Latest Posts › Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Share:

SEC Commissioner Peirce Proposes Three Year “Safe Harbor” For Tokens

Seyfarth Synopsis: On Thursday, February 6, 2020, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce proposed rules which, if certain conditions are met, would, for three years, exempt (1) the offer and sale of tokens from most provisions of the...more

Supreme Court Limits SEC Disgorgement Orders With Five-Year Statute of Limitations

Seyfarth Synopsis: On June 5, 2017, the United States Supreme Court resolved a split among the federal circuit courts by unanimously holding that disgorgement collected by the Securities and Exchange Commission is subject to...more

To Be or Not To Be: The SEC Administrative Court — Are They Constitutional or Not

Seyfarth Synopsis: What, if any, steps the government will take to appeal the Tenth Circuit’s Bandimer’s decision remains to be seen. The government may elect to petition the entire Tenth Circuit to hear the case en banc. Or...more

Dodd-Frank Bounties Are Alive and Well - Both SEC and CFTC Issue Awards

The U.S. government has recently paid substantial awards when the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) awarded $290,000 to a whistleblower for providing valuable information about violations of the Commodity...more

SEC Charges EB-5 Fund Operators and Finders

The Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission” or “SEC”) has become increasingly active in enforcing alleged violations of U.S. securities laws arising under the EB-5 Immigrant Investor visa program. EB-5...more

Second Circuit Tackles “Whistleblower” Protection Under Dodd-Frank

Last week, the Second Circuit heard oral arguments in Berman v. Neo@Ogilvy, a case that places squarely before the Court the question of who is a “whistleblower” within the meaning of the Dodd-Frank Act Wall Street Reform and...more

SEC Cracks Down on Agreement Requiring In-House Reporting of Fraud Complaint

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced today that it had made good on its prior promises to take a hard look at employment agreements and policies that could be viewed as attempting to keep securities fraud...more

7 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide