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Venable LLP

Keeping Up with Disclosures: SEC Punishes Kim Kardashian for Crypto Promotion

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​​​​​​​On Monday the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued a cease-and-desist order to Kim Kardashian for failing to disclose that she received $250,000 to promote EthereumMax’s digital tokens, “EMAX tokens,” on...more

Whitman Legal Solutions, LLC

Selling Real Estate Securities: Promoter Compensation (and why Kim Kardashian is paying a $1.26 million settlement to the SEC)

On September 30, 2022, the SEC charged Jonathan William Mikula and five other individuals with securities fraud for promoting securities without disclosing their compensation. The issuers of those securities also were charged...more

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To the Moon or To the Jail? Social Media Stock Promoters Are Back in the Government’s Crosshairs

Recent enforcement actions show that the federal government is once again clamping down on online boiler rooms. Last year, the Securities and Exchange Commission filed a civil complaint against Steven Gallagher, with the...more

Stinson - Corporate & Securities Law Blog

Enforcement Sweep Snares Issuers for Paid Stock Promotions

The SEC announced enforcement actions against 27 individuals and entities behind various alleged stock promotion schemes that left investors with the impression they were reading independent, unbiased analyses on investing...more

King & Spalding

Eleventh Circuit Confirms that Issuers are not Required to Disclose Retention of Outside Promotional Firms

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On December 15, 2016, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a securities class action against Galectin Therapeutics Inc., a Georgia-based biotechnology company. The suit...more

Carlton Fields

Dismissal for Drugmaker Affirmed: Galectin Had No Duty to Disclose Payments to Promoters

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In re: Galectin Therapeutics, Inc. Securities Litigation, No. 16-10324, 2016 WL 7240146, ____ , F2d ___ (11th Cir. Dec. 15, 2016). The Eleventh Circuit recently addressed the circumstances under which a public company...more

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