of the U.S. Supreme Court's 2017 decision Kokesh v. Securities Exchange Commission, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has found that "obey the law" injunctions and industry bars in SEC enforcement actions are not "penalties" subject to the federal five-year statute of limitations.
By Dan Clark | December 2, 2019
William "Butch" Hulse was named general counsel and secretary of MiMedx Group Inc., which announced a $1.5 million settlement with the SEC over allegations of accounting fraud on the same day.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Antonia Apps and Katherine Goldstein | November 27, 2019
'United States v. Blaszczak' marks the first time the Second Circuit will have the opportunity to address whether the government can criminally prosecute insider trading under Title 18 without proving personal benefit to the tipper since the element was imposed on Section 10(b) by the Supreme Court in 'Dirks'.
By Joseph F. Savage Jr. and Christopher J.C. Herbert | November 25, 2019
In an environment of aggressive federal prosecution and regulation both businesses and public officials are challenged to identify the permissible line between proper financial transactions — things like campaign contributions and business entertainment — and unlawful payments. And, in what the First Circuit called a "novel theory of Hobbs Act extortion," public officials now have to struggle with the scope of permissible advocacy — when does advocacy for constituents become extortion?
By Charles Toutant | November 22, 2019
The investor lawsuit said Aurora Cannabis never gave any hint in public statements that it expected a substantial decrease in sales, nor indicated it planned to pause construction at two sites.
By Catherine Wilson | November 20, 2019
The regional director of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Miami U.S. attorney warn corporate compliance flaws come with costly consequences.
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